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Research Interns in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Summer 2002 - Student Projects

Student
Major/School
Mentor Faculty Sponsor Department Student Project
Brandon Barnes
Electrical &
Computer Engineering
UCSB
Jon Geske John Bowers Electrical &
Computer Engineering
Optically pumped VCELS
Andrea Burbank
Engineering Stanford
Paul Forster Anthony Cheetham Materials New open-framework metal carboxylates
Jon Clements
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Ashutosh Gandhi Carlos Levi Materials Study of the evolution of metastable phases in chemically synthesized YIG and YAG systems
Eric Feinstein
Biochemistry
UCSB
Jason Sagert Herbert Waite Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Mechanical property analysis of mussel byssal threads
Nate Freund
Biochemistry
UCSB
Enrico Bellomo
Andy Nowak
Tim Deming Materials Thermal responsive polymers/polypeptide based nanocomposites
Maykel Ghorbanzadeh
Electrical Engineering
UCSB
Brendan Moran
Tal Margalith
Steven Denbaars Electrical &
Computer Engineering
GaN LEDS and LASTERS for solid-state lighting and displays
Jeffrey Katrencik
Bioengineering & Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Joy Schramm Samir Mitragotri Chem
Engineering
Investigation SSKIN failure mechanisms by jet injection
Alan Kleiman
Chemical Engineering
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Tom F. Jaramillo Eric McFarland Chemical
Engineering
Combinatorical electrochemical synthesis of Cobalt-based mixed metal oxides for hydrogen production
Lily Lee
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Tim Alig Joe Zasadzinski Chemical
Engineering
Study of lung surfactant recovery
Nicole Lemaster
Physics
UCSB
Miikkas Kangas Phil Lubin Physics Corrugated 90-GHZ platelet horn array
Tammy Luoh
Bichemistry
Univerisy of Oregon
Heather Evans Cyrus Safinya Materials Effect of serum on gene delivery via cationic lipid
Pawel Majewski
Chemistry
Prince Josef Poniatowski Poland
Brian Naughton David Clarke Materials Synthesis and characterization of magnetic GD2O3 particles
An Ngo
Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburg
Heidi Warriner Joe Zasadzinski Chemical
Engineering
Collapse structures of lung surfactent phospholipid
Kiran Pallegadda
Electrical Engineering & Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Henness Larry Coldren Electrical &
Computer Engineering
Integrated INP optoelectronic wavelength converter
Ryan Palmer
Physics & Math
California Lutheran University
Michael Messina Petar Kokotovic CCEC Cart and inverted pendulum system
Kortney N. Pinkney
Mechanical Engineering
North Caolina A&T Univeristy
  Glenn Beltz Mechanical and Environmental Engineering Use of finite element method to model bending of ceramic composites
Gurminder Sangha
Electrical Engineering
California State University Fresno
Jon Burnsed Roy Smith Electrical &
Computer Engineering
MOCVD monitor and process control
Justin Scott
Mechanical Engineering
UCSB
Lori Callaghan Noel MacDonald Mechanical
Engineering
Scream MEMS
Ethan Sundilson
Geography
UCSB
  Donald Janelle
Michael Goodchild
Geography CIS/Spatial analysis "Cookbook" for the social sciences
Carlin Wong
Geography
UCSB
  Donald Janelle
Michael Goodchild
Geography Arcview and arcinfo cookbook
Zuag Yang
Biology
UCSB
Paul Forster Anthony Cheetham Materials Exploratory synthesis of transition metals with monocarboxylates
Sam Ying
Geography
UCSB
  Donald Janelle
Michael Goodchild
Geography Applying geographic inforamtion system methodologies to social sciences

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