FlyByJan2004 NSF SiteVisit

January 2004 Fly-byNSF Program Evaluation: 

January 2004 Fly-byNSF Program Evaluation

Matthew Balhoff: 

Matthew Balhoff Major: Chemical Engineering Home: Baton Rouge Undergrad: LSU Chemical Engineering Years at LSU: 7 (incl. B.S. degree in ChE) CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Daly-Thompson Off-campus participant: Dr. Desroches, Schlumberger Project: Multi-Scale Modeling of Porous Media Flow Apprenticeship Project: Schlumberger Minithesis completed? Yes Current career objective: Unkown Hobbies: Sports

Michael Baylis: 

Michael Baylis Major: Chemistry Home: Petal, Mississippi Undergrad: B.S. Polymer Science, University of Southern MS 1992 Graduate: M.S. Chemistry, LSU 1999 Years at LSU: 3+ (incl. M.S. degree work  return for Ph.D.) CMC-IGERT Rank: Recruit Faculty Team: Russo Off-campus: TBA Project: Gold Nano-Rods for Polymer Physics Apprenticeship Project: TBA Minithesis completed? No. Current career objective: Academia Hobbies: Computing

Brian Benson : 

Brian Benson Major: Biochemistry Home: Baton Rouge, LA Undergrad: B.S. Biochemistry, LSU-Baton Rouge (2002) Years at LSU: 1+ CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Laine/Waldrop Off-Campus: Ralph Freedman, M.D. Anderson Project: GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase (GMD) assay development and pH rate profiles Minithesis completed? No. Current career objective: Oncology Physician/Scientist Hobbies: Cooking, Marine Aquaculture, Music

Alan Bussard: 

Alan Bussard Major: Chemical Engineering Home: San Mateo, CA Undergrad: B.S. Chemical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley (2003) Years at LSU: < 1 CMC-IGERT Rank: recruit Faculty Team: Prof. Kerry Dooley & Other Off-campus: TBA Project: Hydrogenation of Polymers in Oscillating Systems Minithesis completed? No Current career objective: Industry Hobbies: Practical Pistol Competitions

Jason Campbell: 

Jason Campbell Major: Chemistry Home: Bossier City, LA Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, LSU-Shreveport (1999) Years at LSU: 4 CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Russo, Spivak Off-campus: Patricia M. Cotts, Dupont Project: Molecular recognition Apprenticeship Project: Scattering from influenza (completed) Minithesis completed? Yes. Current career objective: Industry Hobbies: Sports, Computers, Movies. Geaux Tigers.

Colleen Colson: 

Colleen Colson Major: Chemistry Home: New Orleans, LA Undergrad: B.S. Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi (2002) Years at LSU: 2 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Dr. Thomas Off-campus: Noel Clark (University of Colorado, Boulder) and P.J. Persichini III (Allegheny College) Project: Large and small molecule interactions with phospholipid tubules Apprenticeship Project: Not yet Minithesis completed: No Current career objective: Industry Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, and Planning my Wedding

Derek Dorman: 

Derek Dorman Major: Chemistry Home: Jackson, MS Undergrad: B.S. Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi (2000) Years at LSU: 2 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Russo, McCarley Off-campus: R. Epand (McMaster University) and Iris Torriani (Brazil) Project: Lipid-Dendrimer Interactions Apprenticeship Project: Not yet Minithesis completed? No. Current career objective: Industry Hobbies: Watching Football and Gaming

Garrett Doucet: 

Garrett Doucet Major: Chemistry Home: Luling, LA Undergrad: B.S. Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi (1997) Years at LSU: 6.3 CMC-IGERT Rank: Honorary Craftsperson (Guinea pig again!) Faculty Team: Russo Off-campus: Not Applicable Project: Matrix Fluorescence Photobleaching Recovery and Complex Solutions of Rodlike Polymers Apprenticeship Project: Not Applicable Minithesis completed? Not Applicable Current career objective: Acadamia Hobbies: Reading, Learning History, Playing Pool, Board Games, Traveling

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Major: Chemistry Home: Grambling, LA Undergrad: Grambling State University; Grambling, LA (May 2000) Years at LSU: 3+ CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Isiah Warner, Steven Soper Off-campus: TBA (probably at NIST) Project: Surface Modification of Microfluidic Devices Apprenticeship Project: Surface Modification of Microchips Using a Zwitterionic Polymer Minithesis completed: No Current career objective: Industry Hobbies: eating, shopping, dreaming about sleeping Angela N. Douglas

Nadia J. Edwin: 

Nadia J. Edwin Major: Chemistry Home: St.Croix, USVI Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, UVI-St.Thomas (2000) Years at LSU: 3+ CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Dr. Paul Russo, Dr. Robin McCarley Off-campus: Dr. Andrea Liu, UCLA Project: Inhibiting Alzheimer’s Disease Apprenticeship Project: Light Scattering Characterization of Dow Particles (completed) Minithesis completed? YES Current career objective: MD/PhD Academic Professor Hobbies: Traveling, Reading, Writing…

Christopher W. Guillory: 

Christopher W. Guillory Major: ELRC = Educational Leadership Research & Counseling Home: Sorrento, LA Undergrad: B.S, Mathematics, USL (1997) Years at LSU: 4+ CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Kennedy, Monlezun Off-campus: Jean Fields Off-campus participant: TBA Project: IGERT Program review Apprenticeship Project: Retention Rates at Public Universities in Louisiana Minithesis completed? No. Current career objective: ??? Hobbies: Comic books and spending free time with my wife

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Veronica Holmes Major: Chemistry Home: Baton Rouge, LA Undergrad: B.S, Chemistry, Southern University (1999) Years at LSU: 4 CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Daly, Thompson Off-campus: Drew Poche’ (Dow) Project: Flow Through Porous Media Apprenticeship Project: Related to Project, completed. Minithesis completed? Soon, very, very soon. Current career objective: Agriculture Innovations Hobbies: Marathon training

Allison M. Joubert: 

Allison M. Joubert Major: Biochemistry Home: Opelousas, LA Undergrad: B.S. Biological Sciences, LSU-BR (2001) Years at LSU: 6+ (including undergraduate) CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Vince J. LiCata and Jackie Stephens Off-campus: Alexandra Klinger ( Johnson & Johnson) Student Team Member: Greg Thompson Project: Bridging the In Vitro – In Vivo Gap: Structure-Function Studies of a DNA Binding Protein Apprenticeship Project: Hydrodynamic and X-ray Scattering Properties of Type I DNA Polymerases from E. coli and T. aquaticus (completed) Minithesis completed? Yes Current career objective: Pharmaceutical Research Hobbies: Watching Movies, Hanging out with friends and playing Tennis

Mariah McMasters: 

Mariah McMasters Major: Chemistry Home: Paragould, Arkansas Undergrad: Chemistry and Mathematics, B.S., Arkansas State University (1999) Years at LSU: 3 CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Robin McCarley, Paul Russo, Bob Hammer Outside Participant: TBA Project: Inhibiting Alzheimer’s Disease Apprenticeship Project: Surface-Induced Aggregation of Beta Amyloid Peptide Minithesis completed: Yes Current Career Objective: Academics Hobbies: Reading, Cooking

Matthew Malwitz: 

Matthew Malwitz Major: Chemistry Home: Currently – Baton Rouge Undergrad: University of Southern Mississippi Years at LSU: 3 CMC-IGERT Rank: ???? Faculty Team: Schmidt Off-campus: TBA (possibly SANS expert at NIST or ORNL) Project: Examination of Shear Induced Orientation of Polymer-Clay Solutions and Films by Rheology, Scattering, and Microscopy Techniques Minithesis completed: No Current career objective: Eventually to work in either a national lab or industry. Hobbies: Gaming

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Rhonda Nichols Major: Human Ecology Home: Baton Rouge, LA Undergrad: B.S, Textile Science, LSU (1996) Years at LSU: 4+ CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Negulescu, Kuttruff Off-campus: Billie Collier Project: Textile End-Use Applications of Recycled Commercial Polymer Materials and Textiles Apprenticeship Project: Evaluation of Effect of Color Component in Naturally Colored Cotton Minithesis completed? Yes. Current career objective: Agriculture Innovations Hobbies: Science and Research

James Rucker: 

James Rucker Major: Chemistry Home: Scott, AR Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, University of Central Ark. (2002) Years at LSU: 2 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Hall, Hammer, Browne Off-campus: John Straub, BU Project: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Beta Sheet Peptides Apprenticeship Project: TBA Minithesis completed? No Current career objective: ??? Hobbies: Sports, Computers

Christopher Sparrow: 

Christopher Sparrow Major: Chemistry Home: Louisiana Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, Xavier New Orleans Years at LSU: 2 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Maverick-Cleij (departed, to be replaced) Project: Inorganic functional polymers Apprenticeship Project: N Minithesis completed? N Current career objective: ????? Hobbies: Sports

Greg Thompson: 

Greg Thompson Major: Biochemistry Home: Slidell, LA Undergrad: B.S. Biology Millsaps College, Jackson, MS Years at LSU: 1.5 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: LiCata, Batista, Stephens Student Team Member: Allison Joubert Project: Protein: Bridging the in vivo in vitro gap. Apprenticeship Project: DNA Type I Polymerases Minithesis completed? No. Current career objective: Undecided Hobbies: Likes watching football, and playing golf.

Kanika Vessel: 

Kanika Vessel Major: Mechanical Engineering (M.E.) Home: Detroit, MI Undergrad: B.S. M.E., Southern University-Baton Rouge (SUBR) (1999) Years at LSU: 4 CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan Faculty Team: Dr. Su-Seng Pang, Dr. Yitshak Ram & Dr. Ioan Negulescu Off-campus: Dr. Guoqiang Li-LSU/SUBR Project: Biodegradable Polymers and Sensitivity of Eigenvalues Apprenticeship Project: Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis of a Vibratory Automobile Model. Minithesis completed? Yes. Current career objective: Industry first, eventually Professor Hobbies: Reading, Bowling and Skating.

John K. Whitehead: 

John K. Whitehead Major: Chemistry Home: Texas Undergrad: Texas A&M branch campus Years at LSU: 2 CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice Faculty Team: Hammer-Fields-Newcomer Off-campus: TBA Project: Peptide design characterization Apprenticeship Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Fmoc-aminomethylphosphinate Minithesis completed? Yes Current career objective: Synthetic Chemist Hobbies: Reading and Sports