The 2024 CNF REU Programs & Interns!
Welcome!!
This year, the summer interns we are working with at CNF are from the following programs; the 2024 Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility Research Experience for Undergraduates (CNF REU) Program and the 2024 Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility Research Experience for Undergraduates (CNF REU) Program with Morgan State University, the Butcher Funded Tuskegee University Summer Program, the 2024 Cornell Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering FMRG: Cyber (CBE FMRG: Cyber) Summer Program, the Cornell Center for Materials Research North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (CCMR NC A&T) Summer Program, and the Xing Army Research Office (Xing ARO) Funded Summer Program.
I mean. WHEW. We are going to have FUN together! But.
That is just TOO MUCH to say when talking to you all or type when referring to you all, and so.
I decree that all the summer program interns are now officially called CNF REU interns -- and all the summer project PIs and Mentors, and all the CNF Staff are called the CNF REU Community!!
Sometimes, something will not pertain to a particular program, and we'll suss that out together. But to make things easy on me -- and quicker for you -- y'all are all CNF REU!
Melanie-Claire Mallison
CNF REU Program Coordinator
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2024 CNF REU + SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
MICHAEL BATAVIA
Major, Institution: Computer Science, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Program: 2024 CBE FMRG: Cyber (LC)
Program PIs: Prof. Fengqi You, Prof. Nicholas Abbott
Program Mentors: Guangyao Chen, Soumyamouli Pal
Program Project Title: Computer Vision Applied to Polymer Particles in Liquid Crystal (LC) to Enable On-the-Fly Characterization of Their Morphology and Size Distribution, Among Other Properties
RIVER CHEN
Major, Institution: Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. Zhiting Tian
Program Mentor: Joyce Christiansen-Salameh
Program Project Title: Fabrication of Superconducting Devices Integrating Phonon Traps
SIYI CATHY CHEN
Major, Institution: Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. Yu Zhong
Program Mentor: Kaushik Chivukula
Program Project Title: Fabrication of 2D-Material-Based Ionic Transistors
KYLA CHRISTOPHER
Major, Institution: Animal Science, Tuskegee University
Program: 2024 Butcher Funding
Program PI: Prof. Jonathan Butcher
Program Mentors: Shuofei Sun, Alex Cruz
Program Project Title: Biofabricated Complex Cardiovascular Tissues
BROOKLYN JENKINS
Major, Institution: Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program: 2024 CCMR NC A&T
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Charlotte Albunio
Program Project Title: 3D Printing of Ceramics for Energy Reactors
GANNON LEMASTER
Major, Institution: Electrical Engineering, Brown University
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. James C. Hwang
Program Mentors: Lei Li, Xiaopeng Wang
Program Project Title: Millimeter-wave Electrical Permittivity of Semiconductors and Insulators
SARAH LEVINE
Major, Institution: Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Program: 2024 Xing Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) Program
Program PI: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Program CNF Staff Mentor: Jeremy Clark
Program Project Title: Atomic Layer Deposition of High-K Dielectrics on AlGaN and MOSCAP Characterization
FABIANA MAYOL LÓPEZ
Major, Institution: Chemistry, Ana G. Méndez University, Gurabo campus
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Program Mentors: Joseph Dill, Shivali Agrawal
Program Project Title: Ohmic Contacts to High Al-Content n-type AlGaN
ELIZABETH QUANSAH
Major, Institution: Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
Program Project Title: Micro-scale Ceramic Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications
RICHARD REMIAS
Major, Institution: Physics, University of Rhode Island
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Program PI: Prof. Judy Cha
Program Mentors: Quynh Sam, Khoan Duong
Program Project Title: Nanomolding of Topological Materials for Interconnect Applications
IMRIE ROSS
Major, Institution: Biochemical Engineering, University of Georgia
Program: 2024 CBE FMRG: Cyber (iCVD)
Program PIs: Prof. Nicholas Abbott, Prof. Rong Yang
Program Mentors: Apoorva Jain, Shiqi Li, Soumyamouli Pal
Program Project Title: Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) Polymerization in the LC to Synthesize Polymer Particles in an Automated Fashion to Enable Cyber-Aided Synthesis
HUNTER SAYLOR
Major, Institution: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Morgan State University
Program: 2024 CNF REU (MSU)
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
Program Project Title: Micro-Additive Manufacturing Processes for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
DANIEL TELESHEVSKY
Major, Institution: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
Program: 2024 Xing Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) Program
Program PI: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Program CNF Staff Mentor: Phil Infante
Program Project Title: LPCVD Nitride Passivation of AlGaN/AlBN Devices
TIMOTHY WALSH
Major, Institution: Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
Program: 2024 Xing Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) Program
Program PI: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Program CNF Staff Mentor: Aaron Windsor
Program Project Title: Characterization and Optimization of Ohmic Contacts to Nitride Semiconductors
JADEN WATT
Major, Institution: Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program: 2024 CCMR NC A&T
Program PI: Prof. Richard Robinson
Program Mentor: Tom Ugras
Program Project Title: Multiscale Nanofilms with Emergent Chiral Properties
HAJO WISE
Major, Institution: Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Program: 2024 Xing Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) Program
Program PI: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Program CNF Staff Mentor: Xinwei Wu
Program Project Title: Characterization of AlGaN/AlBN Heterostructure Interfaces and Atomic Layer Etching of TMN, AlGaN and AlBN with Emphasis on Etch Selectivity