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Research Internships in Science and Engineering

Research Interns in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Summer 1999 - Student Projects

Student
Major/School
Faculty Sponsor Department Student Project
Gabriela Barajas
Biology
Stanford University
Cynthia Husted Biology Cerebellar Slice Culture Technique
Summer Bernstein
Chemistry
UCSB
Geoff Strouse Chemistry Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt-Sulfide Nanoclusters
Eric Corsini
Physics
UCSB
David Awschalom Physics Imaging and Characterization of Chemically Grown Quantum Dots
Kimberly Cunningham
Biology
UC Berkeley
Cyrus Safinya Materials Investigating the Effects of Lipid/DNA Ratios on Transfection Rate for Use in Gene Therapy
Josh Daniel
Physics
Pomona College
Alan Heeger Physics Photoluminescence Quenching of Semiconducting Polymers for use as a Biosensor
August Estabrook
BioChemistry
UCSB
Geoff Strouse Chemistry Development of Networked Quantum Dots
Will Gans
Mechanical Engineering
UC Berkeley
Carlos Levi Materials Characterization of TBC Failure and Development of NDE and Life Prediction
Deepak George
Biology
UCSB
Lincoln Johnson Biology Autoimmune Response in the Development of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Roshni George
BioChemistry
UC San Diego
Cyrus Safinya Materials Investigating the Time Dependence of Transfection for use in Gene Therapy
Carrie Hobbs
Engineering
Northwestern
Joe Zasadzinski Chemical Engineering Building a Patterned Microstructure Using Micro-Contact Printing and Self-Assembly Layering Techniques
Diane Horowitz
Chemistry
Princeton
Deborah Fygenson Physics An Approach to the Structure of Tubulin Zinc Sheets
Jonathan Kolstad
Stanford
Umesh Mishra Electrical Engineering Characterization of AlGaAs Oxidation and its Effects on Device Properties of a pHEMT
Aaron Lau
Materials Engineering
Brown University
Jim Speck Materials Wet Thermal Oxidation of AlAsSb/InP for Lattice-Engineered Substrates (LES)
Hien Le
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Steve DenBaars Materials Deposition Techniques of Powder YAG: Phospor for Use in Color Displays
Nathan Lemp
Chemistry
UC Berkeley
Lori Kohlstaedt Chemistry Crystallization of In Vitro Generated RNA Dimers of Mo-MLV
Edward Letts
Physics
UCSB
Pierre Petroff Materials Effect of Growth Conditions of InAs Quantum Dots
Taizo Nakano
Biology
UC Los Angeles
Tim Deming Materials Synthesis of Novel Block CoPolymers
Bahman Rostama
Biology
UCSB
Cyrus Safinya Materials Microinjection Techniques for Gene Therapy
David Samuel
Biology
UC San Diego
Cyrus Safinya Materials GFP and Microinjection for Characterization of Cationic Liposome Complexes
Charles Schelle
Chemistry
Western Washington
Galen Stucky Materials Biomimetics and the Controlled Growth of Silica Structure By Means of Organic Templating
Chancy Schulte
Engineering
Swarthmore College
Evelyn Hu Electrical Engireeing Photonic Crystals
Jason Souza
Chemistry
UCSB
Micheal Bowers Chemistry Application of Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry to Dermorphin
Amy Stacy
Chemical Engineerin
UCSB
Jacob Israelachvili Chemical Engineering Analysis of Protein Adsorption of PEG-Covered Silica Surfaces by Fluorescence Microscopy
Linda Steinberger
Physics
UCSB
Deborah Fygenson Physics Dynamic Instability Studies of Microtubules
Lindsay Stevenson
Biology
UCSB
Galen Stucky Materials Mesoporous Sulfonic Acid Catalyst Synthesis
Hugh Su
Physics

UCSB
Nicola Hill Materials Computational Studies for Characterization and Analysis of Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Joe Tracy
Chemistry

UCSB
Geoff Strouse Chemistry Non-Lithographic Methods for Self-Assembly of Ion-Doped CdSe Nanoclusters
Tobias Wheeler
Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Brad Chmelka Chemical Engineering Self-Assembling Mesoporous Silica Nanostructures
John Wiemann
Biology
Duke University
Lori Kohlstaedt Chemistry Tau Protein and AlzheimerÕs Disease

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