Previous SUIN Programs

This year’s program was supported by the Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology.

REU Intern	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Project
Tyler Tanner	Eastern Kentucky University	Dr. Sourabh Saha	3D Printing Microscale Hemispherical Lenses Using Projection Two Photon Lithography (TPL)
Abria Granger	University of Texas at San Antonio	Dr. Anton Bryksin	Material Characterization of Reused Pipette Tips
Macharia Kanyatte	Vanderbilt University	Dr. Billyde Brown	High-Throughput Two Photon Lithography for Additively Manufactured Microsupercapacitor (MSC) Electrodes with Pre-defined Pore Structures
Davis Guarracino	Oglethorpe University	Dr. Paul Kohl	Residue Formation in Dry-Develop Poly(aldehyde) Photoresist
Alondra Ruiz Román	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	Dr. Hailong Chen	Design and Development of High Entropy Alloys
Maxim Sokolov	Sierra College	Dr. Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena	Solar Cell Saunas: Low Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Alumina onto Perovskite Solar Cells

This year’s program was supported through an REU Site Award from the National Science Foundation (EEC-1757579).

Click on the project name to read the final report.

REU Intern	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Project
Alexandra Cabrera	Georgia State University	Dr. Asif Khan	Grain-Size Analysis in Ferroelectric Materials
DeShea Chasko	Mississippi State University	Dr. Chengzhi Shi	Enhancing Spheroid Development with Microfluidic Pulsatile Pressure
Breyson Davis	Tuskegee University	Dr. Shannon Yee	Ionic and Lattice Contributions to Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Phase Electrolytes
Angelica Helton	Florida Institute of Technology	Dr. Hang Lu	Whole-animal, Single-cell Transcriptomics
Gabriel Medina	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	Dr. Oliver Brand	Piezoresistive Sensors for Measuring Blood Platelet Contraction Forces
Marlene Mendez	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	Dr. Natalie Stingelin	Characterization of Mixed Conducting Materials in Bioelectronics
Madison Miller	Univeristy of Florida	Dr. Blair Brettmann	Thermoelectric Textiles for Body Heat Regulation and Energy Harvesting
Rebecca Mosier	Johns Hopkins University	Dr. Wilbur Lam	Microfluidic Assays for Measurement of Sickle Cell Biophysics
John Mark Page	Freed-Hardeman University	Dr. Michael Filler	Bottom-Up Electronic Devices: Mask Removal
Anthony Perez Pinon	Miami Dade College	Dr. Muhannad Bakir	Low-impedance high-density multi-electrode arrays
Matthew Po	University of Florida	Dr. Kim Kurtis	Effect of Nanocellulose Materials on Cement Hydration
Sarah Spalding	Mercer University	Dr. Younan Xia	Silica Nanobottles for Controlled Release and Applications to Vascular Injur

This year’s program was supported through an REU Site Award from the National Science Foundation (EEC-1757579).

Click on the project name to read the final report.

REU Intern	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Project
Briah Bailey	Claflin University	Dr. Nian Liu	Synthesizing Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Elizabeth Bellott	North Carolina State University	Dr. Shannon Yee	Humidity Controlled Tuning of Hybrid Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBRs)
Jonathan Chang	University of Maryland	Dr. Michael Filler	Effectiveness of Grown Poly(methyl methacrylate)/PMMA Brush as a Masking Agent
Emily Chase	University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Dr. Younan Xia	Synthesis and Characterization of Pd-Based Bimetallic Twinned Nanocubes
Lauren Daley	Florida State University	Dr. Shyh-Chiang Shen	Low Cost Solar Cell Technology for Heterogenously Integrated Systems
Joshua Ehizibolo	Prince George’s Community College	Dr. Satish Kumar	Analysis of Thermal Management of Electric Motors
Jared Fick	LeTourneau University	Dr. Todd Sulchek	Novel Ridge Geometries for Use in Microfluidic Devices for Cell Sorting
Caroline Howell	Troy University	Dr. Josh Kacher	Strain Localization During Slow Strain Rate Testing of Sensitized Al-Mg Alloys
Sabrina Jackson	North Carolina A&T State University	Dr. Paul Kohl	Characterizing the Performance of Rapidly-Degradable Polyaldehydes as Dry-Developing Photoresist
Jakub Pepas	University of Florida	Dr. Hailong Chen	Synthesis of CuZn Alloy Films through Electrodeposition
Colin Snyder	Florida Institute of Technology	Dr. Yuanzhi Tang	Rapid Photocatalytic Oxidation of Dissolved Manganese with TiO2

This year’s program was supported through an REU Site Award from the National Science Foundation (EEC-1757579).

Click on each intern’s name to read a synopsis of their time as a SUIN intern. These interviews will be posted as they become available.

Click on the project name to read the final report.

REU Intern	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Project
Alexa Espinoza	University of Florida	Dr. Paul Kohl	Bilayer Fabrication of Transient devices using Poly(phthalaldehyde)
Biya Haile	Kennesaw State	Dr. Oliver Brand	Microsensors with Nanostructured Surfaces Fabricated by 3D Lithography
Joseph Holder	NC State University	Dr. Younan Xia	Rational Synthesis of Pt Icosahedral Nanocrystals with a Controllable Size and High Quality
Matthew Johnson	Freed-Hardeman University	Dr. Todd Sulchek	Microfluidic Device Fabrication for Cell Sorting and Delivery of Particles to Cells
Samuel Lucas	Mississippi State University	Dr. Kim Kurtis	NOx Binding in Hydrated Cementitious Phases
Alton O’Neal	Clemson University	Dr. Peter Hesketh	Fabrication of Micropreconcentrator Devices for Trace Level Gas Sensing
Johnathan O’Neil	Clemson University	Dr. Elsa Reichmanis	Improving the Cycling Life of a Li-ion Battery
Shelly Phillips	Clemson University	Dr. Eric Vogel	Graphene as a Corrosion Inhibitor
Ronald Reliford	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Dr. Shyh-Chian Shen	Compact Light Sources for Biological Applications
Roman Shevchenko	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Dr.Azadeh Ansari	Three Dimensional Biomimetic Artificial Muscles for Micro-Robotic Applications

SENIC would like to thank the following sponsors for our 2017 Southeastern Undergraduate Internships in Nanotechnology:

Click on each student’s name to read a synopsis of their time as a SUIN intern. These interviews will be posted monthly during the fall semester.

Intern	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Project
Sarah Hordern	University of Texas at Austin	Dr. Kimberly Kurtis	Can We Increase Concrete Durability with Nanoparticles?
Melanie Brunet	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Dr. Shannon Yee	Thermal conductivity measurement of polymer fibers using the four-probe method
Spencer Temples	Clemson University	Dr. Paul Kohl	Use of Sacrificial Polymers in the Manufacturing of Low Dielectric Materials
Nicholas Thuet	Arizona State University	Dr. Elsa Reichmanis	Stretchable Electronics: Processing and Analyzing Blended P3HT-PDMS Devices

Click on each student’s name to read a synopsis of their time as a SUIN intern. These interviews will be posted monthly during the fall semester.

Student Intern	Home University	Faculty Mentor	Project
Thomas Metke	Vanderbilt University	Todd Sulchek	High-Throughput Cell Separation with Microfluidic Devices
Cooper Thome	University of Tennessee	Elsa Reichmanis	Cellulose Nanocrystal Liquid Crystal Templating of Conductive PEDOT:PSS
Michael Vander Zwaag	University of Michigan	Kim Kurtis	Making “Greener” Concrete Using Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
John Nance	University of North Carolina	Peter Hesketh	Characterization of NiFe Artificial Cilia
Elizabeth Tom	University of Michigan	Michael Filler	Plasmonic-Phononic Hybrid Nanowires: New Materials for Extreme Infrared Light Focusing
Yaneira Gonzalez	University of Puerto Rico	Yuanzhi Tang	Effects of Metal Presence on the Structure, Reactivity, and Transformation of Magnesium Oxides