WELCOME TO THE 2023 CNF REU PROGRAM!


The 2023 CNF REU Program Calendar


Keep an eye on the calendar above for REQUIRED CNF REU events.


Such as....

2023 CNF REU NANO-CONVO
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST
203 PHILLIPS HALL

SCHEDULE

9:15-9:40a; Intern Set Up

9:40-9:45a; MCM, Welcome

9:45-10:00a; Bryan Kim, Investigation of Pd-Au Alloys for Sensing and Actuation

10:00-10:15a; Toko Ogata, Electrical Characterization of Dielectric Films

10:15-10:30a; Paul Bloom, Electrical Interconnects Based on Delafossite Thin Films

10:30-10:45a; Daniel Harrison, A Systematic Study of How Different Phases of Niobium Nitride React to Xenon Difluoride Undercut Etch

10:45-11:00a; Amara Taddeo, Nanoimprint Process Optimization for Overlay and Fidelity

11:00-11:15a; Astrid Dzotcha, Nanomolding of Topological Materials

11:15-11:30a; Sam Averitt, NanoScribe Advanced Patterning Techniques for Two-Photon 2D and 3D Structures

11:30-11:45a; Naomi Naranjo, Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Single-Domain Magnetic Nanostructures

11:45-12:00p; lunch set up

12:00-1:00p; Lunch!

 

 

CCMR 2023 Next Gen Research & Professional Development Talks

(Please note that THREE of the CCMR Next Gen Talks are mandatory for the CNF REU)

 

CNF REU THINGS TO DO!

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CNF REU CLEANROOM ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

NOTE UPDATE IN BOLD!

CNF REU interns are on restricted cleanroom access for the first four weeks of our program, because you are all undergraduates.

FIRST WEEK: From the moment you arrive in Ithaca through to Monday, June 12th, you are NOT allowed into the cleanroom AT ALL, except as part of the CNF short course. Not even for a tour with your mentors or something like that.

SECOND WEEK: You'll receive your CNF New User Training on Monday and Tuesday, June 12th and 13th. There will be a detailed schedule for the second week, covering your New User Training and relevant tool trainings.

ASSUMING YOU PASS YOUR NEW USER TRAINING:

Undergraduate CNF Users Under Restriction will start with access only Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. No access from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. From 6:00 p.m. on Friday thru 8:00 a.m. on Monday, you are not allowed in our cleanroom or labs, period.

(Was ... Undergraduate CNF REU User restrictions start with Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. cleanroom and second floor access with mentors only. Please note that "with mentors only" means in the same room as your mentor(s). From 6:00 p.m. on Friday thru 8:00 a.m. on Monday, you are not allowed in our cleanroom or labs, period.)

After 50 hours of lab time, reasonable tool usage, and demonstration of safe lab practices, CNF REU interns should meet with Phil Infante, CNF Lab Safety Manager, who will decide to grant "extended access" Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. without your mentors -- or will not grant extended access!

After 100 hours of lab usage and reasonable tool usage, CNF REU interns should meet with Phil Infante, CNF Lab Safety Manager, who will decide to grant full 24/7 access privileges -- or not!

So YOU must talk to Phil Infante when you feel you are close to the 50 hour / 100 hour lab time marks. He will determine if your next access level is appropriate. (BTW, you'll meet Phil at the Welcome Lunch and TCN, plus I'll point out where his office is during orientation, so you'll know him well by the time you get to 50 hours!)

Any CNF REU student who demonstrates that they cannot follow these restrictions or other lab policies will NOT be given unrestricted access at any time.
 

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2023 CNF REU INTERNS

SAMANTHA AVERITT
Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
CNF REU Staff Mentors: Roberto Ricardo Panepucci, Giovanni Sartorello
CNF REU Graduate Student Mentor: Landon Ivy
CNF REU Project: NanoScribe Advanced Patterning Techniques for Two-Photon 2D and 3D Structures

PAUL BLOOM
Optical Engineering, University of Rochester
CNF REU Principal Investigator: Hari P Nair
CNF REU Mentor: Bilal Azhar
CNF REU Staff Host: Mac McMurdy, Jeremy Clark
CNF REU Project: Electrical Interconnects Based on Delafossite Thin Films

ASTRID DZOTCHA KENGNE
Electrical Engineering, Morgan State University
CNF REU Principal Investigator: Judy Cha
CNF REU Mentors: Quynh Sam, Gangtae Jin
CNF REU Staff Host: Alan Bleier
CNF REU Project: Nanomolding of Topological Materials

DANIEL HARRISON
Electrical Engineering, Morgan State University
CNF REU Principal Investigator: Debdeep Jena
CNF REU Mentor 1: Wenwen Zhao
CNF REU Staff Host: Aaron Windsor
CNF REU Project: Monolithic Integration of Acoustic Resonators and High-Electron-Mobility-Transistors Utilizing Aluminum Nitride Platform

BRYAN KIM
Chemistry, UC Berkeley
CNF REU Principal Investigator: Nicholas Lawrence Abbott
CNF REU Mentors: Ayushi Tripathi, Hanyu Alice Zhang
CNF REU Staff Host: Tom Pennell
CNF REU Project: Investigation of Pd-Au Alloys for Sensing and Actuation

NAOMI NARANJO
Engineering, Cornell University
CNF REU PI: Itai Cohen
CNF REU MENTORS: Zexi Liang, Melody Xuan Lim
CNF REU STAFF HOST: Garry Bordonaro
CNF REU PROJECT: Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Single-Domain Magnetic Nanostructures

TOKO OGATA
Graduate Student
CNF International Experiences for Graduates (CNF iEG) Program
Hokkaido University, Sapporo Japan
CNF iEG Staff Mentors: Jeremy Clark, Phil Infante, Aaron Windsor
CNF iEG PROJECT: Electrical Characterization of Dielectric Films

AMARA TADDEO
Chemistry, Allegheny College
CNF REU Staff Mentors: Roberto Ricardo Panepucci, Xinwei Wu
CNF REU Graduate Student Mentor: Landon Ivy
CNF REU Project: Nanoimprint Process Optimization for Overlay and Fidelity


 

The 2022 CNF REU Program can be found here!