RAISE Teacher Research Projects
Astronomy
- Asterism Petroglyphs: Night Sky or Creative Eye
- Red Spot Junior: A Rare Occurrence?
- Are White Spots on the Planet Jupiter Periodic?
Biology
- Investigating Granivory in a Prairie Reconstruction: From Research to Writing
- Analyzing Bacteriophage Abundance and Diversity in Soil Samples from Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Effects of Atrazine on the p53-mediated DNA Damage Response of HepG2 Cells.
- Using Geospatial Technologies to Analyse the Occurance of Ash Tree Species within Cedar Falls, IA and to Predict the Potential Impact of Emerald Ash Borer Infestation
- Understanding Targeted Gene Deletion of MAP Kinase Genes in Fusarium verticilliodies
- The Affect of Mowing on Abundance and Persistence of Tallgrass Prairie Forbs Seeded into an Established Stand of Grasses after Ten Years
- The Identification of Microsatellites Vitis vinifera
- Genetic Alignment of the Genomic Sequence of Fusarium verticilliodes
- Isolating Bacteriophages from Iowa Soil to Understand Species Diversity
- Towards Amplification of the 4,5-dopa-dioxygenase Gene from Pitaya
- Microgravity and Hypergravity on the Development of the Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)
- Intraspecific Variation in Biological Rhythms: Comparing Two Species of Fiddler Crabs from Different Tidal Regions
- Osmoreculation by Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) from the Northern Caribbean (link to PDF)
- A Quantitative Comparison of Insect and Mammalian Granivory and Implications for Prairie Reconstruction
- The Effects of Green Tea Derivatives and Hydrogen Peroxide on Normal and Leukemic Human White Blood Cells
- Cyclin Levels in HepG2 Cells Exposed to Various Concentrations of Atrazine
Chemistry
- Investigating MnSe2 Intercalation by 3d metals Mn and Cr
- Investigation of Salphen Complexes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
- Synthesis of an Organic Dye-Sensitizer for a Photovoltaic Cell
- Thermal Treatment of Crystal Violet on Titania Films: Metachromatic Temperature Effects and Thermal Degradation
- Investigating Short Tethers in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
- Measuring Antioxidants with a Fluorescein Probe
- Annealing Study of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors, Cd(1-X)M(X)Sb, (M = Cr, Mn, X = 0.025-0.100)
- Synthesis and Study
of The Molecular Structure of
Cis-[η5 (C5H3) C(CH3)2 Ir (CO)2]2 (link to PDF) - Natural Insect Repellent Properties of Maclura pomifera (link to PDF)
Earth Science
- Geochemistry of Trachyte Sills and Vent Facies, Chico Hills, New Mexico
- Investigating the Impact of Rainfall on Water Quality Index Values within the Dry Run Creek Watershed
- Using Geospatial Technology to Validate a Soil Preditction Model
- Geochemistry and Orientation of Lamprophyre Dikes, Chico Sill Complex, Northeast New Mexico
- The Chico Hills Carbonatite: Characterization and Confirmation of an Igneous Origin (link to PDF)
Physics
- Modeling Crystal Structure and Diffraction Patterns of Layered Materials
- Investigations into Impurities and Intercalation Values for Dichalcogenide Crystals
- Discovery of Spin Glass in Low Temperature, Two-Dimentional Manganese Intercalated TiS2
- Nanoscale Gold Coatings to Inhibit Oxidation of 316 Stainless Steel
- Influence of Nanoscale Gold Films on the Corrosion of Stainless Steel in Solution
- Noncontact Detection of Nanoscale Vibrations of Solid Surfaces by Laser Interferometry (link to PDF)