Table 2. Past Summer Research Projects for High School Students

Year
Title of Research Project
Instrumentation Used
Techniques Learned

1994, 1996

The Preparation and Characterization of Microperoxidase Polyethylene Glycol

Perkin Elmer Lambda 9 UV-vis spectrophotometer, Waters HPLC

dialysis, ultrafiltration, open-column cation exchange chromatography, size exclusion HPLC, dilution, enzyme assay, pH measurement

1995

The Measurement and Control of the pH of Benzene

pH meter, Perkin Elmer Lambda 9 UV-vis spectrophotometer

pH measurement, extraction, emulsion

1997, 1998

The Preparation and Characterization of N-Acetyl-Microperoxidase-8

HP 8452A diode array UV-vis, PerSeptive Biocad Sprint HPLC, BAS 100B electrochemical workstation

ultrafiltration, dilution, cation exchange chromatography, cyclic voltammetry, pH measurement

1998

The Isolation and Purification of Soybean Peroxidase

HP 8452A diode array UV-vis, PerSeptive Biocad Sprint HPLC

ultrafiltration, cation exchange chromatography, enzyme assay



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