Interdisciplinary Materials Research
Research Experience for Undergraduates

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Projects

Chemistry         Physics         Engineering

Chemistry:

Functional organic thin films by surface initiated polymerization (Dr. Daniel J. Dyer)

Smart sol-gel materials (Dr. Bakul Dave)

Computational studies on materials for hydrogen storage (Dr. Qingfeng Ge)

Studies of molecular structure and dynamics with NMR spectroscopy (Dr. Boyd Goodson)

Chiral brush polymers for enantiomeric analysis (Dr. Matthew E. McCarroll)

Functional nanostructured materials for single molecule detection (Dr. Ling Zang)

Magnetic Nanomaterials for Chem and Bio-Applications (Dr. Yong Gao)

“Artificial-cell” like nanostructures for biosensing and drug and gene delivery applications (Dr. Punit Kohli)

Computational studies of nanoparticles as fuel cell catalysts (Dr. Lichang Wang)

Rapid Protein Mixture Fractionation on RF Plasma Polymer Modified Sample Stages with Analysis by MALDI Mass Spectrometry (Dr. Gary Kinsel)


Other chemistry REU faculty members: 

Dr. Luke Tolley

Dr. Gabriela Perez-Alvarado

Dr. Brian Lee.

Physics:

Nanocomposite Films for Biomedical Implants (Dr. Samir Aouadi)

Adsorption Kinetics and Diffusion of Gases on Nanotube Bundles (Dr. Mercedes Calbi)

Synthesis and Characterization of Ferromagnetic Alloy Nanowires (Dr. Saikat Talapatra)

Surface Ordering and Orientation of Fluorinated and Semifluorinated Alkanes on SiO2 Surfaces (Dr. Mesfin Tsige)

Engineering:

The design and characterization of self-healing sol-gel coatings (Dr. Max Yen)

Development of improved cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (Rasit Koc)