(The 2024 CNF REU students, LtoR; Tim, Hunter, Gannon, Elizabeth, Daniel, Kyla, Sarah, Imrie, Hajo, Fabiana, Richard, Michael, River, Brooklyn, Cathy, and Jaden. Photo by Melanie-Claire.)
The 2024 CNF REU Programs & Summer Undergraduate Researchers!
Welcome!!
This year, the Summer Undergraduate Researchers 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 Educational Outreach Program (AEOP).
Keep an eye on this website for the summer calendar, weekly schedules, special events, etc.
Melanie-Claire Mallison
CNF REU Program Coordinator
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Undergraduate Cleanroom Access Restrictions
2024 Expectations & Abridged Final Report Guidelines
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THE SUMMER CALENDAR in PDF! UPDATED JUNE 24th!
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MANDATORY EVENT!
2024 CNF REU NANO-CONVOCATION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST
203 PHILLIPS HALL
9:00-9:30a, Continental Breakfast (Dolce Delight), Set Up, and Welcome
9:30-9:43, Mayol López
9:43-9:56, Levine
9:56-10:09, Teleshevsky
10:09-10:22, Wise
10:22-10:35, Break
10:35-10:48, Chen, River
10:48-11:01, Chen, Cathy
11:01-11:14, Lemaster
11:14-11:27, Quansah
11:27-12:00p, Set Up Posters in Baum
12:00-1:00p, Lunch in Baum (Italian Carry Out)
1:00-1:15, Baum Clean Up (Remove Posters)
1:15-1:30, Jenkins
1:30-1:45, Christopher
1:45-2:00, Watt
2:00-2:15, Break
2:15-2:28, Batavia
2:28-2:41, Remias
2:41-2:54, Ross
2:54-3:07, Saylor
3:07-3:15, Wrap Up & Next Steps
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2024 NNCI REU Convocation in Nebraska
NNCI Convocation Schedule with Parallel Sessions (draft)
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CNF REU THINGS TO DO!
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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)
Principal Investigators: Prof. Allison Godwin, Prof. Fengqi You, Prof. Nicholas Abbott
Mentors: Guangyao Chen, Soumyamouli Pal
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Zhiting Tian
Mentor: Joyce Christiansen-Salameh
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Yu Zhong
Mentor: Kaushik Chivukula
Project Title: Fabrication of 2D-Material-Based Ionic Transistors
KYLA CHRISTOPHER
Major, Institution: Animal Science, Tuskegee University
Program: 2024 Butcher Funding
Principal Investigator: Prof. Jonathan Butcher
Mentors: Shuofei Sun, Alex Cruz
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Mentor: Charlotte Albunio
Project Title: 3D Printing of Ceramics for Energy Reactors
GANNON LEMASTER
Major, Institution: Electrical Engineering, Brown University
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Principal Investigator: Prof. James C. Hwang
Mentors: Lei Li, Xiaopeng Wang
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
CNF Staff Mentor: Jeremy Clark
Xing's CNF User Mentors: Jimy Encomendero, Xianzhi (Ray) Wei
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
Mentors: Joseph Dill, Shivali Agrawal
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
Project Title: Micro-scale Ceramic Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications
RICHARD REMIAS
Major, Institution: Physics, University of Rhode Island
Program: 2024 CNF REU
Principal Investigator: Prof. Judy Cha
Mentors: Quynh Sam, Khoan Duong
Project Title: Nanomolding of Topological Materials for Interconnect Applications
IMRIE ROSS
Major, Institution: Biochemical Engineering, University of Georgia
Program: 2024 CBE FMRG: Cyber (iCVD)
Principal Investigators: Prof. Allison Godwin, Prof. Nicholas Abbott, Prof. Rong Yang
Mentors: Apoorva Jain, Shiqi Li, Soumyamouli Pal
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)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
CNF Staff Mentor: Phil Infante
Xing's CNF User Mentors: Jimy Encomendero, Xianzhi (Ray) Wei
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
CNF Staff Mentor: Aaron Windsor
Xing's CNF User Mentors: Jimy Encomendero, Xianzhi (Ray) Wei
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Richard Robinson
Mentor: Tom Ugras
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
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huili Grace Xing
CNF Staff Mentor: Xinwei Wu
Xing's CNF User Mentors: Jimy Encomendero, Xianzhi (Ray) Wei
Project Title: Characterization of AlGaN/AlBN Heterostructure Interfaces and Atomic Layer Etching of TMN, AlGaN and AlBN with Emphasis on Etch Selectivity