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George Washington Carver Research Program

2009 Carver Interns

Jakym Battle
Fort Valley State University
Research Project: “Production of  Biodiesel: From Tall Oil Transterification via High Pressure & Temperature Reaction with Methanol”
Mentors: Dr. Jamie Hestekin & Mr. Tom Potts

Brandon Booth
Philander Smith College
Research Project: “Detection of Varies Size Insulin using Capillary Electrophoresis”
Mentor: Dr. Christa Hestekin

Jasmine Brown
Philander Smith College
Research Project: “Could Peptoids be a Treatment Option for Alzheimers Disease”
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Servoss

Amanda Compean
University of Arkansas
Research Prject: “Peptoid Based Copating for the ELISA Microarray”
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Servoss

Andre Cook
University of Arkansas
Research Project: “NCREPT Safety & Compliance”
Mentor: T.A. Walton

Sharde Davis
Philander Smith College

Research Project: “Purification of Proteins from Cell Lysate using a Peptoid Based Affinity Chromotography”
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Servoss

Megan Dunn
University of Arkansas                                                          
Research Project: “Purification of Proteins from Cell Lysate using a Peptoid Based Affinity Chromotography”
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Servoss


Kirt Durand
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Chemistry REU


Alex Gonzales
University of Texas at El Paso

Mechanical Engineering REU


Dewanna Jenkins
University of Arkansas

Research Project: “The Development of a “User-Friendly” Interface Using Adobe Flash Creative Suite”
Mentors: Dr. Justin Chimka & Dr. Nebil Buyurgan


Christian McGuire
University of Arkansas

Research Project: “System Identification of a Steel Grid Model”
Mentor: Dr. Kirk Grimmelsman


Clement Ogunyemi
Grambling State University

City of Fayetteville


Korbi Orr
Huston-Tillotson University

Research Project: “Improving the Educational Quality of the I-ATMUS Tool by Addressing Learning Styles”
Mentors: Dr. Justin Chimka & Dr. Nebil Buyurgan


Amara Ransom
Claflin University

Research Project: Destinations Travel Agency
Mentor: Dr. Jia Di


Shannon Smith
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Research Project: Peekaboo Magazine


Justin Wright
University of Arkansas

Research Project: “Energy of Asynchronous & Synchronous Gates”
Mentor: Dr. Jia Di


Joseph Wyatt
University of Arkansas

Research Project: “Reverse Engineering of a Surface Resonance Biosensor”
Mentor: Dr. Keith Roper


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