The projects began this summer and must be completed by May 2004.  The $2,000 awards cover student wages, campus residential costs, and supply and material expenses.  No faculty salaries or major equipment expenses are allowed.

Studying the seasonal effects of natural lighting on structural light adaptation in the American horseshoe crab are Chad Zarse, a junior applied biology major, and Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering Professor William Weiner.

Kevin Backfish, a junior mechanical engineering major, joins Chemistry Professor Mark Brandt in a study of the effects of mutations on protein-protein interactions for the human estrogen receptor.

Junior chemical engineering majors Matthew Baumgart and Michael Lindley are joining Chemical Engineering Professor Mark
Anklam in a study of solubilization and separation using polymer gels and oppositely charged surfactants.

Researching the numeric solution of Poisson equation, using enhanced Virtual Electromagnetic software, are Graeme Mason, 

a senior electrical engineering major, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor David Voltmer.

Justin Milks, a junior electrical engineering major, is joining Physics and Optical Engineering Professor Elaine Kirkpatrick in 

studying the carbon arc synthesis of alloyed fine particles having dissimilar vapor pressures.

Mike Tranter, a senior applied biology major, is teaming with Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering Professor 

Christine Buckley in an evaluation of PRIMM as a scaffold for cell culture.

Joseph Weaver was a 1935 Rose-Hulman chemical engineering graduate who received an honorary doctorate in engineering 

from the college in 1985.  He died in 1988.  His wife, Reba, lives in Indianapolis and established the Weaver Undergraduate 

Research Award program in memory of her husband.