The Davidson College Chemistry Department provides in-depth one-on-one and small group research opportunities usually unheard of at the undergraduate level. Students may take part in research during the academic year (Courses: CHE 396 and 397-Laboratory Research I and II, CHE 496 and 497-Senior Research I and II) and/or over the summer. Most students who participate in summer research receive stipends or scholarships to do so. Students often co-author with their professors scientific papers published in journals and presented at regional, national, or international meetings such as those of the American Chemical Society. Recent projects are listed below and previous years' projects are archived by year at the bottom of this page.

• "Greener Approaches to the Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction," Francisco Fiallo, '09, under the direction of Dr. David Brown, Fall, 2008 and Spring, 2009.
• "Synthesis of Ganciclovir-type Nucleoside Analogues," Chris Boswell, '09, under the direction of Dr. Erland Stevens.
• "The Ageing of Atmospheric Aerosols: Using AFT-FTIR to Determine the Products and Kinetics of the Heterogeneous Chemical Reactions between Ozone and Octadecene Aerosols," Moses Kim, '09, under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hauser, Summer 2008.
• "Generating Secondary Organic Aerosols for Use in Aerosol Ageing Studies," Peter Hansel, '09, and Randy Jenkins, '11, under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hauser, Summer 2008.
• "Molecular Probing of a Ternary α-Cyclodextrin/Bromonaphthalene Complex with Potassium Iodide and Naproxen as Quenchers," Owen Bussey, '08, under the direction of Dr. Merle Schuh, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.
• "Nitrogen Oxides in the Town of Davidson," Paul Battle, '08, under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hauser, Spring 2008.
• "The Study of Ancient Human Activity through Soil Chemistry: Mystery Structure at Malloura, Cyprus," Halley Brantley, '09, under the direction of Dr. Ruth Beeston, Summer 2007.
• "Synthesis and Characterization of Helical Oligoproline Assemblies," Will Crosland, '08, under the direction of Dr. Durwin Striplin, Summer 2007.
• "Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of Ruthenium(II) Complexes of 8-Aminoquinoline," Brad Poole, '06, Megan O'Neill, '02, and Francois Trappey, '06, under the direction of Dr. Dave Blauch, Summer 2005.
• "Chemical Reactions between Organic Aerosols and Ozone," under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hauser,
• "Site Comparison of Nitrogen Oxides in Davidson, North Carolina" under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hauser,
• "Synthesis of 8-Azapurine Nucleoside Analogs," under the direction of Dr. Erland Stevens,
• "Synthesis of Modules for Light-Harvesting Peptides," under the direction of Dr. Durwin Striplin,