What is a Senior Research Project?

At BASIS Tucson, seniors have the chance to propose an independent research project that takes place off campus during the last trimester of the year. The seniors whose proposals are accepted write their own syllabi and then head off into the world, to a site where they conduct their research while interning with a professional in the field. Those of us stuck on campus follow their adventures on this blog. Now that the projects are over, we are all excited to attend their presentations. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, May 11, 6-8 PM
at the U of A Poetry Center (environmentalism projects)
Sierra Cordova, Nicole Rapatan, Zobella Vinik and Dany Joumaa (see titles of projects, below)

Saturday, May 14, 10-12 AM
at The Loft Cinema (arts projects)
Clarice Bales, Samone Isom, Josh Waterman and Angelynn Khoo (see titles of projects, below)

Monday, May 16, 6-8 PM
at BioSciences West, Rm. 310, U of A ( U of A projects)
Joseph Tang, Jayanth Ganesan, Andrew Graham and Gabriel Carranza (see titles of projects, below)

Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 PM
at U of A McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Blg. MCLND, rm. 207 (travel abroad projects)
Clover Powell, Greg Spell, Agustin Temporini and Margarita Sadova.

We'd love to see you there!



The BASIS Tucson Class of 2011 Senior Research Project bloggers (with the titles of their projects) are:



Clarice Bales: "Narrative and Film"



Sierra Cordova: "The Intent and Application of Environmental Policy"



Clover Powell: "The Artistic Interpretation of the Biological Sciences"



Greg Spell: "Micro-venturing in Guatemala"



Agustin Temporini: "A Study of the Role of the Press in 1960's/70's Argentina"



Gabriel Carranza: "Analysis and Research on Drugs associated with Torsades de Pointes"



Dany Joumaa: "Innovations in Display Technology: Synthesis of Organic Luminescent Materials Compounds"



Joseph Tang: "The Creation and Project of 3D Holograms"



Jayanth Ganesan: "Research of Game Thoeretic Models in relation to Non-Market Games"



Andrew Graham: "The Malaria-Resistant Mosquito"



Samone Isom: "Art and Artist: in peril of Devaluation?"



Angelynn Khoo: "Mousa, Mouseion, Museum: MOCA Tucson"



Nicole Rapatan: "Sustainable Architecture and Design in Modern Times"



Margarita Sadova: "Pulmonology at St. Joseph's Hospital"



Josh Waterman: "The Fiery Crossroads of Artistic Value and Financial Success in the Independent Film Industry"



Zobella Vinik: "Environmental Psychology with the Drachman Institute"







Enjoy the Blog!



















Monday, April 4, 2011

Way Overdue after a Busy Week

Well its been a hectic week with colleges and a entirely new assignment that was given to me as my list is almost complete.

As an intern, I have learned that my main job is to do everything the people who work here don't really want to do. I don't mind the busywork, it gives me something to do and also helps the company. Its not mindless chores, its just time consuming, but also interesting knowing the outcome of my work.

My new assignment is to create a ridiculously long list of drugs for an iPhone app that will document medication and remind people of their medication schedule. This list is at the moment 11279 drugs long, and basically says what the app will recognize. The problem was the list was up to date only to October 17, 2007. So it was up to me to update it, remove trademarks and eliminate drugs that are administered only once. Its a rather tedious but an overall useful job. This work will allow the people who use the app to have their drugs recognized on a comprehensive scale.

As for the original list, it is basically complete. The final product looks at all drugs and reports what each drug does, its brand name, the number of reports of QT prolongation and Torsade de Pointes (as well as the statistical strength for each), the molecular formulas, 2-D and 3-D molecular structures, Chirality, half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC-50) as well as the techniques to find the IC-50s and sources.

I am almost finished, and now I have been integrated into the office, so I perform any minor tasks they wish for me to complete.

PS If you have not heard I have been accepted to Harvard.

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