Student Projects
Lucia Hiebert

Batch Sampling in Active Learning Frameworks for More Efficient Phase Diagram Mapping

Student name: Lucia Hiebert (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Tom de Greef

Department name: Biomolecular Science and Engineering

University: University of California, Santa Barbara

Ben Peller

Effects of Plasma Treatment on Molybdenum Disulfide Thin Film

Student name: Benjamin Peller (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Faculty Sponsor: Hongzhou Zhang

Department name: Physics

University: University of California, Santa Barbara

Wesley Chen

Insights into GeO₂ Interfacial Chemistry and Development of Alternative Removal Strategies for Semiconductor-Sensitized Thermal Cells

Student name: Wesley Chen (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Faculty Sponsor: Sachiko Matsushita

Department name: Materials

University: University of California, Santa Barbara

Sofia Gelzleichter

Investigating mRNA Delivery using Novel Glycogen and Metabolite Nanoparticle Formulations

Student name: Sofie Gelzleichter (Chalmers University, Sweden)

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Marcus Wilhelmsson , Dr. Alexandra Stebulius

Department name: Chemistry and Biochemistry

University: University of California, Santa Barbara

Alexander Ziff

Spatiotemporal State of Charge Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Causal Analysis and Sequence-Based Deep Learning Models

Student name: Alexander Ziff (Chalmers University, Sweden)

Faculty Sponsor: Changfu Zou

Department name: Electrical and Computer Engineering

University: University of California, Irvine

Ariel Lee

Synthesis of Crystalline Oxide Nanoparticles to Catalyze Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Student name: Ariel Lee (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Keigo Kamata

Department name: Materials

University: University of California, Santa Barbara

Kennice Brennan

Synthesis of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals

Student name: Kennice Brennan (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Faculty Sponsor: Ghislaine Vantomme

Department name: Chemical Engineering

University: University of California, Santa Barbara