Linrui Tan

Linrui Tan is from Guangzhou China and is in his Junior year studying Optics at the University of Rochester, a competitive program that accepts only about 40 students a year. This summer, Linrui worked in the High Dimensional Photonics Lab with PI Siddharth Ramachandran on “Optimization of Four-Wave Mixing.” The project utilized machine learning to […]

Ayomide Olagundoye

This has been an extremely valuable learning experience in so many ways, and I’m excited to continue to use the skills that I learned through this program in the future. I’m especially pleased with the flow of the program and how each week I was able to progress in my level of understanding, my enhancement […]

Natalia Sagolla

Natalia attends the University of South Florida, where she is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Integrated Sensing for a Soft Robot used in Minimally Invasive Procedures: Natalia worked in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab, where she worked with Tommaso Ranzani. Her mentor was Leonardo Zamora. Stay tuned to learn more about Natalia’s research!

Dwight Paniagua

Dwight is from Rhode Island. He also attends school there, previously at the Community College of Rhode Island, and now at the University of Rhode Island. Dwight is majoring in Computer Engineering. Real-Time Integrated ORBGRAND-Based Transceiver (RIOT): While participating as an REU, Dwight worked with Rabia Tugce Yazicigil Kirby in the WISE Circuits Lab. His […]

Vanessa Moran

Vanessa attends the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in Microbiology with a minor in Spanish. Engineering microenvironment-triggered self-reporting immunotherapy: While participating in the REU program, Vanessa worked with Liang Hao in the Hao lab. She was mentored by Dr. Feiyang Deng. Stay tuned to learn more about Vanessa’s research!

Penelope Llibre

Penelope attends Brandeis University, where she is majoring in Physics. Motion Tracking for Soft Robotic Arms: Penelope worked with Andrew Sabelhaus within the Soft Robotics Control Lab. Her mentors were Isara Cholaseuk and Juan Pacheco. I came into the REU with the intention of building a strong network of people who could help me with […]

Ricardo Gonzales

Ricardo attends the University of California, Davis. He is majoring in Computer and Systems Engineering. Hardware Programming for nano-electrical-mechanical systems (NEMS): Ricardo worked with Kamil Ekinci, within the Ekinci Research Group. His mentor was Monan Ma.

Nathan Cao

Nathan is from California and attends Rice University. He is majoring in Electrical and Electronic Technologies. How to use machine learning to automate aligning optical components in experiments: Nathan worked with Tianyu Wang in the AI Photonics Lab. He was mentored by Weiru Fan.

Ella Brown

Ella arrived at BU this summer from nearby Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she majors in Robotics. Designing a Soft Bioinspired Grasper for Underwater Manipulation: Ella worked with Tommaso Ranzani in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab. She was mentored by Anna Maria Moran.