2001
Myrella Aponte Medina
Undergraduate institution: University of Puerto Rico
Project: Designing new methods for the self-assembly of nano structures
Mentors: George Whitesides, Jerry Yang
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Emily Cofer
Undergraduate institution: MIT
Project: Design and construction of an electrochemical cell for in situ adhesion studies
Mentor: Joost Vlassak
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
David Constantine
Undergraduate institution: Eastern Nazarene College
Project: Low temperature electronic properties of nano wires
Mentors: Michael Tinkham, Nina Markovic
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Joel Cruz Diaz
Undergraduate institution: University of Puerto Rico
Project: Design and fabrication of microfluidic channels
Mentors: George Whitesides, Adam Winkleman
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Marilyn Garcia Arriaga
Undergraduate institution: University of Puerto Rico
Project: Establishing gradients in micro wells to probe parameter space
Mentors: George Whitesides, Alex Schwartz
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Jeremy Hwang
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Two- and three-dimensional micro machining of transparent materials using femtosecond laser pulses
Mentors: Eric Mazur, John Ashcom
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Johannes Kalb
Undergraduate institution: RWTH Aachen University
Project: Viscous flow in thin Amorphous Ge-Sb-Te films
Mentor: Frans Spaepen
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Vikram Kavthekar
Undergraduate institution: University of Texas - Austin
Project: Fabrication of micron-scale, patterned, polyhedral by self-assembly
Mentors: George Whitesides, David Gracias
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Uri Lev
Undergraduate institution: Technion
Project: Origin of anomalous stress development in sputtered ZnO coatings
Mentor: Joost Vlassak
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Marc Manara
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Template assisted mesoscale self-assembly of complex three-dimensional aggregates
Mentors: George Whitesides, Mila Bontcheva
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Eghosa Omoregie
Undergraduate institution: Cornell University
Project: Formation of gel-filled giant unilamellar liposomes
Mentors: George Whitesides, Michael Mayer
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Jordanna Polis Schutz
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Controlled diameter nanotubes
Mentor: Hongkun Park
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Michael Portnoy
Undergraduate institution: University of Pennsylvania
Project: Water purification through foaming
Mentors: Howard Stone, Stephan Koehler
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Leonid (Leo) Shmuylovich
Undergraduate institution: Cornell University
Project: Drying front velocity in latex film formation
Mentors: Howard Stone, Amy Shen
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Matthew Spotnitz
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Biologically triggered nano scale computing
Mentors: Charles Lieber, Yi Cui
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Jennifer Stevenson (Zebrowski)
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Phase behavior of laponite-polymer solutions under shear
Mentors: David Weitz, Vikram Prasad
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Matthew Szabo
Undergraduate institution: University of Oklahoma
Project: Piezoelectric deformations of barium titanate nano wires
Mentor: Honkgun Park
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Andrea Tao
Undergraduate institution: Harvard University
Project: Fabrication of a functional display-type structure using solder-based self-assembly
Mentors: George Whitesides, Heiko Jacobs
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363
Steven Van Boxel
Undergraduate institution: Leuven University
Project: In situ stress measurements during growth of alumina whiskers
Mentors: Frans Spaepen, Joris Proost
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center | NSF DMR-9809363