Congratulations to the students doing research in the Department who received Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards.

• Amber Gomez
  Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
  Title: Computational Studies of the Electron and Fluoride Affinities of Early Actinide Oxides and Oxo-Fluoride Complexes
• James Howard
  Mentor: Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy
  Title: Application of Air-Stable Palladium(II) Precatalysts to Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions and C-H Activeation of Pyridine N-Oxides
• Addison Iszler
  Mentor: Dr. Marco Bonizzoni
  Title: Noncovalent Interactions in PAMAM Dendrimer Analogues
• Elliot Lakner
  Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
  Title: Structural and Electronic Properties of Pd Clusters: Catalyst Models
• Donna Xia
  Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
  Title: Actinide Aqueous Hydrolysis Reactions: Initial Steps in Actinide Aggregation

Donna Xia also received the Henry Pettus Randall, Jr. Scholarship as the highest rated project by a Randall Scholars Program student.