Project SEED provides support for summer research internships, pairing high school students with a scientist in a laboratory setting. The mission of Project SEED is to assure that students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds have opportunities to experience the challenges and rewards of chemically-related sciences. We had yet another successful group of Project SEED students this summer! We had 10 students in the program. Our students were paired with investigators at surrounding local universities and government agencies where they participated in research projects.
Project SEED provides support for summer research internships, pairing high school students with a scientist in a laboratory setting. The mission of Project SEED is to assure that students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds have opportunities to experience the challenges and rewards of chemically-related sciences. We had yet another successful group of Project SEED students this summer! We had 10 students in the program. Our students were paired with investigators at surrounding local universities and government agencies where they participated in research projects.
| Student | Mentor | Project |
| Sheku Deen-Tarawalie | Dr. Zhijong Nie, University of Maryland | Synthesizing diverse metal- or oxide-based nanoparticles |
| Tenneh Dukuly | Dr. Amol Kulkarni, Howard University College of Pharmacy | Development of small molecule inhibitors of NLRP3 |
| Osogieahon Ewanehi | Dr. Joseph Fortunak, Howard University | Isolation, characterization, and analysis of the pharmacokinetic enhancer piperine from Piper. nigrum |
| Giselle Flores | Dr. Timothy Warren, Georgetown University | Copper catalyzed C-H functionalization |
| Kevin Fuentes | Dr. James Fedchak, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Photodesorption Studies |
| Yoon Jae Jee | Dr. Andrew Davis, Library of Congress | Effects of Natural Aging on the Mechanical and Molecular Properties of Book Paper and Cellulose |
| Absatou Njie | Dr. Mary-Christine Onuta, University of Maryland Baltimore County | Controlled Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles for the Formation of new Hybrid Nanomaterials |
| Christopher Okorie | Dr. Kaveh Jorabchi, Georgetown University | Halogen tags for detection and quantification of trace chemicals |
| Johaness Osorio | Dr. YuYe Tong, Georgetown University | Synthesizing diverse metal- or oxide-based nanoparticles |
| Maria Rojas | Dr. Andrei Vedernikov, University of Maryland | Developing catalysts for aerobic hydrocarbon oxidation |
The summer began with a well-attended orientation for the students and their families, hosted by committee member Faye Rubinson. Dr. Rubinson shared our vision for the summer and for our students’ shared learning and success. Students listened to different perspectives on the success and importance of Project SEED from several speakers. The event closed with introductions from our Project SEED students. Evaluations from the event indicated broad success of our opening to the summer for our students and their families.
The Project SEED program is financially supported by the National program and our local section. Please contribute to the Noel Turner Fund to help sustain our local section program. Checks payable to the Noel Turner Fund can be sent to the CSW Local Section Office, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
