Our group has welcomed many students into the lab through MSEE 499 to participate in undergraduate research. Students are paired with a graduate student and allowed the opportunity to learn to use specific tools or to follow a research project through from idea to paper. Interested students should contact Prof. Haiyan Wang (hwang00@purdue.edu) for more information.

We enjoy participation in various outreach activities to encourage the next generation of students in STEM education, such as NanoDays organized by Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center. This event provides unique activities and learning opportunities for the hundreds of registered K-12 students, Girl Scouts, teachers and parents who attend. 

More information about volunteering or attending the Nanodays event can be found here.

We host lab tours for high schools students, undergraduate students prospective graduate students and faculty, collaborators and industry representatives to learn more about thin film deposition, solid state ceramic processing techniques and material characterization techniques. 

If you are interested in a lab tour, please contact Prof. Haiyan Wang (hwang00@purdue.edu) for scheduling. For high school students, please have your parents or science teacher’s permission and accompany. 

In order to promote diversity and inclusion, our group participates in programs such as the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) as well as events organized by the Minority Engineering Program (MEP). AGEP aims to increase the number of domestic students, especially from underrepresented population groups, who receive doctoral degrees and become faculty members in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Scholars participate in professional development activities, mentoring, networking and other enriching opportunities. If you are a Purdue graduate student interested in joining this program, learn more here. If you are a Purdue undergraduate student interested in graduate school and research opportunities, learn more here.