CURE Examples
Discipline
Core Competencies
Nature of Research
Target Audience
CURE Duration
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic liquid and Ionic Solid Hydrates
Allan Cardenas, SUNY College at Fredonia
CHEM 481 is an advanced synthesis course focuses from synthetic design up to the full characterization of products including optimization. Students enrolled in this class are usually juniors and seniors who already taken organic and analytical laboratory classes. This CURE course will give student to design and perform the synthesis of novel ionic liquid; perform a full spectroscopic analysis of the products; optimize and scale up chemical reactions; provide molecular modifications if needed. This CURE train students to use chemical analysis instruments and introduce them to other capabilities of an instrument which is not usually discussed in regular undergraduate courses.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Planning and carrying out investigations, Developing and using models, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Applied Research, Basic Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Upper Division, Major, Non-major
CURE Duration: A full term
Structure activity studies of drugs that target the cytoskeleton
Christina Vizcarra, Barnard College
In this CURE, junior and senior chemistry majors in an Advanced Chemical Synthesis laboratory course will synthesize analogs of a drug molecule. The drugs of interest are known inhibitors of cytoskeletal regulatory proteins. These molecules will then be assayed in the PI's lab to test for inhibitory activity and specificity. Students and the PI will generate publishable data of general interest to the research community.
Nature of Research: Wet Lab/Bench Research, Basic Research
State: New York