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 |