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REU participants in a research lab.
Participants in the REU program undergo cleanroom traning in the Liquid Crystal Institute.
An REU participant displays her research at a poster session.
An advisor works with an REU student.
Students participate in a number of social events throughout the REU program.
Students attend an REU picnic.
REU Summer Projects
- Dr. Nicola Brasch: "Development of Vitamin B12-Quantum Dot Conjugates"
- Dr. Liang-Chy Chien: "Stimuli Responsive Photonic Nanocomposites"
- Dr. Farid Fouad: "Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Polyethylene Glycol-Fused [1,2,4] Triazole Annulated Heterocyclic Conjugates"
- Dr. Elda Hegmann: "Biodegradable and Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Scaffold"
- Dr. Torsten Hegmann: "Chiral Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystal Phases"
- Dr. Antal Jakli: "Electrically Responsive Fibers"
- Dr. Mietek Jaroniec: "Ordered Nanoporous Materials"
- Dr. Anatoly Khitrin: "NMR Models of Quantum Devices"
- Dr. Chanjoong Kim: "Formation of monodisperse robust liposomes using capillary microfluidics"
- Dr. Edgar Kooijman: "Biophysical characterization of Protein-Lipid interactions"
- Dr. Oleg Lavrentovich: "Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals"
- Dr. Hanbin Mao: "Mechanical Properties of DNA G-Quadruplex Structures"
- Dr. Grant McGimpsey: "Surface Modification to Promote Tissue Regeneration"
- Dr. Paul Sampson & Dr. Alexander Seed: "Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted 3-Fluorothiophene-containing Liquid Crystals." A "Two Student and Two Advisor" Project.
- Dr. Robin Selinger: "Theoretical/Computational Studies of Soft Matter"
- Dr. Michael Tubergen: "High Resolution Structures of Biomaterials"
- Dr. Robert Twieg: "IR Transparent LCs"
- Dr. Qi-Huo Wei: "Plasmonic Nanomaterials"
