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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INTERN: MICHAEL BATAVIA
PROGRAM: 2024 CBE FMRG: CYBER (LC)
Intern Major, Institution: Computer Science, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
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
INTERN: RIVER CHEN
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Program PI: Prof. Zhiting Tian
Program Mentor: Joyce Christiansen-Salameh
Program Project Title: Fabrication of Superconducting Devices Integrating Phonon Traps
INTERN: SIYI (CATHY) CHEN
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Program PI: Prof. Yu Zhong
Program Mentor: Kaushik Chivukula
Program Project Title: Fabrication of 2D-Material-Based Ionic Transistors
INTERN: KYLA CHRISTOPHER
PROGRAM: 2024 BUTCHER FUNDING
Intern Major, Institution: Animal Science, Tuskegee University
Program PI: Prof. Jonathan Butcher
Program Mentors: Shuofei Sun, Alex Cruz
Program Project Title: Biofabricated Complex Cardiovascular Tissues
INTERN: BROOKLYN JENKINS
PROGRAM: 2024 CCMR NC A&T
Intern Major, Institution: Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Charlotte Albunio
Program Project Title: 3D Printing of Ceramics for Energy Reactors
INTERN: GANNON LEMASTER
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Electrical Engineering, Brown University
Program PI: Prof. James C. Hwang
Program Mentors: Lei Li, Xiaopeng Wang
Program Project Title: Millimeter-Wave Electrical Permittivity of Semiconductors and Insulators
INTERN: FABIANA MAYOL LÓPEZ
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Chemistry, Ana G. Méndez University, Gurabo campus
Program PI: Prof. Grace Xing
Program Mentors: Joseph Dill, Shivali Agrawal
Program Project Title: Ohmic Contacts to High Al-Content n-type AlGaN
INTERN: ELIZABETH QUANSAH
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
Program Project Title: Micro-Scale Ceramic Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications
INTERN: RICHARD REMIAS
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU
Intern Major, Institution: Physics, University of Rhode Island
Program PI: Prof. Judy Cha
Program Mentors: Quynh Sam, Khoan Duong
Program Project Title: Nanomolding of Topological Materials for Interconnect Applications
INTERN: IMRIE ROSS
PROGRAM: 2024 CBE FMRG: CYBER (iCVD)
Intern Major, Institution: Biochemical Engineering, University of Georgia
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
INTERN: HUNTER SAYLOR
PROGRAM: 2024 CNF REU (MSU)
Intern Major, Institution: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Morgan State University
Program PI: Prof. Sadaf Sobhani
Program Mentor: Giancarlo D'Orazio
Program Project Title: Micro-Additive Manufacturing Processes for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
INTERN: JADEN WATT
PROGRAM: 2024 CCMR NC A&T
Intern Major, Institution: Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Program PI: Prof. Richard Robinson
Program Mentor: TBA
Program Project Title: Multiscale Nanofilms with Emergent Chiral Properties