REU Program, Summer 2002 |
| REU Participant/Institution |
Project Title |
| Jermaine Baldwin (03) / University of Chicago |
Thin Film Fabrication for Detection
of Planets Orbiting Distant Stars
Advisors: Aziz/ Dr. Peter Nisenson |
| Heidi Behrens (03) / University
of California at Irvine |
Combining Mass Spectrometry and Fluorescence:
A New Way to Study Biological Molecules
Advisors: Dr. Joel Parks (Rowland Institute)/ Dr. Allison Danell
|
| Vincent Chu (03) / Harvard University |
Manipulation of DNA Using a Micro-electromagnet
Advisors: Westervelt/ Hak-Ho Lee |
| Anuja De Silva (04) / Mt. Holyoke College |
Stability of Model Pastes
Advisors: Weitz/ Dr. Maria Kilfoil |
| Agnes Duri (03) / University of Montpellier,
France |
Defect Engineering in Single-walled
Carbon Nanotubes
Advisor: Park |
| Elisa Otero Franqui (04) / University of
Puerto Rico |
Investigating the Compatibility of PDMS
Microfluidic Systems with Organic Solvents
Advisors: Whitesides/ Dr. Jessamine Ng |
| Nathan Greenblatt (03) / Harvard University |
Propagation of Cracks in Suspensions
Advisors: Weitz/ Eric Dufresne |
| Daniel Halperin (04) / MIT |
Fundamental Studies of the Interactions
between ECM Proteins and Synthetic Materials
Advisors: Whitesides/ Justin Jiang |
| Debra Karni (03) / Technion University,
Israel |
Determination of the Thermoelastic Constants
of Sapphire from Curvature Measurement
Advisors: Spaepen/ Andrea Del Vecchio |
| Jonas Lee (03)/ University of Illinois |
Electron Transport through Individual
Organic Molecules
Advisor: Park |
| Jonathan Mapel (03) / University of Southern
California |
Solid State Metal-molecule-metal Nanojunctions
Using Gallium and Other Low Melting Point Alloys
Advisors: Whitesides/ Dr. Laurie Calvet, Jennah Kriebel |
| Joe Markson (03) / Harvard University |
Real-time Visualization of Single Transcription
and Translation Events in vivo
Advisor: Xie |
| Christopher Mercaldi (04) / Harvard University |
Investigation of Stress in ZnO films
Advisor: Vlassak |
| Harold Nyikal (04) / Howard University |
Mechanics of Foam
Advisors: Stone/ Dr. Stephan Koelher, Mark Durand |
| Stella S. Offner (03) / Wellesley College |
3-D Modeling of Electrorheological Suspensions
in a Shear-flow
Advisors: Weitz/ Professor Yue Hu (Wellesley) |
| Anna Pilipienko (04 )/ University of Pennsylvania |
Study of the Mechanical Properties of
Microgels, Pastes and Suspensions
Advisors: Weitz/ Vernita Gordon, Christopher Love |
| Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (03) / Harvard
University |
Frequency Stable, Solid State Laser
Diode System for Chip-based Slow Light Experiments
Advisor: Hau |
| Alfreda Purdon (03) / Harvard University |
Fabrication of Magnetic Nanowire
Advisors: Westervelt/ Chungsok Lee |
| Barbara Richter (04) / Harvard University |
Self-directed Growth and Assembly of
Metal Nanostructures on Gold Templates
Advisors: Friend/ Dr. Ally Chan, Dr. Vidya Ramaswamy |
| Ernesto Rodriguez (04) / University of Puerto
Rico |
Mechanical Properties of Polymer Vesicles
Advisors: Weitz/ Dr. Ani Nikova, Vernita Gordon |
| Mariana Rodriguez Galliano (04) / University
of Puerto Rico |
Controlled Fabrication in Polymeric
Materials
Advisors: Whitesides/ Dr. Mila Bontcheva |
| Delano Sanchez (03 )/ Howard University |
Measuring Molecular Conductance Using
a Mechanically-Controlled Break Junction Embedded in an Elastomer
Advisors: Whitesides/ Dr. Laurie Calvet, Jennah Kriebel |
| Danielle Sanzone (03) / Harvard University |
Visualization of a Drying Droplet
Advisors: Weitz/ Nicolas Tsapis |
| Elizabeth Schemm (03) / Harvard University |
Electron Transport in Organic Molecules
Advisors: Tinkham/ Dr. Nina Markovic |
| Seila Selimovic (03) / Wellesley College |
Aging and Relaxation Effects in Suspensions
of Silica Particles
Advisors: Weitz/ Professor Yue Hu (Wellesley) |
| Ashika Severin (03) / Morgan State University |
Two-phase Flows in Microfluidic Channels
Advisors: Stone/ Shelly Anna |
| Jonathan Sommer (03) / University of Rochester |
Investigating Multi-electron Bubbles
Advisor: Silvera |
| Adam Sood (04) / Harvard University |
Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared
Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solutions that Compose Atmospheric Aerosols
Advisors: Martin/ Julia Schlenker |
| Lisette Williams (04) / Xavier University |
Drying of Colloidal Systems and the
Games Optics Play
Advisors: Stone/ Dr. Amy Shen |