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Undergraduates Present Summer
Research at UCSB
Blanca Moreno,
RISE intern from UCLA, presents her research completed in Prof. Craig
Hawker's laboratory. | Nearly
a hundred students from ten different campus intern programs gathered in
Elings Hall on August 13 to present their summer research findings in the
annual UCSB Summer Research Colloquium. Co-sponsored by the Materials Research
Laboratory and California NanoSystems Institute, the colloquium featured
student researchers from the Bio-Image Informatics, CAMP, CENTC, CISEI, CNS,
ICB, INSET, McNair Scholars, RISE and UCLeads programs.
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Bringing so many different programs together made for a lively and diverse
symposium; presentations covered a range of topics from materials science to
ecology to psychology. Although approximately half of the students were UCSB
undergraduates participating in summer research, the rest took advantage of
campus summer intern programs to spend eight to ten weeks in residence at
UCSB, working on research projects in science, math and engineering, before
returning to colleges and universities throughout the United States, Europe
and China.
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Jodie Melbourne, a third year Materials student and CISEI program participant
from Oxford University, England, presented research she conducted with
Dr. Nate Lynd in the Materials Department. Of her summer experience,
she said “I wasn’t interested in grad school before I came here, now
I’m open to anything.”
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Jodie Melbourne, CISEI intern from
Oxford University, explains her research to Dr. Jean-Marie Tarascon. |
CAMP
intern Jesse Vasquez (UCSB Biology) with mentor Dr. Eileen Hamilton. |
CAMP intern Jesse Vasquez, a UCSB biology major, has participated in UCSB
summer internship programs since he was a high school student from Oxnard, CA.
His research with Prof. Ed Orias and Dr. Eileen Hamilton in the Department
of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology focused on “Mapping a gene
in the regulated exocytosis mutant strain SB281 to the micronucleus and
macronucleus.” After graduation, Jesse plans to work in industry and later
apply to graduate school. “These experiences will help achieve my future
career goals.”
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