REU Research Projects Summer 2008

Student	Advisor	Department	Research Topic
Ms. Courtney Barkey University of Delaware	Prof. Winston Soboyejo	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	In-Vitro Studies of Cancer Cell Death Due to Hyperthermia
Ms. Nadia Bolis Bryn Mawr College	Prof. Claire Gmachl	Electrical Engineering	Methods for Designing Quantum Cascade Lasers
Mr. Kyle Carlson University of Iowa	Prof. Winston Soboyejo	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Low Cost Ceramics: Applications in Water Filtration and Building Insulation
Ms. Fei Fei Chu Wells College	Dr. Nan Yao	PRISM	ZnO Nanotubes
Ms. Alexandra Corona The University of Texas at Austin	Prof. Richard Register	Chemical Engineering	Improving Efficiency and Limiting Side Reactions in ROMP-to-Anionic Polymerization Transformations
Mr. Adam Coulon Purdue University	Prof. Edgar Choueiri	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Lithium Lorentz Force Accelerator Thruster (LiLFA)
Mr. Navin Duseja New Jersey Institue Of Technology	Prof. Ronald Weiss	Electrical Engineering	Synthetic Biological Circuits: Creating Novel Neuronal Networks
Mr. Michael Eldridge Bowdoin College	Prof. Jason Fleischer	Electrical Engineering	Instability of the Dark Soliton in Nonlinear Optics
Mr. Jacob Gayles California State University Northridge	Prof. Mikko Haataja	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Nonlinear Optics in Nonlocal Material
Ms. Sarah Kostinski University of Michigan	Dr. Nan Yao	PRISM	A Simulation Study of Rutherford Backscattered Spectroscopy using Scanning Helium Ion Microscopy
Mr. Salvador Menjivar Arizona State University	Prof. Craig Arnold	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Laser Manufacturing Ultra Capacitor
Ms. Dariya Momot CUNY Brooklyn College	Prof. Gerard Dismukes	Chemistry	Bio-Solar Hydrogen Production from Arthrospiramaxima
Mr.Stefan Muenzel Cooper Union	Prof. Jason Fleischer	Electrical Engineering	Hysteresis in the Nonlinear Tunnelling of Light Through a Barrier
Ms. Elaine Ngo Notre Dame	Prof. George Scherer	Civil & Environmental Engineering	The Study of Swelling Pressure and Strength in Portland Brownstone
Mr. Sergio Orozco California State University Northridge	Prof. Emily Carter	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Lithium Local Pseudopotential Using DFT
Ms. Caroline Richardson Lafayette College	Prof. Ronald Weiss	Electrical Engineering	Synthetic Biological Circuits: Creating Novel Neuronal Networks
Ms. Courtney Sams California State University Northridge	Prof. Annabella Selloni	Chemistry	Conformations of Solvated Divalent Metal Clusters: First Principles Calculation
Mr. Eric Sanchez California State University Northridge	Prof. A.Z. Pangiotopoulos	Chemical Engineering	Nucleation and Freezing: An investigation of subcooled systems in the Coarse Grain (Marrink Marrink/Martini)/model
Ms. Katharine Silberstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Prof. Jay Benziger	Chemical Engineering	Temperature-Dependent Chemical Properties of Nafion In Nonlinear Optics
Ms. Luthfia Syarbaini St. John's University	Prof. Jason Petta	Physics	Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Mr. Jordan Talia University of Michigan	Prof. Richard Register	Chemical Engineering	The Investigation of Extensional Rheology using the Sentmanat Extensional Rheometer (SER)
Ms. Tracy Wang Wellesley College	Prof. Robert Prud'homme	Chemical Engineering	Improved Stability of Solid Mixture Nanoparticles
Ms. Kathryn Whitaker Rowan University	Prof. George Scherer	Civil & Environmental Engineering	Prevention of Salt Damage in Limestone