NSF STEP research program

With our NSF STEP funding, we will create a summer undergraduate research program in which first year students will work as a member of a summer research team.  Students will have the opportunity to work on projects from a variety of disciplines in the sciences and mathematics.

Up to $3500.00 (for 10 weeks of work) of summary salary will be provided for eight students in each year of our STEP funding.  Each faculty who supervises an NSF STEP student will receive access to a $2000.00 stipend that could be used to support research costs or for student and faculty travel costs to disseminate research findings.

Students will be selected by the faculty supervisor, in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Research and the Division Chair for Sciences and Mathematics.

Application for faculty due January 20, 2012.

Application for students due February 10, 2012.

Project Topics 2012

Evidence For Functional Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Native and Non-Native Grasslands
Dr. Laura Aldrich-Wolfe
Biology Department

Analysis of Cellular and Humoral Immunity to Custom Peptides Generated to Elicit Protection Against Hookworm Infection
Dr. Jennifer Bath
Biology Department

Supercharacter Theory Lattices of Finit Groups
Dr. Anders O.F. Hendrickson
Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Development of a Library of Water-Soluble P,X (X=N,O) Ligands
Dr. Donald "Chopper" Krogstad
Chemistry Department

Quantum Tunneling Times for Localized Particles
Dr. Luiz A. Manzoni
Physics Department

Biocontrol of Eurasian Watermilfoil
Dr. Michelle Marko
Biology Department

Time Course Analysis of Behavior and Gene Expression in Lupus
Dr. Krystle Strand
Biology, Neuroscience Department

Analysis for Quantum Beating in Four Wave Mixing Using Noisy Light
Dr. Darin Ulness
Chemistry Department

Small Mammal Abundance and Diversity in Response to Prairie Management Practices and Presence of Invasive Reed Canarygrass
Dr. Joseph Whittaker
Biology Department

White-footed Mice (peromyscus leucopus) and Deer Mice (P. maniculatus): Identification and Population Shifts in Minnesota Habitats
Dr. Joseph Whittaker
Biology Department

Ongoing Studies into Sulfa Drug Degradation
Dr. Graeme R.A. Wyllie
Chemistry Department




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