Solid State Program Alumni

NSF Summer Research Program in Solid State Chemistry Program Alumni

2010 Summer Research Projects
Student	College	Research Title	Host Lab
Christina Blattner	CalPoly, San Luis Obispo	Synthesis of a new misfit layered compound [(PbTe)1+x]m (TiTe2)n	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
Danielle DeCicco	Pennsylvania State University	Synthesis and Crystalization of Ternary Uranium Transition Metal Chalcogenides	James Ibers Northwestern Univ.
Dorothy Degman	Portland Community College	Synthesis and Calibration of [PbSe]1[MoSe2]1 Misfit Layers	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
Thomas Draskovic	Pennsylvania State University	Solar Water Oxidation by Catalyst/Co2+:ZnO Composite Photoanodes	Daniel Gamelin Univ. of Washington
David Ermert	Western Connecticut State University	The design design of porous organic phosphonate zeolites by geometric constraint	Michael Ward New York University
Christian Gervasi	Southern Oregon University	Construction and Characterization of Graphene Devices	George Nazin University of Oregon
Patrick Henneghan	St. Olaf College	Fabrication of Se-NiSe Core-Shell Nanowires and NiSe Nanotubes for Electrochemical Applications	Younan Xia Washington University in St. Louis
Anny Hierro	College of Saint Elizabeth	Co-assembly of Au nanoparticles and PMMA colloids for large area three-dimensional ordered macroporous (3DOM) structures.	Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Nicole Ing	Occidental College	Crystallization Methods of Ba(3-x)KxHx(PO4)2 Proton Conductors	Sossina Haile California Institute of Technology
Britney Johnson	Jackson State University	Solid-state NMR characterization of aluminum clusters	Sophia Hayes Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew Milner	Texas State, San Marcos	Chemistry on the Edge: Synthesizing Hybrid Nanoparticles by Grafting on Monolayers	Abraham Clearfield Texas A & M
Philip Mudder	Westmont College	Compositional Analysis of ZnO-SnO2 Film (3:1 Zn:Sn)	Douglas Keszler Oregon State University
Jeffrey Power	CalPoly, San Luis Obispo	Synthesis, Characterization, and Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Metal Organic Frameworks	Christopher Cahill George Washington University
Eric Rountree	North Carolina State University	Application driven synthesis of novel organic/inorganic hybrid materials	Hanno zur Loye University of South Carolina
Maia Saito	Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey	Flux Growth and Crystal Structures of Ternary Compounds AE-Al-Pn (AE= Ca, Sr, Ba, Pn= P, As, Sb)	Svilen Bobev Univ. of Delaware
Ashley Taylor	Winston Salem University	Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Metal Organic Frameworks with [Nb6Cl12(CN)6] -4 as a building unit	Abdessadek Lachgar Wake Forest Univ.
Bryan Van Saders	Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey	Phase control of MnSe, a dilute magnetic semiconductor	Raymond Schaak Pennsylvania State U.
Michael Workman	Southern Oregon University	Construction and Characterization of Graphene Devices	George Nazin University of Oregon
2010 Faculty Summer Research Projects
Adrian Hightower	Occidental College	Crystallization Methods of Ba(3-x)KxHx(PO4)2 Proton Conductors	Sossina Haile California Institute of Technology
Luyi Sun	Texas State, San Marcos	Intercalation and Exfoliation of α-Zirconium Phosphate	Abraham Clearfield Texas A & M

2009 Summer Research Projects
Student	College	Research Title	Host Lab
Trent Anderson	Augustana College	Exploratory Synthesis and Characterization of High Nuclearity Cluster-based Compounds	Shiou-Jyh Hwu Clemson University
Zane Baird	Southern Utah University	Synthesis and ion-exchange properties of doped antimony silicate pyrochlores	Abraham Clearfield Texas A&M University
Kristen Baroudi	University at Buffalo	Synthesis and characterization of Fe-doped CuInS2	Jennifer A. Aitken Duquesne University
Breland Brumby	Sewanee: University of the South	A Comparison of the Sorptive Capabilities of ZnCl2 and the CZX Halozeotypes	Jim Martin North Carolina State Univ.
Mike Carroll	Fort Lewis College	Electrical Properties of Thin Film Bi2Te3, Measured at Variable Annealing Temperatures	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
Erica Chen	University of California, Los Angeles	CdS gels for photocatalysis of dyes	Stephanie Brock Wayne State University
Jacob Cox	Virginia Military Institute	Layer-by-Layer Films as 3D Battery Electrolytes	Sarah H. Tolbert UCLA
Priscila Cristi	George Mason University	Nanoparticle Synthesis for Fuel Cell Catalysts	Frank DiSalvo Cornell University
Kyle Denk	Truman State University	Hexagonal Mesoporous GexSny Semiconductors	Mercouri Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Clifford Engel	Ithaca College	Synthesis and Study of New Thermoelectric Material Related to the Bismuth Tellurium Structure	Bob Cava Princeton University
Alexey Gilman	Oregon State University	Inverse Opal CaCO3 and TiO2 by Colloidal Co-Assembly	Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Kimberly Hartstein	Washington University in St. Louis	Monitoring Topochemical Photochemistry in the Solid State in Molecular Crystals and Supramolecular Complexes	Sophia E. Hayes Washington University
Geneva Laurita	University of Northern Colorado	Synthesis of Conducting Tellurium Oxide Pyrochlores.	Mas Subramanian Oregon State University
Edmody Motto	St Martin's University	Excitation of CdSe Shells by Upconversion in Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystal Cores	Daniel Gamelin Univ. of Washington
Laura Oliveira	New York University	Polar Ordering in Hydrogen-Bonded Host Frameworks	Michael Ward New York University
Latisha Paw U	University of California - Davis	Synthesis of Cationic Metal-Organic Framework Structures with Silver, Copper and Cadmium and their Application as Heterogeneous Catalysts	Scott Oliver UC, Santa Cruz
Brandon Schabes	Kalamazoo College	Metal Oxide Templating of Organic Leaf Structures	Ed Gillan University of Iowa
Eric Schneller	Point Loma Nazarene University	Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Lithium Battery Materials	Ram Seshadri UC, Santa Barbara
Jared Stritzinger	Clemson University	Adventures in Uranyl Borate Chemistry	Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt Univ. of Notre Dame
Michael Swenson	Gustavus Adolphus College	Super-Hard High Boron Content Metal Borides	Richard Kaner UCLA
Ryan Toll	Michigan Tech	Use of Niobium alloyed HafSOx in Thin Film Transistors	Douglas A. Keszler Oregon State Univ.
Marcus Toussaint	Louisiana State Univ.	Nanoscale Precipitation in bulk PbTe-based Alloys for use in Thermoelectrics	Jeff Snyder CalTech
Tylan Watkins	Washington State Univ	Using Solar Energy to Harvest H2: Photocatalytic Properties of PbTiO3	Paul Maggard North Carolina State University
2009 Faculty Summer Research Projects
Arwyn Smalley	St. Martin's University	Excitation of CdSe Shells by Upconversion in Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystal Cores	Daniel Gamelin Univ. of Washington

2008 Summer Research Projects
Student	College	Research Title	Host Lab
Lauryn Baranowski	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Novel Solid Acid Compounds for Use as Fuel Cell Electrolytes: Barium Potassium Hydrogen Phosphate	Jeff Snyder California Institute of Technology
Jennifer Brown	Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR	Rare Earth Doped Skutterudites	Mas Subramanian Oregon State University
David Fong	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Zn Sb Thermoelectrics	Jeff Snyder California Institute of Technology
Erin Gleason	Western Washington Univ. Bellingham, WA	Synthesis of metal phosphide materials for hydrodesulfurization	Stephanie Brock Wayne State University
Jason Grebenkemper	Univ. of California, Davis Davis, CA	Synthesis and Optimization of a Type III Ba-Ga-Ge Clathrate for Thermoelectric Applications	Susan Kauzlarich University of California, Davis
Jeremy Harris	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	Search for New Noncentrosymmetric Oxides Via Hydrothermal Synthesis	P. Shiv Halasyamani University of Houston
Chris Holmes-Parker	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	Computational and Experimental Methods for Developing New Low Temperature Thermoelectric Materials and High Temperature Superconductors.	Bob Cava Princeton University
Margaret Jones	Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge, LA	Evaluating the System of RHS-CHS	Sossina Haile California Institute of Technoloy
Shirley Leu	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	MnCdS/ZnSe Type II Core/Shell Nanocrystals	Daniel Gamelin University of Washington
Jennifer Miller	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Syntheses of Alkali-Lanthanide-Tellurium compounds	Mercouri Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Brendan Monks	The University of the South Sewanee, TN	The Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Chloride 1-ethyl 3-methylimidazolium compounds for an ambient temperature rechargeable batteries	Jim Martin North Carolina State University
Isaac Stormer	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Syntheses of Aluminum Doped ZnO Films for Solar Cell Conductive Surfaces	Douglas A. Keszler Oregon State University
Bram Van Cleave	Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR	Investigation of the Individual Binary Components of the (PbSe)(MoSe2) Misfit Layered Compound	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
Crystal Yang	Univ. of California, Davis Davis, CA	Synthesis of Bulk Nano-Structured Silicon via Solid State Metathesis	Richard Kaner University of California, Los Angeles

2007 Summer Research Projects

Student	College	Research Title	Host Lab
Chad Thibodeaux	McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA	Crystal Growth of Ce Intermetallics	Julia Chan Louisiana State University
Paul Hansen	Beloit College Beloit, WI	Ultra Low Thermal Conductivity in misfit layered WSe2PbSe	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
Ryan Pavlick	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	Synthesis of Condensed Metal Frameworks and Metal Organic Frameworks: Salt Inclusion, Hydrothermal, and Solvothermal Synthesis	Shiou-Jyh Hwu Clemson University
Meredith Taylor	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Microwave and Furnace Synthesis of Diamond-Like Semiconductors	Jennifer A. Aitken Duquesne University
Tanya Breault	Assumption College Worcester, MA	Optimization of AIn2P2 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) crystal growth for thermoelectric applications	Susan Kauzlarich University of California, Davis
Sergio Pulido	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	The Effect of Non-Magnetic Ion Substitution on Magnetic Frustration in Chromate Spinel	Bob Cava Princeton University
Maddie Grossman	Univ. of Cal, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Thermoelectrics by Design: Zintl Structures	Jeff Snyder California Institute of Technology
David Boyce	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Hydrogen-Bonded Host Frameworks of Metal Complexes and Disulfonate Linkers	Slavi Sevov University of Notre Dame
James Healy	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	Synthesis of Layered Cationic Materials	Scott Oliver University of California, Santa Cruz
Milton Jackson Jr.	Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TX	Nuclear Waste Treatment by Selective Inorganic Ion Exchangers.	Abraham Clearfield Texas A&M University
Amanda Kowalsick	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	Exploration of Energy Efficient Lighting Through the Synthesis of Nitride-based Phospors	Frank DiSalvo Cornell University
Jessica Emge-Hosner	Reed College Portland, OR	Cost-Effective Solar Energy	Daniel Gamelin University of Washington
Christopher Hardy	North Carolina State Univ. Raleigh, NC	Inclusion of TEMPO Radicals in Guanidinium Sulfonate Inclusion Compounds	Michael Ward New York University
Marc Sells	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Synthesis and Characterization of CeO2 Supported Nanostructured Pt/Rh/Sn Catalysts for Ethanol Reformation in Solid Acid Fuel Cells	Sossina Haile California Institute of Technoloy
Chad Myers	Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PN	Flux Synthesis of AeMn2Sb2 (Ae = Mg, Ca, or Ba)	Svilen Bobev University of Delaware
Lindsey Rymes	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Synthesis and Characterization of (TiTe2)x(Sb2Te3)y(TiTe2)x(Bi2Te3)z Thin Film Superlattices	David C. Johnson University of Oregon
2007 Faculty Participant Summer Projects
Robert Bachman	The University of the South Sewanee, TN	The Exploratory Synthesis of Liquid-Crystalline Cobalt Halides	James D. Martin North Carolina State University
George Salley	Wofford College Spartanburg, SC	Photoelectric and Optical Spectroscopy of Doped Quantum Dots	Daniel Gamelin University of Washington
Ed Doomes	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA	Synthesis and x-ray characterization of substituted perovskite systems prepared with the MADHAMS technique	Edwin Walker Southern University and A & M College
Adrian Hightower	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Characterization of Ceria Supported Pt/Rh/Sn Catalysts for Low-Temperature Ethanol Steam Reforming	Sossina Haile California Institute of Technoloy

NSF Summer Research Program in Solid State Chemistry Program Alumni

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