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Research Interns in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Summer 1998 - Student Projects

Student
Major/School
Faculty Sponsor Department Student Project
Roger Aronow
Chemical Engineering, UCSB
Brad Chmelka Chemical Engineering Synthsis and Characterization of SBA-15 Mesoporous Silica
Andew Beard
Physics, UCSB
John Ruhl Physics Calculation of the Polarization of Thermal Radiation from a CMB Telescope
Sara Bottomley
Biology, UCSB
Mark Brzezinski Biology Diatom Culturing and Particulate Silica Analysis
Gabriel Bujanda
Materials
University Texas, El Paso
Carlos Levi Materials Morphological Stability of Electron Beam Deposited Metal/Metal Microlaminates
Jean Casey
Physics, UCSB
David Awschalom Physics Growth of Niobium Rings on GaAs Cantilevers
Kimberly Cunningham
Biology
UC Berkeley
Cyrus Safinya Materials Investigating the Effects of Lipid Composition on Transfection Rate for Use in Gene Therapy
Neil Frederick
Physics
UCSB
Paul Hansma Physics Investigation of Calcite Crystal Growth Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Tal Garfinkel
Computer Science
UCSB
Galen Stucky Chemistry Simulation and Structure Solution of Sodium Sodalite
Mario Guzman
Biology, UCSB
Jim Cooper Biology Genetic Engineering of Proline-Rich Proteins in Medicago Root Cell Walls
Elizabeth Harding
Physics, UCSB
Andrew Cleland Physics Control of Electromotive Displacement Mechanisms
Cherie Kalisher
UCSB
Tim Deming Materials Synthsizing Adhesive Proteins Secreted by Marine Mussels
Laura Kanderes
Biology, UCSB
Cynthia Husted Chemical Engineering Analysis of Myelin Proteins
Aaron Klamer
BioChemistry
UCSB
John Perona Biology Exploring Transfer RNA Structure
Nathan Lemp
Chemistry
UC Berkeley
Lori Kohlstaedt Chemistry Probing the Secondary Structure of In-Vitro Generated RNA Dimers of Mo-MLV
Greg Maskel
Physics, UCSB
Alan Heeger Physics Production and Analysis of Liquid Crystal Aligned HEH-PF Films
Meg Masquelier
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Brad Chmelka Chemical Engineering Biomimetic Synthesis of New Silicon and Calcium Based Materials
Taizo Nakano
UCLA
Dan Morse Biology Biomimetic Synthsis of Luminescent Wires
Peter Nishimura
Chemistry, USC
Michael Bowers Chemistry A Structural Study of Phenylalanine Oligomers (n=1,3,5) Using Ion Chromatography and Molecular Mechanics
Clayton Otay
Caltech
Galen Stucky Chemistry A Generalized Method for Determining Optimal Orientations of Crystal Interfaces
Danielle Petrey
Biology, UCSC
Jim Case Biology Bioluminescent Mechanisms in Dinoflagellate
David Samuel
Biology, UCSD
Cyrus Safinya Materials Direct Imaging of Gene Carrier Complexes in Animal Cells
Amanda Stevenson
Biology, UCSD
Dan Morse Biology Determination of the pH at which Marine Sponges Produce Silica
Gustavo Vasquez
Materials
University Texas, El Paso
Frank Zok Materials The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Tensile Strength of Nextel 720 Fiber Tows
John Weimann
Duke University
Lori Kohlstaedt Chemistry Purification and Crystallization of the Primer Binding Sites of the HIV-1 Virus

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