STEM200 Courses

The STEM200 courses (BIO200, CHM200, CSC200, ENG200, MAT200, and PHY200) offer students special opportunity to earn up to four credit hours in independent study in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Student teams, guided by a faculty advisor, would investigate a “real world” project topic. As a result, students would hone their collaboration, communication, decision making, and research skills, as well as their creativity.

Before enrolling in one of these courses, contact the project mentor listed below to learn more about the project topic and frequency of meetings (on campus, online, and off campus). When you have determined the project that best suit your interests and needs, enroll by submitting a signed "Independent Study Contract" to Gloria Liu at glorial@oakton.edu, 847-635-1738.

Summer 2012

Biology

20883 - BIO 200 - 001 - Sundeep Talwar, stalwar @ oakton.edu - Effects of Physical Activity on Learning.

20884 - BIO 200 - 003 - Elaine Phillips, phillips @ oakton.edu - Biology Research Project

20885 - BIO 200 - 004 - Peter Winkler, pwinkler @ oakton.edu - Biology Research Project

Chemistry

20886 – CHM 200 – 001 – Wade Jarrell, wjarrell @ oakton.edu - Chemistry Research Project

Computer Science

20887 - CSC 200 - 001 - Jeff Moro, jsmoro @ oakton.edu – An Investigation of Micro Climate at Oakton Community College

Earth Science

20888 - EAS 200 - 001 - Michelle Groves, mgroves @ oakton.edu - Ecology Project.

Engineering

20889 - ENG 200 - 001 - Joe Kotowski, koto @ oakton.edu - Design product related to student experience and interest.

20890 - ENG200 - 007 - Angelo Gero, agero @ oakton.edu – A Bite of Lunabot.

Physics

20891 - PHY 200 - 002 – Rose Wang, rwang @ oakton.edu – Study radiation level of a cell phone.

Fall 2012

Biology

32151 - BIO 200 - 001 - Sundeep Talwar, stalwar @ oakton.edu - Effects of Physical Activity on Learning.

32152  - BIO 200 - 003- Elaine Phillips, phillips @ oakton.edu - Biology research

32154 – BIO200 – 004 Peter Winkler, pwinkler @ oakton.edu – Biology research

Chemistry

32155 – CHM 200 – 001 – Wade Jarrell, wjarrell @ oakton.edu - Chemistry Research Project.

Computer Science

##### - CSC 200 - 001 - Jeff Moro, jsmoro @ oakton.edu – An Investigation of Micro Climate at Oakton Community College .

31802 - CSC 200 - 002 - Reza Dai, rdai @ oakton.edu - Write an app for mobile devices.

Earth Science

31809 - EAS 200 - 001 - Michelle Groves, mgroves @ oakton.edu - Ecology Project.

32157 - EAS 200 - 002 - Michelle Groves, mgroves @ oakton.edu – Lake Oakton Restoration Project.

Engineering

32158 - ENG 200 - 001 - Joe Kotowski, koto @ oakton.edu - Design product related to student experience and interest.

32159 - ENG 200 - 002 - Majid Ghadiri, mghadiri @ oakton.edu - Design and build solar power source for mobile device, Find optimal placement for solar and wind devices, Design and construct a digital electronic system.

##### - ENG 200 - 003 - George Tootelian, gtoot1 @ comcast.net - Engineering research and design project.

32160 - ENG 200 - 004 - Andy Roach, aroach @ oakton.edu - Autonomous vehicle for environmental sampling.

##### - ENG 200 - 005 - Reza Dai, rdai @ oakton.edu - Alternative energy power source for USB devices.

32161 - ENG200 - 007 - Angelo Gero, agero @ oakton.edu – A Bite of Lunabot.

Mathematics

32162 - MAT 200 - 001 - Jennifer Strehler, strehler @ oakton.edu - Industrial engineering project.

32163 - MAT 200 - 002 – Dorota Zak, dzak @ oakton.edu - Investigations into Math Topics.

Physics

32164 - PHY 200 - 001 - John Carzoli, jcarzoli @ oakton.edu - Build a Solar Spectrograph.

32165 - PHY 200 - 002 – Rose Wang, rwang @ oakton.edu – Study radiation level of a cell phone.