Research Experience for Undergraduates
Participants, 2001

 

REU Program, Summer 2001
REU Participant/Institution	Project Title
Marilyn Garcia Arriaga (02) / Univ. of Puerto Rico	Establishing Gradients in Microwells to Probe Parameter Space Advisors: Whitesides/Alex Schwartz
Steven Van Boxel (03) / Leuven University	In Situ Stress Measurements during Growth of Alumina Whiskers Advisors: Spaepen/Joris Proost
Emily Cofer (04) / MIT	Design and Construction of an Electrochemical Cell for in situ Adhesion Studies Advisor: Joost Vlassak
David Constantine (04) / Eastern Nazarene	Low Temperature Electronic Properties of Nanowires Advisors: Tinkham/Nina Markovic
Joel Cruz Diaz (02) / Univ. of Puerto Rico	Design and Fabrication of Microfluidic Channels Advisors: Whitesides/Adam Winkleman
Jeremy Hwang (02) / Harvard	Two- and Three-Dimensional Micromachining of Transparent Materials using Femtosecond Laser Pulses Advisors: Mazur/John Ashcom
Johannes Kalb (02)/ RWTH at Aachen	Viscous flow in Thin Amorphous Ge-Sb-Te Films Advisor: Spaepen
Vikram Kavthekar (03) / Univ. of Texas, Austin	Fabrication of Micron-Scale, Patterned, Polyhedra by Self-Assembly Advisors: Whitesides/David Gracias
Uri Lev (02) / Technion, Israel	Origin of Anomalous Stress Development in Sputtered ZnO Coatings Advisor: Joost Vlassak
Marc Manara (04) / Harvard	Template Assisted Mesoscale Self-Assembly of Complex Three-dimensional Aggregates Advisors: Whitesides/Mila Bontcheva
Myrella Aponte Medina (02) / Univ. of Puerto Rico	Designing New Methods for the Self-Assembly of Nanostructures Advisors: Whitesides/Jerry Yang
Eghosa Ormegie (03) / Cornell	Formation of Gel-filled Giant Unilamellar Liposomes Advisors: Whitesides/Michael Mayer
Michael Portnoy (02) / Univ. of Pennsylvania	Water Purification through Foaming Advisors: Stone/Stephan Koehler
Jordanna Schutz (03) / Harvard	Controlled Diameter Nanotubes Advisor: Park
Leonid Shmuylovich (03) / Cornell	Drying Front Velocity in Latex Film Formation Advisors: Stone/Amy Shen
Matthew Spotnitz (03) / Harvard	Biologically Triggered Nanoscale Computing Advisors: Lieber/Yi Cui
Matthew Szabo (02) / Univ. of Oklahoma	Piezoelectric Deformations of Barium Titanate Nanowires Advisor: Park
Andrea Tao (02) / Harvard	Fabrication of a Functional Display-type Structure using Solder-based Self-Assembly Advisors: Whitesides/Heiko Jacobs
Jennifer Zebrowski (02) / Harvard	Phase Behavior of Laponite-Polymer Solutions under Shear Advisors: Weitz/Vikram Prasad

 

Links to REU Programs 1999–2004:

Summer 2004 REU Program

Summer 2003 REU Program

Summer 2002 REU Program

Summer 2001 REU Program

Summer 2000 REU Program

Summer 1999 REU Program