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Research Interns in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Summer 2005 - Student Projects

Student
Major/School
Mentor Faculty Sponsor Department Student Project
Edgar Algarin
Chemistry
UCSB
Brian Thibeault Evelyn Hu Electrical & computer engineeringCE Nano-imprint lithography of nanostructures
David Ando
Physics
UCSB
Rob Knobel Andrew Cleland Physics Nanolithography nanomatching nanoelectronics
Michael Bjorndal
Physics
Cornell
--- Deborah Fygenson Physics DNA melthing and hairpin formation in the presence of intercalating dyes
Krista Ehrenclou
Chemistry
UCSB
Cara Evans Joseph Zasadzinski Chemical Engineering Encapsulation of Taxol for use in vesicle based drug delivery systems
Edouard Fonck
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Ray Tu Matt Tirrell Chemical Engineering Specific drug delivery
Wesley Francillon
Engineering
SUNY Stony Brook
Rafael Leckie Carlos Levi Materials Study of new thermal barrier coating materials by synthesis of rare earth Oxide-ZrO2-Al2O3
Heather Hoff
Materials Engineering
Calpoly, SLO
Alex Small David Pine Chemical Engineering Processing of macroporous materials using ordered polystyrene or silica spheres as templates
Kathleen Kolstad
Neuroscience
Bates College
Michelle Staples Lincoln Johnson Neuroscience Role of Matrix metalleproteinases(MMP) and their inhibitors (TIMP) in age related macular degeneration
Penny Letts
Biology
Queen's University
Ahmet Tezel Samir Mitragotri Chemical Engineering Sonophoresis of skin with fluorescent polystyrene microspheres
Xerxes Lopez-Yglesias
Physics
UCSB
Tom King Matt Doty Mark Sherwin Physics Antennae creating for tertahertz radiation sensors
Jaclyn Martinez
Biochemistry
UCSB
Luke Sherlin John Perona Chemistry Purification and crystallization of GLN-tRNAGln protein COMPLEXES
Worawat Meevasana
Physics
UCSB
--- Guenter Ahlers Physics The ring patterns in the convection of isoproponal
Anthony Morfa
Biochemistry
UCSB
Larken Euliss Galen Stucky Chemistry Biomineralization of Calcium Carbonate
Sachin Patil
Physics
UCSB
Matt Doty Mark Sherwin Physics Terahertz tecnologies: radiation detectors for the far infra red
Sara Petrella
Math &Physics
San Diego State University
David Andeen Fred Lange Materials X-ray analysis on Zinc Oxide
Ashley Sens
Chemistry
Santa Barbara City College
Ahmet Tezel Samir Mitragotri Electrical & Chemical Engineering Low-frequency sonophoretic transdermal transport of hydrophilic permeants: determination of pore size within porcine skin
Alyson Whitney
Chemistry
UCSB
Khalid Hanif Geoffrey Strouse Chemistry Doping CdSe quantum dots with Vanadium(II)
Aaron Williams
Electrical Engineering
UCSB
Wenhua Zhang Kim Turner Mechanical Engineering Porous silicon formation with applications to biosensing microelectomechanical systems

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