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A set of available research projects is outlined below.
In addition to research experiences, this REU program will provide several professional development and social activities through coordination with the Dwight Look College of Engineering’s Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) program. For a preview of planned activities, visit the current USRG Schedule of Events page.
2008 Research Projects
- Communications among Molecules
Dr. Perla B. Balbuena - Phase Transition of Colloidal Disks
Dr. Zhengdong Cheng - Design of Biofuel Production Plants: Simulation, optimization, and technonogical, enconomic, and environmental analysis
Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi - A Multi-Scale Framework for Modeling and Model Reduction of Nonlinear Secreted Protein Dynamics in Hepatocyte
Dr. J. Hahn - Biomaterials’ Resistance to Corrosion
Dr. Mariah Hahn - Deciphering Mechanisms of Inter-Kingdom Signaling in E. Coli
Dr. Arul Jayaraman - Fabrication of Free-Standing Nanoporous Membranes for Biological Separations
Dr. H.K. Jeong - Large-Scale Models for Infectious Disease Spread
Dr. Carl Laird - Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Dr. James Silas - Fluid Transport and Mixing in Microchannels
Dr. Victor M. Ugaz
2007 Research Projects
- Proton-Conductive Materials: Inspiration from Nature
Dr. Perla B. Balbuena - Colloidal Probes of Surface and Bio-Macromolecular Interactions
Dr. Michael A. Bevan - Microdisks from wax droplet
Dr. Zhengdong Cheng - Systems Approaches to Bioprocess Integration and Environmental Biocomplexity
Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi - A Multi-Scale Framework for Modeling and Model Reduction of Nonlinear Secreted Protein Dynamics in Hepatocyte
Dr. J. Hahn - Investigation of inorganic-organic hybrid materials for tissue engineered vascular grafts
Dr. Mariah Hahn - Development of microfluidic devices for bacterial communication and biofilm formation
Dr. Arul Jayaraman - Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Dr. James Silas - Advanced microfluidic DNA analysis
Dr. Victor Ugaz
Previous Research Projects
Molecular Modeling of Biomimetic Materials, Dr. Perla B. Balbuena
Colloidal Probes of Surface and Bio-Macromolecular Interactions, Dr. M.A. Bevan
Systems Approaches to Bio-process Integration and Environmental Biocomplexity, Dr. C. Cheng and A. Jayaraman
A Multi-Scale Framework for Modeling and Model Reduction of Nonlinear Secreted Protein Dynamics in Hepatocytes, Dr. J. Hahn
Designing Self Assembly of Block Copolypeptides in Solution, Dr. M. Hahn and Dr. Silas
Microfabricated Convective Flow Devices for Rapid Genomic Analysis, Dr. V.M. Ugaz
