Undergraduate Web Projects 2004
These projects were all done by Level II Chemistry students in the 3 week period between taking their final exams and receiving their results, June 2004. They were written with minimal formal instructions - the students were just told to 'teach themselves how to write a web page, and write something interesting on a chemical or scientific theme'. The best (four) sites will be entered for the Royal Society of Chemistry ExemplarChem National Competition. The sites were judged on (i) Quality and quantity of scientific content, (ii) Design, and (iii) Internet awareness.
Note: These projects work best with Internet Explorer in Windows, since they were mostly written with MS Frontpage. If you use Netscape you may sometimes find a few strange formatting errors, or even crashes. Also, you may need the Chime plug-in to see the 3D molecular structures present on many of the pages. Some of the pages also require the Flash and Shockwave plug-ins.
The overall winner is:
Anna Whitehead Recycling Plastic Wins the first prize (£50)
These top 5 will also be invited to attend the award ceremony at the RSC headquarters in London in October 2004.
| Anna Whitehead | Recycling Plastic |
| Jemma Vickery | Green Chemistry |
| Claire Rosling | Serotonin |
| Sarayoot Eaimkhong | Sonochemistry |
| Eliott Hook | The Chemistry of Cubane |
The full list of projects submitted this year are:
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Beames, Joseph | DMSO |
| Broughton, Joshua | Ammonia Study |
| Chan, Louis | No project submitted |
| Cheng, Pearl | Tissue Adhesive |
| Eaimkhong, Sarayoot | Sonochemistry |
| Faggiani, Davide | Tannins |
| Hall, Mark | Sapphires |
| Hook, Elliot | The Chemistry of Cubane |
| Hooper, Thomas | Mercury |
| Newberry, Scott | Fire: The Incredible Story |
| Parry, Adam | Methotrexate - Treating Cancer |
| Phillips, Tamsin | Piezoelectric Materials |
| Rosling, Claire | Serotonin |
| Semple, Philip | All About Gasoline |
| Sturgess, Benjamin | Camera Chemistry |
| Tabor, Richard | Antimony |
| Vickery, Jemma | Green Chemistry |
| Wallis, Alisdair | Sheer Lunacy - the Lunar Society of Birmingham |
| Walters, Dewi | Chemistry of Snake Venom |
| White, Peter | Death on Everest |
| Whitehead, Anna | Recycling Plastic |
| Wills, Rebecca | Chemistry, Colour and Light |
Paul May, Chemistry Webmaster, June 2004.