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Natural Sciences
Student Projects
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Triclosan Study by Tara Helms |
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Tara displayed an interest in environmental chemistry. As such, she decided to test run-off water from six locations for tha anti-bactial agent Triclosan as a means to determine if it is getting into local lakes. In one of the locations, she did detect triclosan at a concentration of about 165 ppm, and verified this spectrographically. | ||
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Cholesterol Effects of Beef Tallow by Marcus Stoick. |
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| Marcus took advantage of the fact that our capstone experiences can be handled through a mentorship program. As his interests were more in nutrition, he opted to do his capstone at Minnesota State University, where he examined the correlation between hypocholesterol and beef tallow. |
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The first student project is Cassandra Kotten. |
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"I'm actually in high school right now, but I'm planning on going to DSU when I graduate to major in physical science chemistry for computer science. Eventually I'd like to continue on to graduate school. Later this year, I want to work with Dr. Bleil in a project as part of a work-study program in Madison. I'm interested in modern applications of computer modeling in chemistry. We're going to use a computer modeling program to try to understand the interaction between anti-tumor drugs and DNA. If we can better understand why they bind to the DNA, we can hopefully find a way to make them better." | ||
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The next student project is Jeremy Javers. |
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| "Hi. I’m Jeremy Javers. This is my last year at DSU; I’m a chemistry for information systems major, and I play football. I plan on going on to graduate school at SDSU from here and eventually hope to work at an ethanol plant here in South Dakota. My project deals with looking for metals from farm equipment that has been abandoned. We are using an Atomic Absorption spectrometer, and we’re hoping to find a relationship between metal concentrations in soil and the distance from the equipment. The findings from this research should help our farmers determine if it’s safe to leave old equipment near an active field." |
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