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NNIN REU Program in Nanotechnology at UT

2007 Summer Program

Intern: Mr. Syed Saad Ahsan
Institution: Cornell University
Major / Minor: Applied and Engineering Physics
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Dr. John (Xiaojing) Zhang
Mentor: Ashwini Gopal, Kazunori Hoshino
REU Project Title: Simulations of Nano-Particle Electro-luminescence for Novel Near-field Microscopy

Intern: Ms. Alice MacQueen
Institution: University of Virginia
Major / Minor: Biology and Biochemistry
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Brian Korgel
Mentor: Danielle K. Smith,
REU Project Title: Factors that Affect the Synthesis of Gold Nanorods

Intern: Mr. Nikhil Chandra
Institution: Cornell University
Major / Minor: Applied and Engineering Physics
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Drs. Matthew Gilbert and Leonard F. Register
Mentor: Debarshi Basu
REU Project Title: Simulation of Room-Temperature Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers with Varying Degrees of Transverse Confinement

Intern: Mr. CJ Hainley
Institution: University of Portland
Major / Minor: Mechanical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Prof. Emanuel Tutuc
Mentor: Kamran Varahramyan
REU Project Title: Epitaxial Growth of Germanium and Silicon Nanowires by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Intern: Mr. Man Kin Derek Ho
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Major / Minor: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Dr. John (Xiaojing) Zhang
Mentor: Karthik Kumar,
REU Project Title: Watershed Segmentation Algorithm for Medical Confocal Images Analyses

Intern: Ms. Annie Thomas
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Major / Minor: Chemical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Brian Korgel
Mentor: Matthew Panthani,
REU Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Devices

2006 Summer Program

Intern: Mr. Joseph D'Silva
Institution: Cornell University
Major / Minor: Electrical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: John (Xiaojing) Zhang
REU Project Title: Microfluidic Cell Sorters for Stem Cell Separation and Size-Profiling Using Pressurized Laminar Flows at High Spatial-Temporal Resolution

Intern: Ms. Sarah Hernandez
Institution: Texas Christian University
Major / Minor: Astronomy & Physics
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Brian Korgel
REU Project Title: Measuring the Size Dependence of the Magnetic Properties of Alkanethiol-coated Gold Nanocrystals

Intern: Ms. Amit Vasudev
Institution: Stanford University
Major / Minor: Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Peppas
REU Project Title: Microcantilever-based Sensors for Proteins

Intern: Mr. Caleb Yu
Institution: California State Polytechnic University
Major / Minor: Electrical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Dean Neikirk
REU Project Title: Finding dielectric constant of nano materials using FTIR

2005 Summer Program

Intern: Ms. Niusha Gutierrez
Institution: Florida Atlantic University
Major / Minor: Electrical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Archie L. Holmes, Jr.
REU Project Title: Hydrogen Passivation of Photodiodes

Intern: Ms. Miktosha James
Institution: Praire View A&M University
Major / Minor: Electrical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Sanjay Banerjee
REU Project Title: Silicon-Germanium Nanostructures

Intern: Mr. Jose Pelaez
Institution: Columbia University
Major / Minor: Chemical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Brian Korgel
REU Project Title: Effect of SiO2 Core/shells on High-Temperature Annealing of FePt Nanoparticles

2004 Summer Program

Intern: Ms. Neha Bagga
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Major / Minor: Electrical Engineering
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Archie L. Holmes, Jr.
REU Project Title: Optical Characterization of Novel Semiconductor Materials and Structures

Intern: Mr. Brian Goodfellow
Institution: Cornell University
Major / Minor: Materials Science & Engr.
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Kenneth M. Liechti
REU Project Title: Modeling Controlled Interphases in Fiber Reinforced Polymers

Intern: Ms. Jessica Huang
Institution: Harvard University
Major / Minor: Chemistry / Visual Arts
NNIN REU Site: University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Brian Korgel
REU Project Title: Semiconductor Nanowire Synthesis

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) is the lead institute for the REU Program and more information can be found here.

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