This year, our Research Experiences for Undergraduates program was able to support 17 students from throughout the United States. The students had wide-ranging majors and their research topics, noted below, demonstrated an interdisciplinary breadth.
Robin Pearson (Grove City College) Biology
Polystyrene-b-Polybutadiene
Advisor - Russell
Matthew Fabrizio (U of Rochester) Ceramic & Materials Eng
Structural Materials via Aqueous Polymer Assembly
Advisor - Hoagland
Matthew Kade (UMass) Chemistry
Hydrophillic Polyoelfins as Membrane Materials
Advisor - Emrick
Gregory Poduska (Carleton College) Chemistry
Exploring the Thermodynamics of Guanosine Tetramers With
The Osmotic Stress Technique
Advisor - Strey
Cartney Smith (Brown Univ) Chemical Engineering
Polyelectrolyte-Surfacant Micoremulsions and
Photocrosslinkable Polysaccharides
Advisor - Strey
Jason Testa (UMass, Amherst) Chemical Engineering
Blends of Crystalline Block Copolymers and Amorphous
Homopolymers: Template for Ordered Mesostructured Silicate Films
Advisor - Watkins
Korisha Rhamdhanie (Mount Holyoke College) Chemistry
Photopolymerization of CdSe Nanoparticles
Advisor - Emrick
Jack Peters (UMass, Amherst) Chemistry
Synthesis of Soluble Polynaphthalenes
Advisor - Tew
Dannon Stigers (UMass, Amherst) Chemistry
Generating Carboxylic Acid Functions in Poly(hydroxyalkanoates)
Advisor - Tew
Justin Gal (Univ of Michigan) Civil & Environmental Engineering
Poly-trimethylene-terephthalate-Clay Nanocomposites Prepared in CO2
Advisor - Lesser
Andrew Duncan (Clemson Univ.) Ceramic & Materials Eng
The Effect of Topological Heterogeneity on Adhesion
Advisor - Crosby
Anne Forcum (Western New England College) Chemistry
Olefin Polymerization With MAO(cocatalyst) Supported Matrices
Using Constrained Geometry Catalysts (SSCs)
Advisor - Coughlin
Dan Mellon (University of Rochester) Physics
Alignment of Diblock Copolymers on Au Surfaces
Advisor - Tuominen
James Camara (Univ of Rochester) Chemistry
Telechelic Polyethylenes for Polymer Wood Composites
Advisor - Coughlin
Ricardo Puig (UMass, Amherst) Biology
A Look at Cell Structure Spreading on Heterogenous Surfaces
Advisor - Russell
Megan Juszkiewicz (UMass, Amherst) Physics
The Crumpled Structure of Thin Films
Advisor - Menon
Steve Hickman (Harvey Mudd College) Chemistry
Template Formation of Polystyrene - Polymethylmethacrylate Diblocks
Advisor - Russell |
