CNST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Alumni

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  • 2009
    
    
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  2011

  	Joseph (Brent) Allen, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Joseph (Brent) Allen was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Electron Physics Group. He recently received a B.A. in Physics with departmental honors from Middlebury College. Brent worked with Brenton Knuffman and Jabez McClelland using the magneto-optical trap ion source (MOTIS) to create nanoscale electrochromic patterns.
  	Christopher Baldwin, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Christopher Baldwin was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Electron Physics Group, and a Physics major with a minor in Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University. Christopher worked with Shaffique Adam and Mark Stiles theoretically calculating the electronic properties of graphene bilayers in which the two layers are rotated with respect to each other.
  	Sarice Barkley, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Sarice Barkley was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Physics major at St. Olaf College. Sarice worked with Rachel Cannara on atomic force microscope calibration methods, and on fabricating colloidal probes for nanotribological applications.
  	William Bowman, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow William Bowman was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Materials Science and Engineering major at Arizona State University. Will worked with Renu Sharma measuring the ionic conductivity of oxide ions in gadolinium and praseodymium doped ceria.
  	Mathew Swisher, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Mathew Swisher was a returning Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Mechanical Engineering major at Carnegie Mellon University. Mathew worked with Vladimir Aksyuk measuring mechanical displacement in a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) torsional sensor using a custom-built laser Doppler vibrometer.
  	Bryce Thurston, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Bryce Thurston was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and an Engineering Physics major at the Colorado School of Mines. Bryce worked with Kartik Srinivasan computationally modeling the frequency conversion of single photons using nonlinear optical waveguides.

  
  

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  2010

  	Philip Campbell, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Philip Campbell was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and an Electrical Engineering major at the University of Texas at Dallas. Philip worked with Andrew Berglund customizing an optical microscope for measuring the position, shape, and dynamics of individual fluorescent nanoparticles.
  	Olivia Hoff, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Olivia Hoff was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Electron Physics Group, and a Physics major with minors in Math and Computer Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. Olivia worked with Jabez McClelland measuring the optical properties of Cr-implated diamond samples.
  	Robert Hoyt, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Robert Hoyt was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Physics major at Harvey Mudd College. Robert worked with Kartik Srinivasan building a tunable grating filter for use in photon correlation spectroscopy of nanophotonic light emitters.
  	Joshua Leibowitz, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Joshua Leibowitz was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the NanoFab Operations Group, and a Materials Science and Engineering major with a concentration in nanomaterials at the University of Connecticut. Joshua worked with Lei Chen on advanced plasma processing for nanofabrication.
  	Ramsey Noah, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Ramsey Noah was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow working jointly in the Nanofabrication Research and the Energy Research Groups. He is a Physics major at California State University Long Beach. Ramsey worked with Rachel Cannara growing diamond thin films and constructing an ion mill chamber for use in nanotribology and energy research.
  	Brian Soe, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Brian Soe was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Electron Physics Group, and a Mechanical Engineering major at Harvey Mudd College. Brian worked with Robert McMichael developing assembly and instrumentation control software for a DC probe station to measure current-voltage characteristics of magnetic nanostructures.
  	Mathew Swisher, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Mathew Swisher was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Mechanical Engineering major at Carnegie Mellon University. Mathew worked with Vladimir Aksyuk characterizing the electrical and optical properties of micro- and nanoelectrochemical sensors.
  	Martin Vilarino, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Martin Vilarino was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Energy Research Group, and a Bioengineering major with a minor in Engineering Leadership at the University of Maryland. Martin worked with Alec Talin developing a reliable process for polystyrene and silica nanosphere self-assembly on various substrates, including ITO-coated glass slides and silicon.
  	Richard (Chad) Webb, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Chad Webb was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Chemical Engineering major at the University of Texas at Austin. Chad worked with Alex Liddle investigating the behavior of small-molecule, sublimation-switch resists for use with plasmonic lithography and metrology.

  
  

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  2009

  

   

  • Jason Bylsma, University of South Florida, Dual-Frequency MOPA Setup for Laser Cooling Helium
    
    
  • Suehyun Cho, University of Maryland, College Park, Achieving Sub-Diffraction Resolution Imaging of a Latent Image of Chemically Amplified Resist Utilizing Inverse Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (iSTORM)
    
    
  • Aaron Cochran, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Low Energy Ar+ Plasma Etching of CoPd multilayers
    
    
  • Timothy Enright, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Nanoscale Confinement for Novel Electronic Materials
    
    
  • Christopher Hong, Pennsylvania State University, Nanoplasmonic Fabry-Perot Resonators for Ultrasensitive Biosensing
    
    
  • Robert Hoyt, Harvey Mudd College, Real-Time Laser Calibration and Environmental Isolation of Nanophotonic Device Characterization Setups
    
    
  • Joshua Leibowitz, University of Connecticut, Growth of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC using an Induction-Heating Furnace
    
    
  • Nicole Messier, George Washington University, Wetting Properties of Superhydrophobic Surfaces
    
    
  • Gregory Meyer, University of Maryland, College Park, A Robust Photoresist Developer Process
    
    
  • Karthik Prakhya, University of Massachusetts, Spin Torque and Spin Current in Magnetic Multilayers with an Anti-Ferromagnetic Layer

   

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  2008

  
  

   

  • Nathan Behm, American University, Using Magneto-Optical Trapped Lithium Atoms to Create an Versatile FIB
     
  • Brian Bolz, Manhattan College, Controlled Electrostatic Deposition of Graphene
     
  • Suehyun Cho, University of Maryland, College Park, Cheerios Gone Micro!
    
    
  • Sibu Kuruvilla, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Modeling of Nanotube Separation in Field Flow Fractionation
    
    
  • Jonathan Ligda, Shippensburg University, Mechanically Exfoliated Graphene
    
    
  • James MacArthur, Swarthmore College, Using Interference Lithography to Create Magnetic Nano-stripes
    
    
  • Carlos Manuel Torres, University of Florida, Green’s functions, Scattering Effects, Impurities…Oh My! Predicting the Behavior of Electrons Confined to Quantum Structures