RET DEVELOPED EXPERIMENTS
Past Participants
RET participants learn about grand challenges in industry, perform lab research on industry-relevant problems, and visit industrial sites. This emphasis on industrial activity and research allows teachers to design labs and activities with fresh applications to careers in chemistry and biochemistry, inspiring their students to pursue further education and careers in the industry.
2018
Russ Blair
- School: Crimson Cliffs High, Washington, UT
- BYU Faculty Mentor: Roger Harrison
- Project: Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles
- Years of Participation: 2018
2018 & 2019
Robert Adamson
- School: Lone Peak High School, Pleasant Grove, UT
- BYU Faculty Mentor: J.C. Price
- Project: Quantification of protein turnover rates by mass spectrometry
- Years of Participation: 2018 and 2019
2019 & 2020
Clark Andersen
- School: Orion Junior High School, Harrisville, UT
- BYU Faculty Mentors: Brian Woodfield, Dr. James Patterson
- Projects: 1) Measuring heat capacities of Li-Al clays at ultra-low temperature and 2) use of non-linear optics to study aging and mechanical deformation in an elastomeric material
- Years of Participation: 2019 and 2020
2021 & 2022
Lindsey Hansen
- School: Carbon High School, Price, UT
- BYU Faculty Mentors: Dr. Richard Watt
- Projects: 1) Effect of Cytosolic Factors on Iron Chelation and 2) How Glutathione and Homocysteine Modulate Iron Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Chronic Inflammation
- Years of Participation: 2021 and 2022
2022 & 2023
Christopher Walter
- School: Innovation Early College High School, Salt Lake City, UT
- BYU Faculty Mentors: Dr. David Dearden
- Projects: Calculating the Cavity Volume of a Capped Cucurbit[5]uril
- Years of Participation: 2022 and 2023
RET Translation to K-12 Experiments and Activities
RET participants write a classroom lesson plan based on their research project and aligned with the Utah SEEd Standards.
Below are links for new experiments. Please email Professor Rebecca Sansom for additional details (rebecca.sansom@byu.edu).
- Identifying Solutions Using Copper and Iron
- Testing the Efficacy of Variously Sized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles at Blocking UV Rays
- Measuring the Rate of Decomposition of Starch in Saliva
- Quantifying Total Protein Content
- Exploring the Properties of Light
- Engineering a Hot or Cold Pack Using Calorimetric data
- Disulfide Bonds in Hair
- Mass Spectrometry and Isotopes