Student Projects
KC Sims

Asymmetric Branched PEG-Lipid for the Formation of Nanoparticles for use in Innovative Nanoparticle Drug Delivery

Student name: KC Sims

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Cyrus Safinya

Juan Herrera

Characterization of Additively Manufactured Iron Alloys of Naval Applications

Student name: Juan Herrera

Department name: Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Sponsor: Sam Daly

Qianyi Lin

Characterization of the Oxidation Properties of Solid Carbon Produced by Methane Decomposition on Iron Catalysts

Student name: Qianyi Lin

Department name: Chemical Engineering

Faculty Sponsor: Eric McFarland

Jacob Castañeda

Correlating Depolymerization to Segmental Dynamics by Fluorescent Tracking for Polymer Upcycling

Student name: Jacob Castañeda

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: R. Bharath Venkatesh, Rachel Segalman, Susannah Scott

Andrew Hattoon

Cyclic Oxidation and Interdiffusion Behavior of a Refractory Bond Coat Alloy

Student name: Andrew Hattoon

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: Tresa Pollock

Keolalani Lehua Gurule

Developing a Microfluidic Platform for Encapsulating Stem Cells within Hydrogel Droplets to Study Gastrulation

Student name: Keolalani Lehua Gurule

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: Angela Pitenis

Victor Liang

Effects of Dislocations with Linear Complexions on the Strength of Alloy Systems

Student name: Victor Liang

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: Dan Gianola

Sadie Flagg

Measuring Ion Transport in Organic Mixed Ionic Electronic Conductors Utilizing Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Student name: Sadie Flagg

Department name: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsor: Hoang M. Luong, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

Claudia Robison

Mechanistic Study of the H2O2 Reaction with a Manganese Carbonyl Complex

Student name: Claudia Robison

Department name: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsor: Peter Ford

Nadia F.P. Chapple

Optimization of Crosslinker for Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Student name: Nadia F.P. Chapple

Department name: Materials Research Laboratory

Faculty Sponsor: Christopher M. Bates

Elianie Nieves-Perez

Optimizing blade-coater setup for processing organic solar cells

Student name: Elianie Nieves-Perez

Department name: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

Holden Orias

Polypeptides as Biodegradable 3D Printable Materials

Student name: Holden Orias

Department name: Materials

Faculty Sponsor: Craig Hawker

Zaina Demeyo

Sensitivity Enhancement of Molecular MRI by Improving Differential Imaging of Aqp1

Student name: Zaina Demeyo

Department name: Chemical Engineering

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Arnab Mukherjee

Ellen Ferranto

Soft Chemical Desodiation & Structure Evolution In Na(1-x)RhO2

Student name: Ellen Ferranto

Department name: Materials Research Laboratory

Faculty Sponsor: Ram Seshadri

Jasmine Jones

Synthesizing a positively charged branched PEG-Lipid for use in drug delivery

Student name: Jasmine Jones

Department name: Materials Research Laboratory

Faculty Sponsor: Cyrus Safinya

Egor Novikov

Towards a Universal Platform for the Introduction of Photoswitches in Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Student name: Egor Novikov

Department name: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsor: Javier Read de Alaniz