Each REU student is listed below, along with the title of the student's
summer project and the name of the faculty research mentor.
A link is provided
to each student's final report unless the results are to be included in a
future publication.
- Mary Cahoon, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Preparing to Measure Vacuum Magnetic Birefringence: Measuring Cavity Birefringence
(with Profs. Paul Fulda, Guido Mueller and David Tanner).
- Jonathan DeStefano, University of Florida
- Detection of Phase Transitions in Phase Separated (La1-yPry)1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films
(with Prof. Amlan Biswas).
- Lucas Graham, Skidmore College
- The Hunt for 2-Dimensional Photocatalyst Fuel Production
(with Prof. Richard Hennig).
- Isaac Griffin-Wiesner, St. Olaf College
- Rheological effects on jammed polyethylene glycol microgels when mixed with dextran polymer
(with Prof. Thomas Angelini).
- Elgin Hodges, Xavier University of Louisiana
- Observing the Dynamics of Phase Changes in (La1-yPry)1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films
(with Prof. Amlan Biswas).
- Cong (Alice) Hu, University of Connecticut
- Modeling Hyperfine Coupling in Molecular Magnets
(with Prof. Xiaoguang Zhang).
- Gabriel Marciaga, Florida International University
- Characterization of possible topological superconductor ScInAu2
(with Prof. James Hamlin).
- Grace Rohaley, Allegheny College
- The Role of Photo-Deposition and Generated Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Au/TiO2 Heterostructures in Plasmon-Driven Hot Electron Photochemistry
(with Prof. Wei Wei).
- Dakota Shields, Northwest Missouri State University
- Specific heat of α-RuCl3 crystal gives validity to magnetization experiments indicating possible Kitaev quantum spin liquid
(with Prof. Yasu Takano).