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Whee Ha and Hello! Welcome to the 2008 CNF REU Program.
All eleven CNF REUs are now locked in and we have a lot to do in the next few weeks, so I don't want to forget anything or lose anyone -- let's get started planning our summer together!
This is a very long email attempting to answer all the questions you may have for me. I'll be sending you a second email with all the questions I have for you. Please be sure to respond to that one no later than April 30th.
(ByTheWay#1: This email is sorta like a test. If you ask me questions that are answered in this email, I'll know right off that you aren't paying attention..... ; )
(BTW#2: I’ll be sending you CNF REU information packets this Thursday or Friday. They’ll have a veritable plethora of information on Cornell and Ithaca. Let me know if you don't receive yours in a timely fashion. I know some of you still need your award letters and those will be in the packet too…..)
(BTW#3: All of this will also on the CNF web site next week sometime at http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf5_reuprogram.html.)
On to business:
[1] The CNF REU Interns:
At the very bottom of this message, you'll find a list of all the CNF REU interns, their colleges, CNF REU principal investigators (PI) and the titles of their project. Getting to know your fellow REUs is a prime way to get the most out of your summer here, so take a look at whom you'll be meeting and what they'll be up to.
[2] Introduce Yourself!
Speaking of getting to know each other, I have my first request of you -- send out an email to everyone (including me, addresses above) and introduce yourself to the gang. Tell us what you're up to at school, what you like to do on days off, why you're looking forward to coming to Ithaca, etc. I know you are busy, but just take a moment now to do this. And I get to go first!
I've been with the Cornell NanoScale Facility for twelve years, after graduating as a return-to-college student from Ithaca College in '91. I'm a single mom raising a fantastic young man, Nathan, who's 22 and into karate and cars. He is presently working at Moosewood Restaurant (Google it, it’s famous!) and training to take over the Ithaca Washin-Ryu dojo. We are both Quakers (members of the Religious Society of Friends) and I am on a lot of committees and stuff. I'm also into all sorts of needlecrafts, action movies and mystery novels and in my spare time, hahahahaha, I like to swing dance. As long as I don’t cut into my tv time….I am a proud couch potato!
Also, I'm *Ms.* Melanie-Claire Mallison, not Dr. or Mrs., and I go by Melanie-Claire or Melanie or MC or Mellie. Whatever suits you best.
And speaking of me brings me to my next point.....
[3] Who's in Charge Here?
I am the Program Coordinator for the CNF REU Program. So any program questions you can't find the answers to or lab problems you cannot solve quickly on your own should come to me. The stories I could tell you (and probably will) of the many ways interns find to stall their project when they could just have come to me and ask a question! PLEASE tell me right away if anything is going wrong for you in your research. First, I love to schmooze, but mostly I love to solve your problems. I mean, you are adults and can solve your own problems, but you don’t know the CNF like I know the CNF, so I can solve some problems a whole lot quicker! And with only ten weeks to the program, time is of the essence!
The easiest way to contact me is via email and once you get here, as part of your training and ability to use the CNF, we assign you an @cnf.cornell.edu email address. Get onto that email address asap and either forward it to your preferred email address or vice versa. Equipment trainings, program information, and lots of other critical and not so critical messages will be sent to your CNF email address, starting on Day One. (You don't want to miss a free meal do you? : ) And as I say, it's the best way to get messages or complaints to me as I have an IV hook-up to my email.
[4] Program Start Dates:
I would like to get everyone on campus on Sunday, June 1st, so you have time to settle in, look around and start getting to know each other.
The CNF REU Program officially starts Tuesday, June 3rd at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast here at CNF. Your info packet will include a map to the CNF and the schedule for that day. Please note the day is pretty full with meetings, tours, and check-ins -- and a Welcome Luncheon where you'll meet your PI and mentor. And starting the short course at 5:30p (more on this below). Free food all day, woohoo!
[5] Clean Room Clothing and Access Restrictions:
The Lab Safety Manual is the info packet, and you MUST read it before you arrive in Ithaca. Most critical of that information is the dress code and access restrictions for the clean room, so I'm putting those in right here. Pack accordingly!
Clothing Restrictions:
For safety and cleanliness reasons, users must wear the proper clothing while in any of the lab areas. These requirements are not just for the clean room, but include the normal lab spaces as well.
A] Footwear:
You should come into the facility with fully enclosed shoes and wearing socks or stockings. The shoes should be clean and dry. Sandals, open top shoes and high heels are NOT allowed. The shoes should not have deep cleat soles as they increase the amount of dirt and mud carried into the facility. During rainy weather, a clean change of shoes should be brought with you. Even when dry, shoes worn outside in rainy weather will carry in a large amount of road salt and dirt. Most users simply have an extra pair of shoes at the facility for use during poor weather.
B] Bodywear:
Pants musts be clean and ankle length. Shorts, short pants (Capris or high waters), skirts, or excessively ripped or frayed pants are NOT allowed. Excessively long or baggy pants that create a safety hazard are also not permitted. A popular option during the warm summer months is to wear hospital-style scrub pants on top of shorts. Facility staff can direct you to as to where you can purchase them.
Shirts MUST cover from your pants to your shoulders without a bare midriff. Tank tops, spaghetti straps and crop tops are NOT allowed. Tops that just meet your pants, but bare your midriff if you raise your arms are NOT allowed. The shirt should also not be so loose as to be hazard. Think normal t-shirts -- tucked in.
Bottom line: Working in the clean room is not a fashion show, it's a safety show!
REU Clean Room Access Restrictions:
All REU interns are on restricted access for the first three weeks. From June 3rd to June 10th, you are not allowed into the clean room at all, except as part of the short course or new user training. Assuming you pass your new user training, then from June 10th to June 29th, REUs may be in the clean room from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm without your mentor, and from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm WITH your mentor. From 11:00 pm to 8:00 am, REUs are not allowed in the clean room. REUs are not allowed in the clean room from 11:00 pm Friday evening to 8:00 am Monday morning, period. Not even with your mentor.
If you observe these rules and do not make any mistakes during the three weeks of restricted use (as in, clean room procedure mistakes, like blowing up the lab), then you are released to 24/7 access the Monday morning of their fourth week (June 30th).
Any REU student who demonstrates that they cannot follow lab policies will NOT be given unrestricted access. For instance, entering the clean room after 11:00 pm or on a weekend before June 30th will get you a thump on the head and at least another three days of restricted hours.
NOTE: We have cameras in the clean room and staff who know who you are! Between those eyes and badging in and out, we know where you are, too!
So getting back to clothes, when you arrive for your training on Monday, June 9th, even if it's a beautiful warm day, wear proper clean room attire or you'll start right off getting kicked out of your first training session!
[6] Program End Dates:
The program ends in August with a four-day network-wide convocation right here at Cornell. We’ll welcome the other NNIN REU interns on Saturday and Sunday, August 9th and 10th, and then start the convocation Sunday evening with a Pizza Party and get-to-know-you. The convocation ends on Wednesday with a poster session and everyone heads home (sniffle) on Thursday, August 14th.
[7] Travel Plans, Flying In:
If you plan to fly in, I will book all your flights to Ithaca and back home, and pay for all tickets for you. Most tickets are "e-tickets" these days, so that means you'll pick up your ticket at the airport and will need photo ID in order for them to release the ticket to you. Don't forget there are many security regulations now, so be sure to find out your airport's check-in policy. You may have to arrive at the airport up to three hours before your flight!
Also, Cornell books flights with US Air first since they land here in Ithaca. If you have a different preference, let me know and I'll start there. I'll send your itinerary to you as soon as I have it. Check it carefully to be sure I've got it right.
I'll arrange for Ithaca Limo Service to deliver you to the door of your dorm (sorry, it’s a shuttle bus, not really a limo….). Be sure to tell the driver that you are a CNF REU intern. There are CNS, CCMR, LEPP and NBTC interns also, and they may even be on your bus so BE SURE the driver understands you are a *CNF* REU intern. I pay for the bus ride -- DO NOT pay anyone anything even if they insist. You insist, "Melanie-Claire is paying!!"
[8] Travel Plans, Driving In:
If you are driving in, I'll send you directions to the dorm, and here is the plan for reimbursement. The two most important items are: [A] Cornell does not reimburse for trips over 1,000 miles, so if you have to drive further than that, don't drive. Sorry! [B] Make a note of your mileage when you start out, and again when you arrive. We will reimburse you at .485 cents per mile or for your gas, whichever is more. (Now I know I sound a little mean here, but I will check on the miles from your start place to Ithaca, so no side trips to the Grand Canyon or anything like that on your way here!) .485 cents per mile is usually a great deal more than just gas as it's meant to cover wear and tear on your vehicle, too. Even so, keep in mind -- [C] Get receipts for all your expenses along the way. We will reimburse for meals and tolls, and some etc, so get those receipts! Once you're here, Carol Cleveland will have a form for you to fill out and then a reimbursement check will arrive for you in about a week.
!! PLEASE NOTE #1!!
You can purchase an ND summer parking permit for ~$175 and parking is right across the street from Balch Hall where you'll be living. I can prearrange your ND permit for you once I know you are driving. (Note especially that *you* are paying for the permit. More on the fair distribution of costs in the Snark Alert later...)
!! PLEASE NOTE #2!!
If you have to drive more than 1,000 miles to get here, the Cornell Accounting Office will have a fit. So please don't plan on driving if you live far, far away.
!! PLEASE NOTE #3!!
Cornell University generally discourages people from driving anyway because of insurance issues. If you do drive, be sure to review your insurance coverage prior to the trip and make sure you are covered for the trip and for the summer at our location. If anything happens to your car throughout the program, YOUR INSURANCE IS PRIMARY -- not Cornell's.
[9] First Set of Questions:
So, in order to set up your travel, the next email will be asking you to tell me:
[A] Please confirm that you are a United States Citizen. (This is not technically a question, so just bear with me….)
[B] Where will you be traveling *from* (City, State) to get to Ithaca?
[C] Will you be able to arrive on Sunday, June 1st?
[D] What day do you plan to arrive if not the 1st?
[E] Will you be flying in? What airport (Airport Code) to you prefer to leave from?
[F] Will you be driving in?
[G] Where will you be traveling *to* at the end of the convocation?
(City, State, Airport Code)
Travel Note #1: I know it's a bit tricky planning for August now, and some interns prefer to stay on after the convocation to get in a little more sightseeing. This is fine. A return flight on the 18th or something will cost much the same as a return flight on the 14th. Please note though, that you are responsible for ALL your expenses after 10:30 am, Thursday, August 14th. If you plan on sightseeing in Niagara Falls or New York City after the program ends, just let me know what date you prefer to travel home from the convocation. So....
[H] What date will you be traveling to [G] after the convocation?
Travel Note #2: The NNIN REU Program will only pay for you to travel from home or school to Cornell and then back to your home or school. Sorry, we will not fly you to Cancun!!
[10] Housing on Cornell Campus:
Unless I hear otherwise, I'll be rooming everyone in Balch Hall singles, http://housing.cornell.edu/housing_residential/balch.asp (North Campus):
+ you will be in singles
+ the size of the single = 12'0" x 11'0
+ for each intern, there is an extra long twin bed (78"-80"), desk, desk lamp, desk chair, dresser, book case, waste basket, closet or wardrobe, drapes.
+ there is a phone in your dorm room
+ there is a kitchen (or two) on your floor
+ the CNF will pay for a fan and micro-fridge for your room
+ but you will need to bring/buy your own pots-n-pans and dishes (sharing!)
+ you can get internet service from CIT in your room for a small fee (http://www.cit.cornell.edu/)
+ there are Imacs and PCs here at CNF, and computer rooms round campus
+ across the way from Balch is a fabulous cafeteria in Purcell (http://dining.cornell.edu/dining/rpme.asp)
+ there will be a packet of linens in your room including sheets, towels, washcloth, blanket, and pillow -- which you can exchange once a week at the Service Center. There's a "public" laundry room in the dorm. (I overhead that the sheets are too short for the beds (!) so even though they are provided you might want to bring your own.)
[11] Housing Off Campus:
If you decide to live off-campus, the CNF will not pay for any part of your housing. Sorry, but the dorm housing is paid for as an incentive to have you stay on campus with your fellow REUs and create the community which is an important part of the program.
[12] Next Question:
The next email will be asking you to tell me:
[I] Are you planning to live on-campus in the REU-provided housing?
NOTE #3: You'll be clustered with the other CNF REUs so introduce yourselves! Go play Frisbee together!!!
SNARK ALERT! Ok, so... every year, interns ask me why they can't stay in the air-conditioned dorms (once they find out such things exist). I admit -- I am ever so tired of this question. The answer is - first off, I fought for you to have singles, so thank me! Second, Balch Hall costs me $25 a night. The air-conditioned dorm, aside from not even being available to summer-long programs, is $50 a night. So if I even could get you into air-conditioned rooms, which I cannot, I would have to bar you from using the CNF clean room as I would not be able to afford to pay for you to do any actual research. This is also the answer to why we don't pay for your parking, for your computer access, for your food, etc. So please, don't ask. This is the *research* experience program, not the *cushy* experience program. Ok? (See? I warned you ... snarky!)
[13] Food:
Speaking of food... As I say, we do provide a refrigerator and microwave unit to each intern, so you can keep food and cook it in your room. But also, each floor of Balch has kitchens. (I assume a number of you will be driving and will be VERY popular with the others, especially for grocery runs.) Then, Robert Purcell has one of the largest all-you-can eat cafeterias I've ever seen and it’s a short walk from Balch, and there is another cafeteria a stone's throw from the CNF. So really, food should not be a problem, other than the fact that we won't pay for it. Well... except that CNF has a new user lunch every Monday, and all the Engr REU programs at Cornell get together and we offer free lunch once or twice a week and a group dinner once a month, so there is a lot of free food around. Plus as you'll read below, I hand you a check for $1000 when you arrive on Tuesday, so you'll have plenty of cash for groceries, or to pay for a meal plan once you arrive.
[14] What to Pack?
The weather in Ithaca is unpredictable at best. Summers can be warm (80s) to very warm (for us, 90s) to very cool (50s in the evenings). And it's muggy (humid) so the hot feels hotter and the cool feels cooler. Also, there is a veritable plethora of outdoorsy things to do here. Hiking, swimming, canoeing, mountain biking and swing dancing, etc. So you'll want to pack a little of everything -- from tank tops and sandals to warm woollies and boots. NONE of which are allowed in the clean room remember -- when you go into the clean room, you must be wearing full length pants, socks and close-toed shoes, and shirts that do NOT bare your tummy.
Also, we'll be holding two convocations, one for practice here at Cornell and the network-wide one a week later, so you'll need to have at least three days worth of formal clothes -- jeans and t-shirts are unacceptable at the NNIN convocation!
[15] CU Info:
For other campus info, http://www.cuinfo.cornell.edu/, is the best place to start looking for answers. Computing, Health and Wellness, Athletics, Banking, Dining, Campus Events, Grad School, etc etc etc. Please look here FIRST for many many answers. Or read the pile of stuff in the info packet!
[16] NNIN / Intel REU Stipend:
You will receive a stipend of $3,800, split into four checks - three for $1000, one for $800. Your first check will be available on June 3rd, the next on July 1st, the third on August 1st, and the last one, for $800, will be mailed to you when I receive your final report. The program isn't done till I have your report in hand!
[17] More Questions for You:
In order to fill out the stipend forms, the next email will be asking you to tell me:
[J] What is your Social Security Number?
[K] What is your birth date? MONTH / DAY / YEAR, please.
(Note: I will delete this part of the questions from my email once I have the information, so no one will harvest your personal info from me!)
[18] Banking Info:
If you intend to deposit your stipend checks into your home account, be sure to bring deposit slips and the correct street address to mail your deposits to. (I know this sounds obvious but people do forget these things.) Also, to ensure that your check arrives safely, it is best to mail it within a card or wrapped in color paper within a safety envelope. The idea is to make sure that no one looking at the envelop can tell that there is a huge check inside. Seems like each year, a check goes astray, and it takes us time to verify it is missing and then put on a stop-payment, and then issue a new check. So a little safety at the start, saves a lot of time and worry. (And if you're mailing your check to your mom, doesn't she deserve a nice card anyway? Says the resident mom.....) (Which reminds me -- don't include a nice Cornell magnet with the check! We think one check got lost because the magnet and ergo the check is stuck to the inside of mailbox somewhere…..)
If you prefer to open an account here, the Tompkins Trust Company has several branches on campus, and you can easily open a savings account at one of them which includes a free ATM card. TTC has ATMs all over town, and the savings account fee is only $3 a month. Plus, with your CU ID and another photo ID you can cash your check right at the campus bookstore.
ALL OF THIS is subject to change if it turns out Bursar worked out the bugs in the direct deposit system. We'll deal with that when it happens.
[19] Your Summer Address:
If you want to have mail forwarded to Ithaca during your stay here, go to your post office, fill out a temporary change of address form and tell them you temp address will be:
(your name)
CNF REU Program
Balch Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
Be sure to tell them that this address is only good from June 1st to August 13th! Once you get here, you'll be able to add your room number, but mail will get to you without it. (Just as an aside, "Cornell University" isn't necessary in the address because we have our own zip code -- 14853 means Cornell...)
[20] The CNF TCN Short Course:
One of the first things you'll be doing here is attending the CNF Short Course: Technology & Characterization of the Nanoscale (CNF TCN). The course is a three & 1/2-day intensive workshop with lectures and lab demos. Keep an eye on the CNF web site for details. I don't even know them myself yet! But know that June 3-6 will be packed with the CNF TCN. Oh and I’ll register you for the course, no need for you to do so.
[21] Initial Equipment Training:
I will set up several of your initial equipment trainings before you get here, and I’ll have a list for you with training sessions for the tools you share in common (mostly photolithography). I’ll hand you the list on the 3rd, but it’ll also be on the CNF REU web site: http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf5_reuprogram.html
The training for the rest of your tools, you will set up yourself once you get here, working directly with the CNF staff person responsible for that tool.
NOTE #5: There are four critical ways to avoid trouble in the equipment training arena (aside from the obvious of dressing inappropriately for the clean room). [1] DO NOT MISS a scheduled training session or be late to a training session. Especially pay attention to where the training session starts -- outside of or *in* the clean room. (This is the #1 way new users miss a training session.) We are unbelievably busy in the summer and if you miss a training session, you may not get back on the schedule for weeks! [2] TELL ME immediately if you DO miss a training session! I'll do my best to track down the staff person responsible and get you in their next session. [3] If you need to be trained on something not shown on your initial training list, contact the staff person in charge of that tool and be sure to state FIRST that you are a CNF REU intern requesting training. They know to look out for you. [4] NEVER EVER EVER touch a machine you are not trained on. NEVER! EVER!
[22] Your Work Schedule:
The clean room is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See the REU Clean Room Access Restrictions above. Once you are past the restrictions (the weeks will fly by, trust me), you have seven days x 24 hours a day open to you to work on your project. Your time is your own to schedule with your mentor. This is absolutely not a 9-5, M-F job. It's a "get as much done as you can get done in ten weeks" job. So you and your mentor will work out a schedule that includes down-time to suit your outside interests. There will be equipment trainings and the CNF TCN, some tours and a few meetings with CNF staff to help us all keep track of your progress, but for the most part, your time is yours to plan out with your research group.
In each REU project, you should have some research aspect which is entirely yours to complete. Your PI and mentor will expect you to jump in and become as independent as possible, as soon as possible. While we are all here to help you succeed, your research success is 99% dependant on how hard you work at it. 1% is dependant on whether or not you can get tool time. You have a three-week (restricted) grace period to learn as much as possible from your mentor and PI. Then you have six weeks to prove yourself as a researcher! Cool, huh!?!
PLEASE NOTE MOST ESPECIALLY -- taking a class or having another job during the program is *definitely* a no-no!!
SNARK ALERT! As your expectations letter states:
If at any time during the NNIN REU Program, your Principal Investigator and your Site Director and/or Program Coordinator determine that you are not living up to [our] expectations, the NNIN reserves the right to terminate your award. You will not be required to reimburse the NNIN for any expenses, but you will not collect any unpaid stipend, your travel and housing arrangements will be terminated, and you will be sent home at your own expense.
So we don’t have time cards and such, but we can tell if you are just goofing off. And we’ll drop kick you out if you are! (Anti-snark; I have NEVER fired an REU intern. I’m a very nice, understanding person, for the most part.)
[23] MISC on Your Research:
Speaking of your research -- just to warn you on one aspect of the 'real life' experience you are about to have -- it's entirely possible that you will rarely, if ever, see your Principal Investigator (PI). The fact is that very few of our PIs ever step foot in the CNF, much less in the clean room. That's ok, as the simple truth is they are the idea and funding people, not the hands-on research people. Instead, you'll be getting to know your graduate student mentor(s) really well. That person or persons will train you on your research, suggest reading materials, help you problem-solve and etc. If your mentor disappears, then we have a problem and you should let me know IMMEDIATELY. (Garron: Your PI is your mentor. If Derek disappears -- let me know!)
Also, while you are here researching, you'll be writing everything you do and everything you try in a notebook made of special dust-free paper allowed into the clean room. You'll be working with various resists and wafers, adapting computer programs, etc. All of these parts of the program are owned by your PI and must be given to them at the end of the program. You are welcome to make a copy of your notebook to keep, but you'll have to turn over the notebook itself to your PI or mentor.
[24] Down-Time Possibilities:
The Engineering REU programs plan weekend trips to NYC and Niagara Falls and we have an Engr REU listserve to keep you up on all those possibilities. Get together, figure out who has a car, and set up a road trip! All I ask for is a quick email saying when you'll be off-campus, just so I know. This is all part of that delicate balancing act of -- [a] you are all grown-ups now and therefore I trust you to take your research seriously, but [b] we are responsible for you for the summer as you are in our program. So I need to have some idea if you are going to be gone for a day or two and out of the Greater Ithaca Area. That way if anyone gets hurt or lost or is slacking off, or God forbid a parent calls asking for you -- I'm not blind-sided. Just let me know you'll be away and it's fine to travel as you wish.
You do not have to ask me for permission to sightsee! Just let me know where you are.
[25] Health Insurance & Last Question:
Given that you'll be working in our clean room around toxic chemicals and dangerous equipment, I need to know:
[L] Are you covered under a health insurance policy and if yes, what one?
[26] Presentations and Reports:
Over the summer, we'll have two lunches with all the CNF REU interns, PIs and Mentors, and the CNF staff. You'll be expected to show a few PowerPoint slides at each event. For the program-ending convocation, you'll need to submit an abstract by July 31st, and present a talk on your research. Last but not least, you must submit a final report by September 19th. Start working on these items the first week you are here and it'll be smooth sailing! I'll provide you with a CNF REU PowerPoint template the day you arrive, on your own Cornell memory stick!
[27] First CNF REU Assignment:
So last but not least, on the 1st of May I'll be sending you an email detailing your first assignment for the CNF REU Program. I'll be asking you to contact your PI and mentor and then email me, stating concisely in your own words: your research goals, equipment needs and tentative schedule for meeting your goals. Due May 26th and not graded but definitely noticed! Please do not just forward to me an email that your PI or mentor sends to you! I need a couple of paragraphs from you, in your words, telling me what you think you’ll be doing this summer!
Ok, I think that's it for now -- whew!! I'll send you a second email requesting the answers to my questions above -- please do answer by April 30th. I know you are busy, end of semester and all that, but I must have your answers ON or before the 30th.
Thank you for saying YES to the CNF REU!!!
I'm really looking forward to meeting you!!
****
The 2008 CNF REU Program Interns
CNF REU Intern: Mr. Noah Allen
Georgia Institute of Technology
Electrical Engineering
CNF REU PI: Donald Tennant
CNF REU Project: Characterization of Near Field Lithography Process
CNF REU Intern: Mr. Garron Deshazer
Emory University
Applied Physics and Applied Math (double)
CNF REU PI: Derek Stewart
CNF REU Project: Nanoscale Heat Conduction Across Material Interfaces
CNF REU Intern: Mr. Jose Fonseca
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Chemistry
CNF REU PI: R. Bruce vanDover
CNF REU Project: Fabrication of an Array of Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
CNF REU Intern: Mr. Federico Garcia
Columbia University
Electrical Engineering
CNF REU PI: Edwin Kan
CNF REU Project: Self-Aligned Ge TFT Flash Memory on CMOS Platforms
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Brielle Graham
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Applied Physics & Engineering
CNF REU PI: Michal Lipson
Optical Fiber Packaging for Integrated Photonic Structures
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Sarah Grice
University of Maryland at College Park
Mechanical Engineering
CNF REU PI: Paul Steen
CNF REU Project: Capillarity-Based Reversible Super-Adhesive
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Jillian Kiser
Olin College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
CNF REU PI: Itai Cohen
CNF REU Project: Spiral Growth of Colloidal Crystals
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Logan Osgood-Jacobs
Swarthmore College
Engineering
CNF REU PI: Abraham Stroock
CNF REU Project: Transpiration in Synthetic Trees
CNF REU Intern: Mr. Joshua Ott
Southern Methodist University
Electrical Engineering
CNF REU PI: Harold Craighead
CNF REU Project: Optimization of MEMS Fabrication to Enable Signal Processing, Reference Frequency, & Biological Sensing Applications of MEMS
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Taemee Pak
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Chemistry
CNF REU PI: Carl Batt
CNF REU Project: Nanofabricated Sensors for Wireless Molecular Recognition
CNF REU Intern: Ms. Rachel Simmons
Utah State University
Biological Engineering
CNF REU PI: Larry Walker & Jose Moran-Mirabal
CNF REU Project: Cellulose Fibril Patterning for Real Time Studies of Cellulase Kinetics
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