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Jason Miech ’18 – A tradition of laminar flow

Posted by on May 24, 2017 in Posts, Student News

The first week of summer research for rising senior Jason Miech has gone well. Here he uses the protonation of quinine by sulfuric acid to produce a fluorescent product. This allows for visualization of mixing and measurement of laminar flow in microfluidic cell designs. This design is called the “trident”!

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Krista Meserve ’18 – Chicago Field Museum of Natural History

Posted by on Mar 25, 2017 in Posts, Student News

Members of Chemistry Club traveled to Chicago during spring break to visit two museums: the Field Museum of Natural History and The Museum of Science and Industry. The Field museum had a state of the art DNA research lab within the museum that walked visitors through the process of sequencing DNA. I found it very interesting because the exhibit explained...

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David Savage ’17 – Snow Day!

Posted by on Mar 21, 2017 in Posts, Student News

As students are returning back to campus from spring break, Winter Storm Stella brings a much appreciated snow. While breaks are helpful and often needed, Senior David Savage can’t wait to get back into the lab to continue research in collaboration with Harpoon Brewery (located in Boston’s Seaport District).

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Bobby Tzepos ’18 – Finding time for lab

Posted by on Mar 21, 2017 in Posts, Student News

As the semester is reaching its midpoint, exams are here and spring break is right around the corner.  Finding time to get into the lab for research has been quite a struggle but summer applications are in! Research over the summer allows us to maximize productivity and focus solely on our experiments. I am excited to continue research on my early...

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