2008 NNIN REU Students at the University of Michigan

Mr. Christer Akouala from Appalachian State University Working with Prof. Rachel Goldman (PI) and Yu Jin (mentor) Project title: “Effects of Post Growth Rapid Thermal Annealing on the Electronic properties of (In)GaAsN”

Mr. Jose Guevarra from the University of California, Santa Barbara Working with Prof. Katsuo Kurabayashi (PI) and Steve Truxal (mentor) Project title: “A Soft Polymer-on-Silicon Nano Photonic Device for High-Speed Fluorescence Multi-Spectrum Acquisition in Microfluidics”

Mr. Jason Jewell from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Working with Prof. Max Shtein (PI) and Denis Nothern (mentor) Project title: “Nanostructured Metal Electrodes for High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells”

Mr. Jaime Lee from Georgia Institute of Technology Working with Prof. Wei Lu (PI) and Wayne Fung (mentor) Project title: “Integration of Semiconductor Nanowire Electronics with Top-Down CMOS through Direct Growth”

Mr. Michael Moebius from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Working with Prof. John Hart (PI) and Sameh Tawfick (mentor) Project title: “Flow Through Ultra-Dense Long Carbon Nanotubes”

Mr. Isaias Tesfaslassie from Appalachian State University Working with Prof. Jay Guo (PI) and Brandon Lucas (mentor) Project title: “Nanoimprinted Metallic Nanostructures for Organic Solar Cell and Biosensor Applications”

Mr. Steven Weber from Dartmouth University Working with Prof. Pei-Cheng (PC) Ku (PI) and Taeil Jung (mentor) Project title: “High Efficiency Light Emitting Diodes with Nanostructured Surface”

Ms. Merine Zinsou from the University of Maryland at College Park Working with Dr. Pilar Herrera-Fierro (PI and mentor) Project title: “Development and Optimization of Pulsed Ni and/or Cu Electrochemical Deposition Process for MEMS applications”

Pictures from the 2008 summer are available here