{"id":7844,"date":"2016-08-26T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7844"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:12:56","slug":"summerscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/summerscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Science Shared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7845 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ummerScience.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Science\" width=\"450\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ummerScience.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ummerScience-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ummerScience-300x345.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ummerScience-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Scientific inquiry takes no summer break at Kalamazoo College, and a culmination of the summer\u2019s work occurred at the Dow Science Center Mini Poster Session (August 26). In the chemistry department alone some 17 students worked in the laboratories of five chemistry faculty&#8211;Professors Bartz, Furge, Smith, Stevens-Truss and Williams. Those students include first-years, sophomores, juniors and seniors, many of the latter working on their Senior Individualized Projects. The mini poster session included 12 presenters explaining the science they had conducted during the summer. <strong>Quinton Colwell \u201917<\/strong> (in the red tie) is pictured discussing his poster, titled &#8220;Molecular Dynamics and Real-Life Drug Metabolism.&#8221; Molecular dynamics is the study of real life systems using computer models and simulations. Colwell\u2019s work involved a relatively novel technique,biased molecular dynamics, which, he wrote, &#8220;brings an additional layer to computer simulations relevant to bench-top experiments. It has the potential to be a game-changer.&#8221; In addition to Colwell, other presenters included <strong>Sarah Glass \u201917<\/strong>, <strong>Myles Truss \u201917<\/strong>, <strong>Shreya Bahl \u201917<\/strong>, <strong>Suma Alzouhayli \u201917<\/strong>, and <strong>Blake Beauchamp \u201917<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific inquiry takes no summer break at Kalamazoo College, and a culmination of the summer\u2019s work occurred at the Dow Science Center Mini Poster Session (August 26). In the chemistry department alone some 17 students worked in the laboratories of five chemistry faculty&#8211;Professors Bartz, Furge, Smith, Stevens-Truss and Williams. 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In the chemistry department alone some 17 students worked in the laboratories of five chemistry faculty&#8211;Professors Bartz, Furge, Smith, Stevens-Truss and Williams. Those students include first-years, sophomores, juniors and seniors, many of the latter working on their Senior Individualized Projects. The mini poster session included 12 presenters explaining the science they had conducted during the summer. <strong>Quinton Colwell \u201917<\/strong> (in the red tie) is pictured discussing his poster, titled &#8220;Molecular Dynamics and Real-Life Drug Metabolism.&#8221; Molecular dynamics is the study of real life systems using computer models and simulations. Colwell\u2019s work involved a relatively novel technique,biased molecular dynamics, which, he wrote, &#8220;brings an additional layer to computer simulations relevant to bench-top experiments. 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