George Washington Carver Research Program

2007 Carver Interns

	Mr. Muhammed Shukri Abdul Aziz Wiley College Research Project: “While I Run This Race” Internship: English Mentor: Dr. Bob Cochran
	Ms. Tomica Blocker Langston University Research Project: “Analysis of the CYC1 promoter in Candida albicans” Internship: Biology Mentor: Dr. David McNabb
	Ms. Karole Blythe Langston University Research Project: “Expression of, and Measurement of the Binding Affinity of Isotopically-labeled Cdc42 wild type and Cdc42(F28L) with a minimal binding domain peptide of a p21-Activated Serine/Threonine Kinase” Internship: Chemistry REU Mentor: Dr. Paul Adams
	Mr. Tariq Bond Norfolk State University Research Project: “A Polychromatic Approach to White Light Emission Utilizing Nanocrystals” Internship: Microelectronis-Photonics REU Mentor: Mr. Ken Vickers
	Mr. Jason Chandler Langston University Research Project: “The Water Switchgrass Extraction of Compound(s) that Inhibit Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation” Internship: Chemistry REU Mentor: Dr. David Paul
	Ms. Felysia Chatman Houston-Tillotson University Research Project: “Arkansas: A Profile of One State- Data, Demographics, and Dynamics” Internship: Education Mentor: Dr. Charlene Johnson
	Ms. Tiara Dunigan Norfolk State University Research Project: “Organized Behavior across the Scale Boundaries” Internship: Microelectronics-Photonics REU Mentor: Dr. Ajay P. Malshe
	Ms. Felicia Ekpo Langston University Research Project: “Glucose Measurement Based on Föster Resonance Energy Transfer between Concanavalin A- Fluorescein Isothiocyanate and Dextran/Gold Nanoparticles” Internship: Biomedical Engineering Mentor: Dr. Kaiming Ye
	Ms. Monigue Fahie Alcorn State University Research Project: “States and their Preparation of Students for the Fastest Growing Occupations” Internship: Agricultural Economics Mentor: Dr. Dan Rainey
	Ms. Ashley Goolsby Bennett College Research Project: “Student Involvement in Governance: Democracy and the Involved College Student” Internship: Education Mentor: Dr. Mike Miller
	Ms. Cassandra Hunter University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Research Project: “The Designing of Microsatellite Primers to Screen the Genome of Chickens” Internship: INBRE REU Mentor: Dr. David Paul
	Mr. Charles Loftis Langston University Research Project: “Understanding the Mechanism of Trichloroacetic Acid-Induced Precipitation of Proteins” Internship: Chemistry REU Mentor: Dr. David Paul
	Ms. Nakita Lovelady University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Research Project: “The Effects of Deleting Histone Genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Internship: INBRE REU Mentor: Dr. David Paul
	Mr. Benjamin Newton University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Research Project: “Metal Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Using An Electron Beam” Internship: Chemical Engineering Mentor: Dr. Julie Carrier and Dr. Ed Clausen
	Ms. Cuwonna Peoples University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Research Project: “Prediction of Cooked White Rice Texture Attributes and RVA Parameters by Near-Infrared Reflectance Analysis of Whole Grain” Internship: Food Science Mentor: Dr. Navam Hettiarachchy
	Ms. Celina Robinson Wiley College Research Project: “Escaping Gender, Escaping Race: A Comparison of Caste Systems in Creole Literature” Internship: English Mentor: Dr. Susan Marren
	Ms. Lakeitha Ruffin Alcorn State University Research Project: “Analysis of an Organic Apple Orchard in Northwest Arkansas” Internship: Horticulture Mentor: Dr. Curt Rom
	Ms. Sharon Sanders Philander Smith College Research Project: “The Significance of Detecting Methionine 388 as Conserved Throughout the Thrombomodulin Gene of Various Mammalian Species” Internship: INBRE REU Mentor: Dr. David Paul
	Mr. Edgar Siyakurima Wiley College Research Project: “Effects of Overexpression of H2A-H2B Histones in Yeast” Internship: Biology Mentor: Dr. Ines Pinto
	Mr. Randall Wilkerson University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Research Project: “The Lineage of Othello” Internship: Drama Mentor: Dr. Andrew Gibbs