2005 NNIN REU Program
The 2005 NNIN REU Interns at Stanford University, August 2005
In 2005, 81 undergraduates took part in the NNIN REU Program, performing 10 weeks of research at the 12 participating NNIN sites.
In August, everyone gathered at Stanford University to hear the interns present their findings at the network convocation. Below, you will find the convocation proceedings and the research accomplishments in PDF.
Enjoy!
The 2005 NNIN REU Interns at Stanford University, August 2005
The 2005 NNIN REU Convocation,
The 2005 NNIN REU Research AccomplishmentsFull Document: 2005NNINreuRA.pdf,
a 172 page, 3.7MB PDF file
Table of Contents, below
Each page # below is linked to a PDF file anywhere from 144-492K in size.
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The 2005 NNIN REU Research Accomplishments
Introduction
This is the second report of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program of National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN).
Providing a focused experimental research experience in nanotechnology and its foundational subjects in a 10 week period is a challenging task; this report demonstrates that enthusiastic participating students coupled to the sustained support from staff, faculty, and graduate students leads to significant accomplishments. The students participating in this effort have just started on the path of technical education and are getting their first experience with advanced hands-on research as part of our REU program. The NNIN national partnership, through our complementary strengths, inter-disciplinary effort, multi-site education, and use of each other's resources, provides exciting projects and the means to achieve them in a reasonable time. Each student in the NNIN REU completes an independent research project selected for completion in 10 weeks with strong technical support and faculty supervision, undergoes strong hands-on training and education (also available through our web-site www.nnin.org in the multimedia section), participates in a convocation at individual sites and at a common site to present their research efforts, and works to time-tested program expectations.
81 interns from 66 different institutions across the United States and representing 37 fields of study participated in the program this year. All came to us with the common goal of gaining significant experience in hands-on, advanced research. As this book shows, even within the short ten weeks of the program, NNIN REU interns can make demonstrably important progress. The focus on advanced research and knowledge, the strong mentoring and support, the strong exposure to a professional research environment, the strong expectations built into the research and presentations at convocations, the exposure to a wider variety of research conducted by peers and other users in diverse disciplines of science and engineering within the unifying facilities, and the strong scientific and social interactions across the network, have been critical to the program's success. Equally critical is the continuing dedication and effort from our staff, faculty, and graduate students. This year's participants also saw increased cross-site interactions through video-conferences and presentations, and hands-on experimentation. This year the network-wide convocation happened at Stanford University.
I wish the participants the best wishes for future technical careers; NNIN hopes to see them build on this summer's experience, and my thanks to the staff, the graduate student mentors, and the faculty for their participation and involvement. Particular thanks are due to Melanie-Claire Mallison at Cornell, Michael Deal at Stanford, and Nancy Healy at Georgia Institute of Technology for making their contributions in organizing and the logistics of the program and the convocation.
Sandip Tiwari, Director, NNIN
Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility, Cornell University
Front row, from left to right:
Mr. Joseph Heremans, pages 48-49
Mr. Nkemdilim Ezeife, pages 34-35
Ms. Blair Brettmann, pages 6-7
Mr. Brian Noel, pages 98-99
Mr. Nathan Ridling, pages 122-123
Ms. Kaylee Sill McElroy, pages 134-135
Ms. Joy Johnson, pages 64-65
Back row, left to right:
Ms. Melanie-Claire Mallison, NNIN REU Coodinator, Cornell Site Coordinator
Mr. James Helton, pages 46-47
Ms. Caitlin Burger, pages 8-9
Ms. Clara Ji Hyun Cho, pages 16-17
Ms. Priscilla Paul, pages 104-105
Ms. Amy Lee, pages 70-71
Ms. Sarah Ruch, pages 126-127
Ms. Shelley Zieren, pages 162-163
Mr. Joshua Montague, pages 88-89
Mr. Brandon Walker, pages 150-151
Mr. Jamie Jackson, pages 60-61
Dr.Lynn Rathbun, NNIN Program Manager
Microelectronics Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Front row, from left to right:
Ms. Wafa Soofi, pages 140-141
Ms. Wand Gan, pages 38-39
Ms. Laura Doyle, pages 30-31
Back row, left to right:
Mr. Hiren Thacker, mentor
Mr. Jacob Hughey, pages 56-57
Ms. Ashley Carson, not available online
Dr. Nancy Healy, NNIN Education Coordinator
Mr. Muhannad Bakir, mentor
Ms. Jennifer Tatham, site coordinator
Mr. Yin Ian Yang, pages 160-161
Ms. Susie Eustis, mentor
Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard University
From left to right:
Mr. Matthew Smith, pages 138-139
Ms. Winnie Tsang, pages 148-149
Ms. Abbie Tippie, pages 146-147
Dr. Kathryn Hollar, Site Coordinator
Not pictured:
Mr. Matthew McGrath, pages 80-81
Howard Nanoscale Science & Technology Facility, Howard University
From left to right:
Mr. Michael Chestnut, pages 14-15
Ms. Virginia Noxon, not available online
Ms. Janessa Smith, pages 136-137
Mr. Edgar Peralta, pages 110-111
Mr. Richard Castillo, pages 12-13
Ms. Idaliz Rodriguez Datil, not available online
Mr. James Griffin, site coordinator
Center for Nanotechnology Education & Utilization, The Pennsylvania State University
From left to right:
Mr. Nathaniel Honsowetz, pages 50-51
Mr. David Welch, not available online
Mr. Sabil Huda, pages 54-55
Ms. Jodi Iwata, not available online
Ms. Rachel Thompson, pages 144-145
Mr. Paul Harris, pages 44-45
Ms. Aileen Dinin, pages 28-29
Mr. Nakul Reddy, pages 118-119
Mr. Robert Ehrmann, PSU staff
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, Stanford University
Front row, left to right:
Mr. Andrew Melton, pages 86-87
Dr. Michael Deal, Site Coordinator
Ms. Maureen Baran, Site Administrator
Mr. Stephen Meisburger, pages 84-85
Mr. Neel Shah, pages 130-131
Back row, left to right:
Mr. William Noderer, pages 96-97
Mr. Hsen Dai Hsu, pages 52-53
Mr. Minh Phuc Dao, pages 26-27
Ms. Emily Rice, pages 120-121
Ms. Que Anh Nguyen, pages 92-93
Ms. Heidi Wheelwright, pages 154-155
Mr. Wade Luhman, pages 76-77
Mr. Joshua Symonds, pages 142-143
Mr. David McIntosh, pages 82-83
Nanotech at UCSB, University of California Santa Barbara
Front row, left to right:
Mr. Christopher Olson, pages 102-103
Mr. Cheng-Yuk Lee, pages 72-73
Mr. Aaron McDaniel, pages 78-79
Mr. Yaniv Scherson, pages 128-129
Mr. Calvin Peng, pages 108-109
Back row, left to right:
Mr. Michael Cullinan, pages 24-25
Mr. Yu-ping Shao, pages 132-133
Ms. Samantha Cruz, pages 22-23
Ms. Angela Berenstein, Site Coordinator
Ms. Alexandra Polosukhina, pages 112-113
Mr. Jason Winders, pages 158-159
Mr. Frank Cleary, pages 20-21
Michigan Nanofabrication Facility, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
From left to right:
Mr. Luke Niewiadomski, pages 94-95
Ms. Amber Brannan, pages 4-5
Ms. Sandrine Martin,Site Coordinator
Mr. Eric Chu, pages 18-19
Mr. Thaddeus Koehn, pages 66-67
Mr. Marc PunKay, pages 116-117
Nano Fabrication Center, University of Minnesota
From left to right:
Mr. Arthur K. Kuehl, pages 68-69
Mr. Matthew Harrington, pages 42-43
Mr. Johangel Figueroa-Montiel, pages 36-37
NanoScience @ UNM, University of New Mexico
From left to right:
Mr. David Light, pages 74-75
Ms. Nicole Escude, pages 32-33
Microelectronics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
From left to right:
Ms. Miktosha James, pages 62-63
Ms. Niusha Gutierrez, pages 40-41
Mr. Jose Pelaez, pages 106-107
Ms. Amy Pinkston, Site Coordinator
Center for Nanotechnology, University of Washington
From left to right:
Mr. Ethan Allen, Site Coordinator
Mr. Jock Bovington, pages 2-3
Ms. Laralynne Przybyla, pages 114-115
Mr. Michael White, pages 156-157
Ms. Victoria Mooney, pages 90-91