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Overview of Summer Research Experience for
Undergraduates Program for 2001-2004
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Introduction to the UVa Research Experience for Undergraduates
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The Summer Undergraduate Research Program provides extensive, hands-on research experience to undergraduate students through the NSF Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) for Nanoscopic Material Design laboratories. The program exposes students to first-class technical research and faculty across a wide variety of scientific and technological disciplines at the University. In addition, the students enroll in a two-credit seminar that examines the societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology, for which students receive university credit. Their research experience culminates in the production of a research poster, written report, and an oral presentation.
REU students have numerous social opportunities, including outings to Charlottesville's historic downtown for dining, shopping, and seeing movies or live music performances; hiking excursions to the nearby Appalachian Mountains and Shenandoah National Park; and special activities such as planned white water rafting trips or tubing excursions.
Applicants are selected through a faculty evaluation process on the basis of their academic background, capability for research, area(s) of research interest, and potential to pursue graduate studies.
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2004 REU Program Summary |
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Program Participants:
Lydia Shawel Abebe, 3rd Year (University of Virginia: Systems Engineering), "Materials Balance of Municipal Sanitation Services of Albemarle County and Charlottesville City," Advisor: Garrick Louis.
Izuakolam Ekeleme Akamiro, 2nd Year (UVa: Biomedical Engineering ), "Electrostatic Spinning of a Novel Polyphosphazene for Biomedical Application ," Advisors: Cato Laurencin & Joseph Freeman.
Joy Chang, 3rd Year (Georgetown University: Health Studies), "Self-Organizing Biotemplates for Nanoelectronic Fabrication," Advisors: Michael Reed and Whye-Kei Lye
Yuen Cho, 4th Year (UC San Diego: Biomedical Engineering), "Development of Nano-scale Pattern for Cell Adhesion," Advisor: Brian Helmke.
Stephen Jay Guy, 3rd Year (UVa: Computer Science), "Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Laser-induced Phase Transformations in Molecular Solids and Metals," Advisor: Leo Zhigilei.
Marquita Janine Henderson, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), "Quantitative Assessment of Cartliage Volume in the Ankle Joint Using MR Imaging," Advisors: Scott Acton & Jinshan Tang.
Eudanie Joseph, 4th Year (Stony Brook University: Materials Science and Engineering), "Nanofabrication Using the Focused Ion Beam," Advisors: Robert Hull & Nathan Swami.
Rebekah Neal, 4th Year (Georgie Institute of Technology: Biomedical Engineering), "Osteoblast Growth on Nanostructured 50:50 PLAGA Scaffolds in Statis and Dynamic Culture," Advisor: Ed Botchwey.
Aleks Ontman, 4th Year (Binghamton University: Electrical Engineering), "3-D Modeling of TiC Particles in Amorphous Steel," Advisor: Gary Shiflet.
Courtney Angel Paulding, 2nd Year (UVa: Biomedical Engineering), "The Effects of Nano-etched Surfaces on Osteoblast Differentiation," Advisor: Ed Botchwey.
Mario Daniel Sanchez, 3rd Year (UC, Berkeley: Materials Science), "Pulsed Laser Deposition of GaAs-GaSb Nanoparticles," Advisor: William Jesser.
Caville Stanbury, 3rd Year (Sweet Briar College: Physics), "Cross-Sectional Image Investigation of Metallic Glass Formation of Irridiated Al-Ce-Co," Advisor: James Fitzgerald.
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2003 REU Program Summary |
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Program Participants:
Lisa Cemke, 4th Year (University of Wisconsin: Mechanical Engineering), "Bacteria Encapsulation in Sol-Gel Films," Advisor: Pam Norris.
Russell Cote, 3rd Year (Longwood University: Physics), "Fabrication of Room Temperature Magnetic Cellular Automata through Mocrocontact Printing," Advisor: Robert Hull.
Adam DiNardo, 4th Year (Penn State University: Engineering Science), "Phase Segregation in Silicon-Germanium Clusters," Advisor: Leo Zhigelei.
Gayle Duncan, 4th Year (University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland: Biological Science), "Mechanotransmission of Localized Extracellular Forces in the Endothelial Cells on Patterned Surfaces," Advisor: Brian Helmke.
Darin El-Agib, 4th Year (University of Virginia: Chemical Engineering), "Drug Delivery System/Cell-Peptide Interactions," Advisor: Michael Lawrence.
Laura Hammet, 4th Year (University of Miami: Biomedical/Electrical Engineering), "Vascular Response to Mechanical Stimuli: Effects of External Loads and Strain," Advisor: Tom Skalak.
Lan Nguyen, 4th Year (University of Virginia: Chemical Engineering), "Electrodeposition of Metal Patterns on Silicon," Advisor: Jack Hudson. Returning REU 2002 participant.
Esther Okezie, 4th Year (University of Virginia: Mechanical Engineering), "Development of Metal Cehydrogenation Catalysts for the Disruption of Carcinogens," Advisor: James Fitz-Gerald.
Jeremy Schubert, 4th Year (University of Virginia: Chemical Engineering), "Preliminary Development of a Mechanical Model to Replicate Hemodynamic Strains on Endothelial Cells in Vitro," Advisor: Brett Blackman.
Robert Wortman, 4th Year (Purdue University: Electrical Engineering), "Directed Self-Assembly of Magnetic Metal Oxide Nanostructures," Advisor: James Groves. Returning REU 2002 participant. |
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2002 REU Program Summary |
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Program Participants:
Paul Bui, 4th Year (UVa: Computer Science), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Rafael Defaria, 3rd Year (UVa: Systems Engineering), "Validating the Elsticity Calculations in Phase Transformation Code," Advisor: William Johnson.
Matt Furtekd, 4th Year (UVa: Computer Science), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Farzana Hossain, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Linlin Htay, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Mee Jee Lee, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Joseph Lee, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Lan Nguyen, 3rd Year (UVa: Chemical Engineering), "Electrochemical Machining (Modifications of Cu Surfaces in Metal Deposition Techniques)," Advisor: Jack Hudson.
Chae Yeon Park, 4th Year (UVa: Computer Science), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Veronica Penn, 4th Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), Member of MRSEC Web-Based Multi-Media Visualization Research & Development Team. Advisor: John Bean.*
Eric Reid, 4th Year (UVa: Mechanical Engineering), "Development of a Nanotechnology Video as an Education Tool," Advisor: James Fitzgerald.
Justin Thorpe, 4th Year (Longwood University: Physics), "Focused Ion Beam Fabrication of Single Domain Nanoscale Magnets," Advisor: Robert Hull.
Robert Wortman, 3rd Year (Purdue University: Electrical Engineering), "Self-Assembly of Iron Oxide Nanostructures," Advisor: James Groves.
* The 2002 REU Program created a unique collaborative opportunity for participants to contribute to the development of a web-based multi-media program in development by the UVa MRSEC. Students were able to focus on projects in the areas of "Multi-media Educational Visualization of an Atomic Force Microscope," "Multi-media Educational Visualization of an Scanning Electron Microscope," and "Multi-media Educational Visualization on the Focused Ion Beam." Click here to visit the MRSEC's educational Multi-Media Visualization site, "The Virtual Lab." |
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2001 REU Program Summary |
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Program Participants:
Carlos Caro, 3rd Year (Columbia University: Applied Mathematics), "The Microstructual Evolution of a Binary Two-Phase System: Spinodal Decomposition," Advisor: Bill Johnson.
Nadine Gergel, 3rd Year (UVa: Electrical Engineering), "E_BRITE Decomposition for Fuel Cell Interconnects Using Directed Vapor Deposition," Advisor: James Groves.
Drew Gilliam, 4th Year (UVa: Mechanical/Electrical Engineering), " Dislocation Regularity in Epitaxial GeSi Layers on Si Substrates," Advisor: Robert Hull.
Esin Alince Isin, 4th Year (Technical University of Yildiz, Istanbul, Turkey: Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science), "Characterization of Silicon and Germanium," Advisor: Bill Jesser.
Elisabeth Logsdon, 3rd Year (UVa: Chemical Engineering), "Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and Reponse to Mechanical Stress," Advisor: Tom Skalak.
Bruce Schlomer, 4th Year (UVa: Mechanical Engineering), "Aerogel Research: Electrodeposition of Silica Sol Gel," Advisor: Pam Norris. |
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