2004 REU/RET Participants
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Name: Bradley Kabes (kabe0006@d.umn.edu) School: University of Minnesota Status: Junior, Chemical Engineering Hobbies: Running, lifting weights, fun things Future Plans: Going to graduate school Hometown; New Prague, MN REU: TEM & Nanomaterials w/ Prof. Sudipta Seal Project: Nanostructured Lamellar Aluminum-Silver Alloy |
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Name: Eric Schwirtz (viper_91gts@yahoo.com) School: University of Central Florida Status: Junior, Mechanical Engineering Hobbies: Kayakingand participating UCF Rowing Club Future Plans: Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering or attaining Professional Engineering Degree (PE) Hometown: Deland, FL Project: Nanoindentation Studies on Shape Memory Alloys GaN WAveguide Structure |
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Name: Elizabeth Jordan (elizabeth.h.jordan@uconn.edu) School: University of Connecticut Status: Junior, Mat. Eng. Met. Hobbies: Swimming, outdoor sports like soccer and frisbee, traveling and listening to music Hometown: Storrs, CT REU: Nanocoatings Project: Sample Preparation and Examination of Solution Precursor Plasma Spray Thermal Barier Coating |
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Name: Cindy Garcia (cgarc029@fiu.edu) School: Florida International University Status: Junior, Biomedical Engineering Hobbies: Personal fitness, reading novels and events Future Plans: Graduate school for MS in Mats. Sc. Eng. Hometown: Hollywood, FL REU: Nanotechnology Project: Imaging Lipid-Tubules Using Liquid Crystals |
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Name: Gustavo Alverio (g_alverio@hotmail.com) School: University of Central Florida Status: Junior, Electrical Engineering Hobbies: Running, playing pool and cards, and being a student Future Plans: Graduate school to earn masters in nanotechnology Hometown: Bradenton, FL REU: MEMS and Nanotech Project: A Nanoparticle-Based Hydrogen Microsensor |
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Name: Robert Tan School: University of California, Berkeley Status: Junior, Bioengineering Hobbies: Fishing, airsoft, playing minesweeper on the computeisorr, chatting on AIM Future Plans: Attend grad school in bioengineering Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA REU: Nanopolymers Project: Chemical Synthesis of Iron Platinum Magnetic Nanoparticles With A Commerical Tri-Block Copolymer Surfactant |
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Name: Ross Briggs (rb012k@mail.rochester.edu) School: University of Rochester Status: Junior, Chemical Engineering Hobbies: Basketball, travel Future Plans: Simon School of Business Hometown: Leicester, NY REU: Nanobio-materials Project: Nanoceria Impregnated Nanoporous Silica Tablets for Control Release for Potntial Biohost |
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Name: Felicia Subbarao School: Cooper Union Status: Junior, Electrical Engineering Hometown: New York, NY REU: Nanocomposites Project: Synthesis of One-Dimensional SiC-Si3N4 Nanostructures via Catalyst Assisted Pyrolysis of Polymer Presursors |
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Name: Kenneth Bowles (ken@bowlesphysics.com) School: NBCT Apopka High School, Physics Dept. Future Plans: Teaching Hometown: Orlando, FL RET: Nanotechnology Project: Teaching Nanotechnology in the High School Curriculum: A Teacher's Guide |
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Name: Sonya Ortiz (sonyaortiz@yahoo.com) School: University of Florida Status: Junior, Electrical/Computer Engineering Hometown: Kissinnee, FL REU: Nanospectroscopy Using Laser |
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Name: Jennifer Small (jlsmall@uiuc.edu) School: University of Illinois Hobbies: Running, swimming, playing trumpet and others Future Plans: M.D. in Family Practice, or Graduate School towards a PH.D in Organic Chemistry Hometown: Peoria, IL REU: Nanomaterials on Propellant Project: Performance Assessment of Solid Rocket Propellants Containing |