Surf Project Archive 2009 | School of Materials Science and Engineering

A. MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL AND SENSOR APPLICATIONS
Project No.	Student Name and Affiliation	Project Title	Faculty Mentor
A.1	Thomas Osburn, Georgia Tech, Physics; tosburn3@gatech.edu	Nanostructures and Porous Silicon: Activity at Interfaces in Sensors and Photocatalytic Reactors	Jim Gole PHYS
A.3	Chyi-Huey Yeh, Penn State University, Materials Science and Engineering; cjy5015@psu.edu	Designing the microstructure of polymer nanocomposites	Meisha Shofner PTFE/MSE
A.5	Derek Cheng, Johns Hopkins Univ, Materials Science and Engineering; dcheng16@jhu.edu	Multistimuli responsive and adaptive nanocomposite hybrid materials	Vladimir Tsukruk MSE
A.6	Courtney Cox, Mercer University, Biomedical Eng.,10536452@student.mercer.edu	Nano Phospors and Nano Light Emitters for Biosensors	Summers, MSE & Wagner, GTRI
A.7	A. Candace Derenge, Arizona State University; Bioengineering;schewele11@mail.wlu.edu	Creation of Pathogen Mimetics for the study of Receptor Mediated Endocytosis	Todd Sulchek ME

B. MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Project No.	SURF Student and affiliation	Project Title (Click on Title for Abstract)	Faculty Mentor
B.8	Alexandra Woldman, Cornell University; ayw6@cornell.edu	Characterization of SOFC Sealant Materials	Hamid Garmestani MSE
B.9	William Goodwin, Univ of Tennessee, Matls Sci & Eng;wgoodwi2@utk.edu	Advanced Digital Image Processing for Characterization of Microstructure of Materials Processed in Microgravity	Arun Gokhale MSE
B.10	Maneel Bharadwaj, Univ of Idaho, Matls Sci & Eng; maneelb@vandals.uidaho.edu	Advanced Digital Image Processing for Characterization of Microstructure of Materials Processed in Microgravity	Arun Gokhale MSE
B.12	Hailey Kerr, Georgia Tech, MSE; hkerr3@gatech.edu	Carbon Supersaturation of Thin-Walled Austenitic Stainless Steel Formed Via the Reduction of Metal Oxide Extrusions	Tom Sanders MSE
B.13	Harold Nikoue, Georgia Tech, Aero Engineering;hnikoue3@gatech.edu	Selection of Materials for Superheater Tubes in Industrial Boiler	Preet Singh MSE
B.14	Esther Schewel, Washington and Lee, Physics/Math;bsteven4@illinois.edu	High-strain-rate Impact Characterization of Reactive Metal Systems	N. Thadhani MSE

C. MATERIALS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Project No.	SURF Student and affiliation	Project (Click on Title for Abstract)	Faculty Mentor
C.15	Tyler Munhollon, COE College, Physics;bsteven4@illinois.edu	Conformal Metal Thin Films for H2 Purification and Fuel-Cell Catalyst Applications	Faisal Alamgir MSE
C.17	Amy Adams, University of Florida, Materials Science and Engineering;amy.adams@ufl.edu	Materials for Organic Electronic and Photonics	Seth Marder CHEM/MSE
C.19	William Mateker, Georgia Tech, Materials Science and Engineering;wmateker3@gatech.edu	Carbon Nanotube Electronics	Seung Soon Jang MSE
C.22	Taylor Grieve, Iowa State Univ, Materials Engineering;tngrieve@gmail.com	Nanomaterials for High Capacity Li-ion Batteries	Gleb Yushin MSE
C.23	Ping Wong, Univ of Buffalo, Mechanical Engineering;pingwong@buffalo.edu	Computational Modeling of the Electronic Structure of Organic Semiconductors for Solid-State Ligthing and Solar Cells	Jean-Luc Bredas, CHEM
C.24	Will Hardin, Georgia Tech, MSE; willhardin@gmail.com	Reactive Nanoparticle Materials for Divers in Contaminated Waters	Dave Stolberg & Jud Ready

D. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROJECTS
Project No.	SURF Student and affiliation	Project (Click on Title for Abstract)	Faculty Mentor
I-25	Kirsten Mimberg, Brooklyn College, Chemistry;kmimberg@gmail.com	Energetic and Structural Characterization of Polymer-Surfactant Complexes	Loh Watson Univ of Campinas, Brazil (Milam)
I-26	Adam Jakus, Georgia Tech, Materials Science and Engineering;adamjakus@gatech.edu	Fragmentation and Dispersion of Reactive Metal Systems	Bill Proud Cambridge Univ England (Thadhani)