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 2003. 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.
Samantha Shanley Carbon Allotropes Wins the first prize (£50)
These top 4 will also be invited to attend the award ceremony (free of charge) at the RSC headquarters in London in October 2003.
| Samantha Shanley | Carbon Allotropes |
| Yin Nah Teo | The Chemistry of Fragrances |
| Christina Bae | Korean Fermented Food |
| Joseph Cook | Fundamentals of Crystallography |
There may be 5 or 6 'exhibit-only' entries allowed to go the Prize-giving ceremony in London too, but these will be announced nearer the time...
The full list of projects submitted this year are:
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Denny, Alexander S | The Chemistry of Creation and the Origins of Life |
| Haile, Alexi J | No project submitted |
| Hall, Benjamin A | No project submitted |
| Holmstrom, Stewart C | No project submitted |
| Moore, Jennifer A | Vitamin E |
| Anders, Daniel | No project submitted |
| Appleby, Charles H | No project submitted |
| Ayres, Sonja G | No project submitted |
| Bradley, James | No project submitted |
| Freedman, Elizabeth | Platinum |
| Addison, Katherine E | No project submitted |
| Archer, Christopher A | Ozone |
| Brown, Oliver R | No project submitted |
| Cook, Joseph P | Fundamentals of Crystallography |
| Davis, Peter R | William Burroughs and Junk |
| Tomlinson, Martha K | Anti-Mosquito Page |
| Mee, Jessie | No project submitted |
| Schnepp, Zoe | No project submitted |
| Swinerd, Victoria M | Van Der Waals |
| Tang, Olivier N | No project submitted |
| Warren, Nicholas J | No project submitted |
| White, Gemma V | Photoreception |
| Lloyd, Stuart L | The Unusual Case of the Bulgarian brolly |
| McIntyre, Aaron C | Alfred Nobel |
| Paul, Kirsty A | No project submitted |
| Roberts, Zoe E | Chemistry of Swimming |
| Rupalia, Minal D | The Deterioration of Paper |
| Woodward, Hannah L | Anti-Inflammatory Drugs |
| Henney, Jonathan J | No project submitted |
| Hollamby, Martin | No project submitted |
| Kelly, Timothy | No project submitted |
| Ledlie, Nicholas J | Solar Cells |
| Elliott, Luke D | No project submitted |
| Evitt, Andrew S | The Chemistry of CDR/RW Media |
| Hancock, Andrew E | Formula One Tyres |
| Haworth, Kathryn A | No project submitted |
| Kemp, Roger D | Time Travel |
| Dabrowski, Arthur R | No project submitted |
| Ebden, Mark | No project submitted |
| Howe, Nicola J | Cosmetic Chemistry |
| Moselhi, Hannah R | No project submitted |
| Polcharoen, Sukhumarn | No project submitted |
| Cuss, Richard M | A Brief History of Pi |
| Grant, Andrew | No project submitted |
| Green, Jemma E | No project submitted |
| Hails, Lauren A | Chemistry of Cholesterol |
| Harrison, Sarah J | No project submitted |
| Hetherington, Nicola BJ | Lighter than Air The story of hot air balloons and airships |
| Blakey, Carl B | No project submitted |
| Chambers, Anthony J | No project submitted |
| Chen, Monica | No project submitted |
| Cook, Alistair JR | No project submitted |
| Crabb, Richard J | No project submitted |
| Olowu, Oludolapo M | No project submitted |
| Ashby, Gregory P | Primo Levi the Chemist |
| Bae, Soo J | Kimchi Korean Fermented Food |
| Berridge, Ulla G | No project submitted |
| Blackstone, Vivienne E | Stereochemistry of Drugs |
| Mackenzie, Philip RA | No project submitted |
| McLelland, Keth JG | No project submitted |
| Shephard, Jacob J | No project submitted |
| Silvester, Debbie S | Volcanic Chemistry |
| Smart, Emma | No project submitted |
| Trundle, Simon W | No project submitted |
| Vaughan-Lee, Charlie H | No project submitted |
| Williams, Peter J | Carbon Nanotubes |
| Neunie, Ayesha | No project submitted |
| Pemberton, Richard R | No project submitted |
| Reeds, Jonathan P | No project submitted |
| Rogers, Theodora J | The World of Colour |
| Shah, Sejal J | No project submitted |
| Shave, Neil C | No project submitted |
| Bale, Nicole J | No project submitted |
| Bilboa, David FC | No project submitted |
| Brown, Paul | Ice Cream |
| Lucas, James S | No project submitted |
| Ludwig, Andrew | No project submitted |
| Shanley, Samantha J | Carbon Allotropes |
| Holland, Benjamin D | No project submitted |
| Kenny, Michael R | Chemistry of Hair |
| Lee, David | Supramolecular Chemistry |
| Leonard, Thomas R | The Chemistry of Brewing and Beer |
| Dennis, William A | Holograms |
| Dick, Charmian MB | No project submitted |
| Dickson, Luke J | No project submitted |
| Edwards, David H | No project submitted |
| Edwards, Rebecca EF | No project submitted |
| Fare, Clyde JA | No project submitted |
| Bateman, Lee L | NOS, the Truth behind the Boost |
| Bennett, Catherine A | Women in Science |
| Beresford, Richard | No project submitted |
| Bregazzi, Matthew P | No project submitted |
| Byun, Kyu J | No project submitted |
| Catterall, Mary C | Rosalind Elsie Franklin and the Double Helix |
| Adams, Daniel A | No project submitted |
| Allmark, James W | No project submitted |
| Anderson, Callum J | No project submitted |
| Anderson, James | No project submitted |
| Arbery, Sian | Oleic Acid |
| Austin, Christian E | No project submitted |
| Franklin, William H | No project submitted |
| Stoneley, Christopher JC | Snake Venom |
| Teo, Yin N | The Chemistry of Fragrances |
| Tidswell, Nicholas TH | Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (requires Shockwave) |
| Vaughan, Philip J | No project submitted |
| Welling, Matthew A | No project submitted |
| Portman, Rosalind C | No project submitted |
| Pritchard, Sally | No project submitted |
| Rowland, Nicholas E | No project submitted |
| Salmon, Henry | The Chemistry of Coconuts |
| Schock, James A | No project submitted |
| Stevens, Paul N | No project submitted |
| Lewis, Andrew | Chemical Weapons |
| Lim, Yee H | The World of Apples |
| Lyon, Robert M | No project submitted |
| Manuel, Sabrina | No project submitted |
| Michael, Adam J | No project submitted |
| Morley, Edward G | No project submitted |
| Fowler, Gavin J | No project submitted |
| Freeman, Amy J | No project submitted |
| Gibson, Voss | No project submitted |
| Hartley, Robert J | No project submitted |
Paul May, Chemistry Webmaster, June 2003.
