Research
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 (subject to taxes and other withholdings) 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, the STEP grant PI and the Division Chair for Sciences and Mathematics.
Student application link:
http://concordiacollege.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_OAGLzNFerYRt6Kx
Student applications are due February 10, 2014.
When you go to this link, you will be asked for demographic information, details about your academic record, and a brief essay describing i) your experience with science (courses, interests, extracurricular experiences, etc.), ii) your motivation for an undergraduate research experience, and iii) your future plans (e.g., proposed major, plans for continuing in sciences or mathematics). This essay should be 500-1000 words (maximum 8000 characters) in length. You may wish to prepare this essay in a separate document and cut and paste it into this application.
Faculty application link:
http://concordiacollege.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID-SV_72mwK51XyeaBjVP
Faculty applications are due January 24, 2014.
Listing of 2013 summer research projects:
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in response to changes in land use in grasslands of Minnesota
Dr. Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Biology
project duration 6-8 weeks, starting late June/early July
Stability analysis for higher-order differential equations
Dr. Doug Anderson, Mathematics
project duration: 6 weeks, starting Mid June
Identification of conjugate and adjuvants for ideal response to immunization
Dr. Jennifer Bath, Biology
project duration: 8-10 weeks, starting early May
Native bee diversity on restored prairies
Dr. Bryan Bishop, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks, starting mid-to-late May
Identification and characterization of Trypanosoma brucei genes involved in lipid body organelle biogenesis and function
Dr. John Flaspohler, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks, starting mid-to-late May
Development of water-soluble phosphines and metal complexes for potential medical application
Dr. Chopper Krogstad, Chemistry
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early May
Investigation of the Saleck-Wigner-Peres clock in the weak measurement theory framework
Dr. Luiz Manzoni, Physics
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early May
Ecology of Long Lake
Dr. Michelle Marko, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks
Gene regulation of behaviour in lupus-prone mice
Dr. Krys Strand, Biology & Neuroscience
project duration: 10 weeks, starting mid-May
Dr. Darin Ulness, Chemistry
project duration: 8-10 weeks
Identification of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and deer mice (P. maniculatus) through comparison of species-specific allozymes for salivary amylase and mitochondrial DNA: Population shifts in Minnesota habitats
OR
Small mammal abundance and diversity in response to prairie management practices, presence of invasive species, and the influence of pocket gophers
Dr. Joe Whittaker, Biology
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early-to-mid June
A (sulfate) radical approach to sulfa drug degradation
Dr. Graeme Wyllie, Chemistry
project duration: 10 weeks, starting mid-May
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in response to changes in land use in grasslands of Minnesota
Dr. Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Biology
project duration 6-8 weeks, starting late June/early July
Stability analysis for higher-order differential equations
Dr. Doug Anderson, Mathematics
project duration: 6 weeks, starting Mid June
Identification of conjugate and adjuvants for ideal response to immunization
Dr. Jennifer Bath, Biology
project duration: 8-10 weeks, starting early May
Native bee diversity on restored prairies
Dr. Bryan Bishop, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks, starting mid-to-late May
Identification and characterization of Trypanosoma brucei genes involved in lipid body organelle biogenesis and function
Dr. John Flaspohler, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks, starting mid-to-late May
Development of water-soluble phosphines and metal complexes for potential medical application
Dr. Chopper Krogstad, Chemistry
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early May
Investigation of the Saleck-Wigner-Peres clock in the weak measurement theory framework
Dr. Luiz Manzoni, Physics
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early May
Ecology of Long Lake
Dr. Michelle Marko, Biology
project duration: 8 weeks
Gene regulation of behaviour in lupus-prone mice
Dr. Krys Strand, Biology & Neuroscience
project duration: 10 weeks, starting mid-May
Dr. Darin Ulness, Chemistry
project duration: 8-10 weeks
Identification of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and deer mice (P. maniculatus) through comparison of species-specific allozymes for salivary amylase and mitochondrial DNA: Population shifts in Minnesota habitats
OR
Small mammal abundance and diversity in response to prairie management practices, presence of invasive species, and the influence of pocket gophers
Dr. Joe Whittaker, Biology
project duration: 10 weeks, starting early-to-mid June
A (sulfate) radical approach to sulfa drug degradation
Dr. Graeme Wyllie, Chemistry
project duration: 10 weeks, starting mid-May
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