Depauw University

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL SHARE OF CARES ACT FUNDING

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY CARES ACT EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS FOR STUDENTS

JULIAN SCHOLARSHIPS: RECRUITING, RETAINING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL, FIRST-GENERATION UNDERGRADUATE SCIENTISTS

BPC-A: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WWW.2, A WIDE WEB OF WOMEN

MAKING A SAFE CAMPUS COMMUNITY

TESTING A MODEL FOR TRANSFORMING STEM GENERAL EDUCATION AT LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOLS

IRES TRACK ONE: INVOLVING UNDERGRADUATES IN RESEARCH ON DESIGN AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF CUTENESS IN ROBOTIC GADGETS

REU SITE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS

ENDOCARDIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE VASCULARIZATION OF THE ZEBRAFISH HEART DURING DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND ALKANOIC ACIDS ON REVERSE MICELLE FORMATION AND PROPERTIES: INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FROM THE NOVICE TO EXPERT -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS (CSD) PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR NANCY LEVINGER AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSOR BRIDGET GOURLEY AT DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WILL INVESTIGATE SELF-ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES OF A FEW HUNDRED TO A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND MOLECULES. THESE NANOSCOPIC STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE SOAP BUBBLES TURNED INSIDE OUT, TRAP WATER INSIDE AND SERVE AS MODELS TO EXPLORE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLVENTS IN CONFINED STRUCTURES. CONFINED SOLVENTS ARE IMPORTANT IN BIOLOGY, MANUFACTURING, AND OTHER FIELDS, BUT THEY DO NOT BEHAVE LIKE THEIR MACROSCOPIC LIQUID COUNTERPARTS. CONFINEMENT CAN ALTER THE MOTION OF THE MOLECULES IN THE SMALL SOLVENT POOL, AND ADDED SOLUTE MOLECULES CAN DISRUPT ITS STRUCTURE. PROFESSORS LEVINGER AND GOURLEY AND THEIR STUDENTS, WILL SEED THESE STRUCTURES WITH A SERIES OF MOLECULAR ADDITIVES, AND USE A COMBINATION OF OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC SPECTROSCOPIES TO SEE WHERE THE ADDITIVES RESIDE AND WATCH THEM MOVE IN NANOSCALE CONFINEMENT. THEIR DISCOVERIES COULD PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL INSIGHT INTO HOW CONFINED SOLVENTS BEHAVE, WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO SOLUTIONS IN TECHNOLOGIES RANGING FROM DRUG DISCOVERY TO THE EXTRACTION OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND TOXINS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A COLLABORATIVE, MULTI-INSTITUTION ENVIRONMENT, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT WILL USE ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROSCOPIES, TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE METHODS, AND DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTS OF MOLECULAR ADDITIVES ON THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS WATER CONFINED IN REVERSE MICELLES THAT ARE SEEDED WITH ALKANOLS AND ALKANOIC ACIDS. MEASUREMENTS PERFORMED ON A SERIES OF STRAIGHT CHAIN ALCOHOLS AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS WILL DISTINGUISH THE ROLE OF ALKYL CHAIN LENGTH VERSUS ITS HEAD GROUP FUNCTION IN DETERMINING THE ADDITIVE LOCATION IN THE REVERSE MICELLE, THUS PROVIDING INSIGHT TO THE MOLECULE?S CHEMICAL POTENTIAL IN EACH LOCATION. THESE STUDIES WILL: I) DETERMINE QUATERNARY PHASE DIAGRAMS FOR THE REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS; II) CORRELATE ADDITIVE STRUCTURES AND OTHER PROPERTIES WITH THEIR LOCATION IN THE REVERSE MICELLES; AND III) DETERMINE MOLECULAR AND BULK ADDITIVE PROPERTIES MOST USEFUL IN PREDICTING BEHAVIOR OF ADDITIVE-INFUSED REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS. MEASUREMENTS WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED USING PERFLUOROALKANOIC ACIDS, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED WITH THEIR ALKANOIC ACIDS ANALOGS. THE GROUP WILL STUDY TEAM MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS, WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING THE ASPECTS OF THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT THAT STUDENTS FIND MOST IMPACTFUL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

REU SITE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS

RUI: TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE YANSHAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, NORTHEAST CHINA

CC* NETWORK DESIGN: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION

CONTINUAL ADDITION OF POSTERIOR TAIL SEGMENTS, REGENERATION AND HOX GENE EXPRESSI

RUI: A HIGH PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON-ANTINEUTRINO CORRELATION COEFFICIENT IN FREE NEUTRON DECAY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNRAVELING INTERACTIONS THAT DRIVE WATER-OSMOLYTE INTERACTIONS IN CONFINEMENT AND IMPACT SELF-ASSEMBLY

RUI: AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON-ANTINEUTRINO CORRELATION IN FREE NEUTRON DECAY

RUI: PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF FREE NEUTRON DECAY OBSERVABLES

RUI: A PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON-ANTINEUTRINO CORRELATION IN NEUTRON DECAY USING THE ACORN APPARATUS

INCORPORATING AN INTERNET-MEDIATED COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCES INTO THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCES DIGITAL LIBRARY

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

BUSINESS MEETS HUMANITIES: A LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM [OUR PROPOSED PLANNING GRANT SEEKS TO BRING HUMANISTIC ANALYSIS TO BUSINESS EDUCATION BY LAYING AN INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION AND TO PLAN A COHERENT CURRICULAR STRUCTURE THAT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COURSES, AND THE REVISION OF EXISTING COURSES. OUR GOAL IS TO TIE THESE COURSES TOGETHER UNDER A CURRICULAR STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS ALL OUR STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE PURSUING A DEGREE IN BUSINESS, TO BENEFIT FROM THE HUMANISTIC (E.G. HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL) INSIGHTS THAT CONNECT TO CURRENT MODELS OF ECONOMIC PRACTICES. SIMILARLY, WE WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE PURSUING A DEGREE IN THE HUMANITIES, TO BENEFIT FROM A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS PRACTICE AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING SO THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THE INTERLOCKING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES OF OUR TIMES.]

EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF FIJI

RE-ENVISIONING THE HUMANITIES

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST RESIDENCY WITH SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK.

TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST RESIDENCY.

TO SUPPORT A CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE RESIDENCY.

TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST RESIDENCY BY THE NEW YORK CITY-BASED CHAMBER ENSEMBLE DECODA.

TO SUPPORT DVORAK AND AMERICA, A MUSIC FESTIVAL.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY NIST SURF BOULDER SHOWALTER

TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST RESIDENCY.

ENHANCED PRESERVATION AND ACCESS FOR DEPAUW UNIVERSITY'S OVERSIZE WORKS OF ART

ENHANCED PRESERVATION AND ACCESS FOR DEPAUW UNIVERSITY'S OVERSIZE WORKS OF ART

ENHANCED PRESERVATION AND ACCESS FOR DEPAUW UNIVERSITY'S WORKS ON PAPER COLLECTION

PURCHASE OF DELTA DESIGN MUSEUM STORAGE CABINET FOR CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART

THE VALUE OF ETHICS AND MORAL REASONING IN BUSINESS