Yinxiao Li
Dr. Yinxiao Li was a graduate student in the Nanoscale Energy-Fluids Transport (NEFT) Lab. Previous REU/RET Project include: Facile and Scalable Fabrication of PDMS-Glass Nanochannel Devices (2016) Exploring the Effect of Surface Active Contaminant on Water Capillary Evaporation in Nanoscale Confined Spaces (2015)
Elise Morgan
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Bone Quantity and Bone Quality in Osteoarthritis (2016)
Roberto Paiella
2026 REU Project: Semiconductor nanofabrication process development for computational image sensors Professor Paiella’s research interests include plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metasurface-enhanced optoelectronics, terahertz photonics, and device physics and applications of semiconductor quantum structures and 2D materials. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Manufacturing of Lens-Free Image Sensors for Ultrasmall Compound-Eye Cameras (REU, 2016) Manufacturing of Group-IV Semiconductor Nanomembranes […]
Michelle Sander
2026 REU Project: Label-free Imaging of Cells and Tissues The Sander group explores optical material interactions to develop novel laser sources in the infrared and mid-infrared wavelength regime. Our research focuses on novel ultrafast devices and how ultrafast and photothermal light interactions can fuel new applications in biomedical imaging and material characterization. We study femtosecond […]
Steven Scherr
Dr. Steven Scherr was a graduate student in the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Development of NGSS-MA Curriculum (2016) Evaluation of Automated Incubation of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (2016)
Will Shain
Dr. Will Shain was a graduate student in the Bifano Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Adaptive Biological Microscope (2016) Seeing Through Rock: How to Image Through Strongly Scattering Media (2015)
Sahar Sharifzadeh
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Computational Design of Organic Semiconductors (2016)
Michael L. Smith
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Micropatterning for Traction Measurements (2017) Tensional Homeostasis of smooth muscle (2016)
Thomas Stark
Dr. Thomas Stark was a graduate student in the David Bishop Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Atomic Scale 3D Printing (2016) Atomic Scale 3D Printing (2015)
Atcha Totachawattana
Dr. Atcha Totachawattana was a graduate student in the Ultrafast Optics Laboratory. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Characterization and Imaging with Mid-Infrared Vibrational Photothermal Spectroscopy (2016)