{"559631":{"#nid":"559631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet the 2016 SENIC Undergraduate Internship in Nanotechnology Program Participants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2015 the National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) a member site of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136211\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure\u003C\/a\u003E (NNCI) program. Comprised of 16 sites, located in 15 states and involving 27 universities, NNCI provides researchers from academia, government and companies with access to university user facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a member of the NNCI program, the Georgia Institute of Technology formed a collaboration with the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, an academic collaboration between North Carolina A\u0026amp;T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, to\u0026nbsp; form the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESoutheastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC)\u003C\/a\u003E and provide SE region users with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESUIN (SENIC Undergraduate Internship in Nanotechnology) is a major component of the SENIC program and focuses on providing undergraduates in engineering the chance to spend a summer conducting research in a world-class collaborative lab with prominent Georgia Tech researchers. GT-IEN hosted 6 undergraduates from various U.S. colleges over the summer that engaged in hands-on research in a number of fields of nanotechnology. At the conclusion of the program, the students had the opportunity to present their findings at the SURE Research Symposium on July the 28th, 2016. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the months of the Fall Semester we will be highlighting each of the six REU participants, their research topics and experience in the labs, as well as what they gained from the program and their time at Georgia Tech, and in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: Michael VanderZwaag PI: Kim Kurtis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mentors: Bill Jin \u0026amp; Behnaz Zaribaf, Topic: Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Concrete\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: Elizabeth Tom, PI: Michael Filler, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Mentor: Dmitriy Boyuk, Topic: Hybrid Nanowire Coating\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: John Nance, PI: Peter Hesketh, School of Mechanical Engineering, Mentor: Srinivas Gowranga Hanasoge, Topic: Fabrication of Artificial Cilia\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: Cooper Thome: PI: Elsa Reichmanis, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Mentor: Bailey Risteen, Topic: Cellulose Nanocrystals \u0026amp; Conductivity\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: Yaneira Gonzalez, PI: Yuanzhi Tang, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Mentors: Rixiang Huang \u0026amp; Shiliang Zhao, Topic: Effects of zinc metal on magnesium oxides\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate: Thomas Metke, PI: Todd Sulchek, School of Mechanical Engineering, Mentor: Muhynmin Islam, Topic: Micofluidics for Cell Stiffness\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELook for our monthly news releases online at ien.gatech.edu, or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.us3.list-manage1.com\/subscribe?u=5509a5293bfa99c4fe533c5e9\u0026amp;id=53ce5580bb\u0022\u003Esubscribe to our mailing list at this web address\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the SENIC REU Program, contact Program Manager Leslie O\u2019Neill [\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leslie.oneill@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eleslie.oneill@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E] for more information on SENIC Education and Outreach, contact Program Director Dr. Nancy [\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nancy.healy@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enancy.healy@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E].\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT-IEN hosted 6 undergraduates from various U.S. colleges over the summer that engaged in hands-on research in a number of fields of nanotechnology. Over the months of the Fall Semester we will be highlighting each of the six REU participants."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2016-08-05 09:19:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:16","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"559621":{"id":"559621","type":"image","title":"SUIN SENIC Undergraduates","body":null,"created":"1470402379","gmt_created":"2016-08-05 13:06:19","changed":"1475895364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:04","alt":"SUIN SENIC Undergraduates","file":{"fid":"218269","name":"reu_group_2016.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/reu_group_2016.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/reu_group_2016.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3190223,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/reu_group_2016.png?itok=h32XnwUI"}}},"media_ids":["559621"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"146421","name":"National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure"},{"id":"98491","name":"Research Experience for Undergraduate Students"},{"id":"167445","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"},{"id":"170573","name":"Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor"},{"id":"14649","name":"The George W. 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