Bachelor's students
BACHELOR PROJECTS
Students with a background in chemistry or physics are encouraged to explore the possibilities of doing a Bachelor research project at the Van 't Hoff Laboratory.
Below you can find brief descriptions of the Bachelor research projects that can currently be completed in our group.
If you are interested in a project or topic, please contact the student coordinator Matthijs Alting for more information.
At the moment, we do not have many projects available for bachelor students. Below one can find about some of our projects we provided last years to bachelor students. Do you want to learn more about the projects we can offer to bachelor students or do you have a special request for doing an internship, please contact Matthijs Alting directly to explore the different possibilities.
Quantitative transcription regulation
Transcription is the process by which a gene segment on DNA is copied into messenger RNA. This involves different types of proteins, such as the transcription machinery (RNA polymerase) and regulatory proteins (transcription factors).
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Amanda van der SijsFCC PhD
Experimental Thermodynamics of Electrodes for Desalination
Original thermodynamic experiments will be carried out to characterize the efficiency of electrodes used to produce potable water via capacitive desalination of salty water. Theory predicts that the efficiency decreases rapidly above a threshold value of salt concentration.
Joren VosFCC PhD
Aqueous Ion Transport in Microporous Electrodes
How rapidly do aqueous ions of different sizes move inside electrified pores that are barely a nanometer wide? This question is relevant for the production of potable water via capacitive deionization. An answer will be sought via numerical analysis of recently obtained numerical data for the absorption of differently sized ions into porous carbon electrodes
Joren VosFCC PhD
Centrifugal Assembly of Colloidal Polymers via Microfluidic Twisting
Colloidal molecules are model systems for real molecules because of their ability to form directional bonds and their movement via Brownian motion. The main goal of this project is to fabricate colloidal polymers via microfluidics. Colloidal polymers have previously been self-assembled by lock-and-key interactions, DNA mediated hybridization between patchy colloids, and magnetic field induced dipolar interactions.
Matthijs AltingFCC PhD