Education
The Center strives to provide exceptional student education opportunities, while advancing science and technology research that is key to high-tech companies.
Our focus is to broaden graduate student perspectives and opportunities through collaborative mentorships, while shortening the time to degree. Students begin their careers by taking a series of summer immersion courses in semiconductor processing. Over the past several years, graduate students have participated in industrial, teaching or national lab internships that help define many career paths, expand research opportunities, or discover a love for teaching.
Representative Internship and Collborative Acivities
- Graduate student MIchael Anderson interns at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for nine months, working on near atomic resolution electron microscopy with Ian Anderson
- Graduate student Zack Mensinger works with Pablo Ballestre for three months at the Institute of Chemical Research in Catalonia, Spain.
- Postdoctoral associate Jason Stowers collaborates with Deirdre Olynick while at the Molecular Foundry in Berkely, CA for a month.
- Graduate student Alan Telecky visits the lab of Bruce Smith at the Rockester Institute of Technology to conduct 193-nm lithography experiments.
One of our major goals is to recruit underrepresented students, faculty and staff so that the community benefits from an enriched and diverse experience.
Prospective students and postdoctoral associates may contact us at grnchem@uoregon.edu.
UO Materials Science Institute Master's Internship Program
Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Summer Camps
Graduate Programs
Oregon State University Dept of Chemistry
Oregon State University Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Oregon Materials Science Institute
University of Oregon Dept of Chemistry
University of Oregon Dept of Physics
OUTREACH
Skip Rung, Sponsor and Invited speaker: ACS 2009 (Green Chemistry Symposium) Salt Lake City, March 2009
Skip Rung, Committee Member and Keynote Presentation at NNCO Regional State and Local Initiatives Conference – Oklahoma City, April 2009
Skip Rung, TechConnect (and NSTI, CTSI) Panelist – Houston, May 2009
Graduate student Zack Mensinger presents CGMC research during a seminar at the Institut Català d'Investigació Química (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ) in Spain as part of an off-campus internship in the group of Prof. Pablo Ballester at ICIQ, May 2009
Doug Keszler, Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies in Oregon, Office of Canadian Ambassador, May 2009
Doug Keszler, Using X-ray and Electron-beam Tools to Characterize and Pattern Oxide Materials, Pacific NW Thin Film and Particle Workshop for High Tech Industry, May 2009.
Skip Rung, NSF Nanomanufacturing Summit (committee member) – Boston, May 2009
Skip Rung, National Governor’s Association Best Practices Forum invited speaker – San Francisco, June 2009
Darren Johnson, Poster and participation in 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour, Eugene, OR, June 2009
In connection with the UO Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, graduate student Maisha Kamunde-Devonish has begun participation in the Oregon Young Scholars Program (OYSP). This curriculum is designed to empower historically underrepresented students (9th to 11th grade) by increasing their academic skills in traditional disciplines as well as their interest in college. Maisha is working on developing chemistry curricula in this program.
Skip Rung and David Johnson, Silicon Forest Technology and Financial Forum (panel organizer) – Hillsboro, August 2009.
Skip Rung, NanoBusiness Conference (speaker, exhibitor, sponsor) – Chicago, September 2009
David Johnson, Keszler, Rung, The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference, Sept. 2009
Skip Rung, Invited speaker: Institute for Continuous Learning, Willamette University, Salem, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Sponsor, US-Japan Dielectric and Piezoeletric Materials Summit, Welches, OR, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Invited speaker/panelist, Oregon Economic Development Assocation Conference, McMinnville, OR, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Innovation Showcase poster presenter, Innovate-Collaborate-Oregon (ICO) Conference, Portland, OR Nov. 2009
Keszler, Rung, Sponsor/exhibitor, Willamette Innovators’ Night, Corvallis, OR Nov. 2009
