Educational Outreach
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
Participants in the Summer 2005 Physics/MRSEC Research Experiences
for Undergraduates Program
 Aaron Patterson Morehouse College "Viscous Fingering in a Hele-Shaw (2-D) Cell" Nagel Group |
 Allison Jones Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology "Analysis of Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Data" Lamb Group |
 Ben Zimmerman University of Chicago "Electronic Transport Measurements and Microscopy of Heat Treated Nanocrystal Arrays" Jaeger Group |
 Bryan Conyers Dillard University "Jet Formation in Granular Media: Relation to Impact Energy, Ambient Pressure & Gas Density" Jaeger Group |
 Eric Hoke Harvard University "Dynamic Signature of Jamming in Monodisperse Granular Media " Jaeger Group |
 Geoffrey Ngetich Norfolk State University "Constructing a Cosmic Ray Detector" Frisch Group |
 Gerald Onuoha Tennessee State University "The Faction of Refraction: Measurement of the index of refraction for CF3I " Collar Group |
 Jesi Goodman (l) Mariel Desroche (r) University of Arizona & Smith College "Identification of g-rays for Ground-Based Telescopes" Fortson/Swordy Groups |
 Katelyn Spillane Univ. of Massachussetts, Amherst "Insertion of Antimicrobial Peptide Mimic mPE-590 Into Saturated Phospholipid Monolayers" Lee (Chicago) /Tew (UMASS) Groups |
 Kimberly Walker Dillard University "The Selective Withdrawal Problem" Nagel Group |
 Leslie Sanford Southern University A & M, Baton Rouge "Antiferromagnetism in Chromium " Rosenbaum Group |
 Mark Kittisopikul University of Chicago "A Thermodynamic Study of the Interaction of Cholesterol with Lipid Membranes" Lee Group |
 Matthew Mumpower North Carolina State University "The Strange Vibrations of Granular Materials" Witten Group |
 Rodney Goldsmith Xavier University, New Orleans "Determining Elastic Properties of freely suspended Nanocrystal monolayers by Atomic Force Microscopy" Jaeger Group |
 Sara Waters University of Florida "A Study of Signal/Noise Improvement of the CsI Array for the Search of Rare Kaon Decay KL-> p0 n n ' " Wah Group |
 Sasha Rahlin MIT "Initial State Gluon Radiation in Drell-Yan Dilepton Production" Kim Group |
 Scott Kelber University of Chicago "Erosion of PMMA by VUV Light and Atomic Oxygen" Sibener Group |
 Stacey Kigar University of Chicago "What is the Binding Affinity of Vinculin for Talin?" Mrksich Group |
 Tatyana Sheps Louisiana State University " Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Single Cell Dynamics" Cluzel Group |