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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 2010 event featured the work of 328 students who participated in 205 presentations, with the guidance of 102 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

Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Computer Science, Dance,
East Asian Languages &
Literatures, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Environmental Science & Policy, Exercise & Sport Studies, Film Studies,
French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History

Kahn Institute,
Mathematics & Statistics

Museum Studies, Museums Concentration

Neuroscience

Philosophy, Physics,
Psychology

Religion, Smith Studies,
Sociology, Spanish
Language & Literature,
Study of Women & Gender,
Theatre

Chemistry

Pyae Naing '10
Structural Study of Sp Lesion By NMR
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Elizabeth Jamieson, associate professor of chemistry

Chi Gao '11 and Ma Thida '11
Thermodynamic Stability in 15-mer DNA with Sp Lesion
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Elizabeth Jamieson, associate professor of chemistry

Cristina Santarossa '11, Carmen Say '11 and Julea Vlassakis '12
Proteins with a Preference: The Role of Molecular Conformation in poly-L-lysine Adsorption and Biofilm Formation on Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Silicon Surfaces
Science poster session deriving from student-faculty and STRIDE research with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry

Susanna Michael '12
The Princess and the Pea: The Persistence of Surface Chemistry Effects on Multi-Layer Biomolecule Adsorption
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry
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Jasmine Wallas '11
Variation of Ionic Strength in Alginate Adsorption
Science poster session deriving from AEMES and summer research 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 thesis with Tanya Schneider, visiting assistant professor of chemistry

Stephanie Aldrin '10 and Melissa Torres AC
The Diels-Alder Reaction: Synthesis of a Novel Dienophile
Science poster session deriving from thesis and special studies work with Kevin Shea, associate professor of chemistry

Julie Olson '10
Development of a Tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand Strategy for the Synthesis of Tetracycles
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Kevin Shea, associate professor of chemistry

Rachel Dorset '10, Keturah Edwards '11 and Erena Farah Ousman '11
Development of a New Class of Cationic Diels-Alder Dienophiles Stabilized by Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes
Science poster session deriving from thesis and special studies with Kevin Shea, associate professor of chemistry

Aubrey Graham '12
Quantitative Study of Isoflurane Concentrations
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Cristina Suarez, associate professor of chemistry

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