List of Projects

Below is a list of projects to choose from. Please click on each to see a more detailed description of the project:

1. Defect Detection in Additively Manufactured Materials Using Synchrotron X-ray 

Mentor: Professors Amir Mostafaei

2. Exploring crystal structure and defects of persistent luminescence nanoparticles using X-rays  

Mentor: Professor Yuanbing Mao

3. The influence of composition and heat treatment on the atomic disorder and phase stability of spin gapless semiconducting Heusler compounds 

Mentor: Professor Heng Wang

4. X-ray tomography

Mentor: Professors Ali Khounsary

5. Exploring the quantum cutting performance of luminescent metal oxides by X-ray-based techniques

Mentor: Professor Yuanbing Mao

6.  Crystallization and structure determinations for citrate synthase and understudied human proteins of clinical significance

Mentor: Professor Andy Howard

7. Evolution of crystal structure and defects during plastic deformation of a ductile semiconductor
   Mentor: Professor Heng Wang
   
   

8. In situ characterization of battery and fuel cell materials using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
   Mentors: Professors Carlo Segre and Jeff Terry
   
   

9. Using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and fluorescence imaging to quantify the effect of pancreatic cancer extracellular matrix on drug delivery and efficacy
   Mentors: Professors Kenneth Tichauer, Thomas Irving, and Marcella Vaicik
   
   

10. Operando characterization of heteroatomic transition metal-based electrocatalysts for conversion of carbon dioxide to alcohols
    Mentor: Professor Mohammad Asadi
    
    

11. Machine learning techniques in X-ray spectroscopy
    Mentor: Professor Jeff Terry

12.  In-situ XAFS to explore the chemical composition of catalyst/electrolyte interfacial region

Mentor: Professor Mohammad Asadi

13. Advanced cone-beam CT for phase-contrast imaging                                                                                                       

 Mentor: Professor Jovan Brankov

14. Application of X-rays in Archeology                                                                                                       

 Mentor: Professor Ali Khounsary