Undergraduate Research
Scholarship Opportunities
Welch Research Scholarship
This scholarship is open to chemistry and biochemistry majors who wish to do research at Angelo State University with a professor in our department. A call for research proposals for this scholarship is sent out toward the end of each fall and spring semester. Current distributions are $1,500 and $3,200 for long semesters and summer research, respectively.
Robert G. and Nona K. Carr Undergraduate Student Research Scholarships
Undergraduates who have completed 72 credit hours are eligible to apply for a Carr Undergraduate Research Scholarship. These scholarships are offered university-wide on a competitive basis and provide a stipend of $2,000 for an academic year, during which the recipient takes on a significant research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Students who receive this scholarship are expected to make a commitment of time and effort to their project that is far greater than what would normally be expected in a regular research course. A formal presentation of results is made in the spring at the ASU Carr Student Research Scholar Symposium. Many students also present talks or papers at professional meetings.
Student Research Courses (CHEM 4191, 4291, 4391)
The department makes available various opportunities for students to participate in research or independent study projects. These are usually most appropriate for junior- or senior-level students.
The simplest and most common way to start such a project is by contacting a faculty member to see whether he/she is able to supervise a CHEM 4191, 4291 or 4391 (research) course.
The course may entail a specific research project or may be conducted as either an independent study project or a traditional course, but only on a topic that is not covered in the standard curriculum.
These are some of our faculty members who may be interested in offering a research course, along with some of the topics that have been offered in the past or may be considered in the future:
Dr. Carter: Analytical chemistry, trace environmental analysis and speciation of environmentally important elements
Dr. Dawkins: Environmental chemistry, biological survey work on birds
Dr. Flynn: Biochemistry, amino acid metabolism, intestinal development, nutritional biochemistry, food chemistry
Dr. Maxwell: Organic synthesis, enolate chemistry and spectroscopic analysis of organic compounds
Dr. Osborne: Biochemistry
Dr. Osterhout: Biochemistry
Dr. Velasquez: Experimental physical chemistry involving gas phase clusters and some computational chemistry of these systems
