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Celebrating Collaboration

Smith College’s annual showcase of student research and performance highlights students’ intellectual achievements and their collaborative efforts with faculty in a variety of departmental, program and interdisciplinary projects. It is a celebration of liberal arts education.

The 2009 event featured the work of 257 students who participated in 153 presentations, with the guidance of 104 faculty members. Students participated in individual talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits and performances, in the areas of science and technology, performing arts, and social, cultural and literary studies.

American Studies, American Studies Diploma Program, Art, Astronomy

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Classical Languages & Literatures, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science

Dance, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Film Studies,
First Year Seminar, French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History, Internships, Italian
Language & Literature

Kahn Institute, Landscape Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Music

Physics

Psychology

Smithipedia, Sociology, Spanish Language &
Literature, Study of Women & Gender

Chemistry

Melinda Ng '09
Thermodynamic Stability of the Sp lesion in Oxidized DNA
Science poster session deriving from special studies and SURF with Elizabeth Jamieson, assistant professor of chemistry

Megana Dwarakanath '10, Yili Liao '09, and Maud M. Martei '10
Impact of Oxidation of Guanine Base on the Thermodynamic Stability of DNA Duplex
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Elizabeth Jamieson, assistant professor of chemistry

Eliza Spear '12
Pseudo-Rotation in XY3 Compounds (X=I, Br, Cl; Y=F, Cl)
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Robert Linck, professor of chemistry
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Cristina Santarossa '11 and Georgina Lopez '09
What Lies Beneath: The Influence of Substrate Surface Chemistry on Biofilm Nucleation
Science poster session deriving from summer research with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry
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Susanna Michael '12 and Carmen Say '11
Why So Wettable? Using Dynamic Contact Angle to Monitor Oxidation of Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and independent study with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry

Carmen Say '11
From Nanorough to More Robust: Using Dynamic FT-IR Spectroscopy to Monitor the Surface Topography of Chemically-Modified Silicon
Science poster session deriving from independent study with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry
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Leslie Herndon '10
Synthetic Routes Toward Inhibition of Bacterial Quorum Sensing
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Tanya Schneider, visiting assistant professor of chemistry

Erena Farah Ousman '11 and Keturah Edwards '11
Development of a Novel Dienophile for Acid-Promoted Diels-Alder Reactions
Science poster session deriving from AEMES research with Kevin Shea, associate professor of chemistry

Kerry Valentine AC09
Using Cl-NMR To Detect Anionic Flux Mediated by Antibiotics
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Cristina Suarez, associate professor of chemistry, and Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences

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