Honors Research is a hallmark of an IWU liberal arts education. Eligible students are invited to embark upon a year-long research or creative arts project with a faculty mentor and a committee of faculty from within and outside of their major department.
Any entry that does not have a pdf attached has been withheld from the repository at the author’s request. Bona fide researchers may be consult these works by visiting the University Archives in Tate Archives & Special Collections; contact archives@iwu.edu or visit Tate Archives and Special Collections for details.

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Submissions from 2015

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Synthesis and Screen of a Proline-Rich Combinatorial Library Towards the Identification of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Polymerization Inhibitors, Laura Steenberge

Submissions from 2010

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Green Chemistry Using Bismuth(III) Salts: Synthesis of Cyclic Acetals and Allylation of Tetrahydropyranyl Ethers and Aldehydes, Scott W. Krabbe

Submissions from 2009

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Green Chemistry Using Bismuth Compounds: Bismuth(III) Triflate Catalyzed Allylation of Cyclic Acetals, Matthew J. Spafford, '09

Submissions from 2007

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Green Chemistry Using Bismuth Salts Bismuth (III) Iodide Catalyzed Deprotection of Acetals and Ketals in H2O, Aaron D. Bailey '07

Submissions from 2004

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Nitrite Photochemistry in 2-Propanol/Water Solution, Joseph B. Binder '04

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Environment Friendly Organic Synthesis, Russell C. Smith '04

Submissions from 2003

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Development of a Simple Method to Detect and Quantify Benzoylecgonine, a Cocaine Metabolite, in Urine, Kylee E. Billings '03

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The Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid in an Aqueous Matrix, Jay S. Ratliff '03

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Characterizing Conformational Changes Along the Dimerization Helix of the Global Regulator, FNR, Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Melanie Zupancic '03

Submissions from 2001

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Lewis Acid Catalyzed Reactions of Aziridino-Olefins, Steven Tymonko '01

Submissions from 2000

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A Study of the Solvolysis Reactions of Tetrahydrofurfuryl Tosylate, Rebecca Centko '00

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A Systematic Study of the Correlations Between Meteorite Impacts and Soot Formation, Susanna L. Widicus '00

Submissions from 1999

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Synthesis of Novel Sesquiterpene Lactones: Heritianin, Vallapianin and Vallapin, Kostas Gavardinas '99

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Photochemical and Thermal Reactions of Nitrous Acid in a Benzene Matrix, Ethan Schrum '99

Submissions from 1998

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Patterns of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Neotropical Migrant Passerines in Relation to Wintering Range and Wintering Habitat, Jeffrey A. Klemens '98

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The Total Synthesis of a Conformationally Constrained Organophosphorus Analog of Acetycholine, Justin Mergott '98

Submissions from 1997

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Synthesis of an Organophosphorus Analog of Acetylcholine, Darshan Mehta '97

Submissions from 1996

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Pursuit of a Chiral Amino Aldehyde Intermediate in the Synthesis of (+)-Obafluorin, a B-Lactone Antibiotic, Jim Cwik '96

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The Synthesis of an Organophosphorus Analog of Acetylcholine, Jay-James R. Miller '96

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Toward an Efficient Method of Detecting Cocaine Metabolite in Urine, C.J. Summers '96

Submissions from 1995

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Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the Neotropical Migratory Passerine Birds, Birthe Borup

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Ignition and Environmental Effects of Wildfires as Related to Giant Impacts, Gregory S. Kufner

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Photochemistry of the Nitrite Ion, Laura J. Wilson '95

Submissions from 1994

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The Photochemistry of the Nitrite Ion, Deborah Anna Cull '94

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A Synthetic Study of an Organophosphorous Compound as an Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor, Sulay Jhaveri '94

Submissions from 1993

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Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid and Nitrite Ion, Kathryn E. Shanks '93

Submissions from 1992

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Synthesis of New Reagents for the Detection of Fingerprints and Amino Acids, Bjorn Borup '92

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Analysis of Carbon across the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary, Andrew J. Carr '92

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Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid and Nitrite Ion, Jane A. Johnson '92

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The Development of an Improved Extraction Method for the Determination of Cocaine Metabolite in Human Urine, Leanne M. Nieukirk '92

Submissions from 1991

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Electrostatically Paired Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine: Equilibria and Electrochemical Oxidation, Libin Ho '91

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The Reactions of N-Phenylaminoiminomethanesulfonic Acid (PAIMSO) with Meldrum's Acid, Milana-Minja Maletic '91

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Synthesis of Aliphatic Bis(Thioureas), Donald G. McEwen IV '91

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The Limitations of Women in Science at Six Midwestern Colleges due to the Adherence to Conceptions of Gender Differences Between the Sexes in the Years of 1880 through 1940, Denise Mohney '91

Submissions from 1990

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Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid and Nitrite Ion, Christopher L. Exstrom '90

Submissions from 1989

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Synthesis and Nucleophilic Reactions of Bifunctional Thiourea S,S,S-Trioxides, Dan Webb '89

Submissions from 1969

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Complexes of Phosphine Ligands with the Main Transition Elements, Richard R. Clikeman '69