Summer Student Projects 2021

Design and Analysis of Mixed Ion and Electron Conducting Polymers

Student
Kareem Asham
Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University, Long Beach

Mentor(s)
Gordon Pace

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Rachel Segalman

Department(s)
Chemical Engineering
Modeling Tissue Mechanics with Packed Granular Hydrogel Assemblies

Student
Rachel Bae
Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Jonah Rosas

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Angela Pitenis

Department(s)
Materials
Effect of Lu-doping on magnetic ordering in the quantum spin liquid candidate NaYbSe2

Student
Soren Bear
Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Ganesh Pokharel

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Stephen Wilson

Department(s)
Materials
Prediction and Synthesis of Potential Topological Superconductors

Student
Gabrielle Carrel
Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Aurland K. Hay

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Ram Seshadri

Department(s)
Materials
Exploring Light-Sensitive Materials for a Self-Steering Vine Robot

Student
Shivani Deglurkar
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Nicholas Naclerio

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Elliot Hawkes

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
Solid-State Synthesis and Density Functional Theory Investigation of Mo-Based Vacancy Ordered Double Perovskites

Student
Meredith Goudreau
Chemistry
Las Positas College

Mentor(s)
Emily Morgan

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Ram Seshadri

Department(s)
Materials Research Laboratory
Comparison of Machine Learning Frameworks for Acoustic Emissions of SiC/SiC Composites

Student
Gunnar Hollingshaus
Materials Engineering
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

Mentor(s)
Caelin Muir

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Samantha Daly

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
Exponential Integrators for Simulating Stochastic Dynamical Systems

Student
Dev Jasuja
Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Paul Atzberger

Department(s)
Mathematics
Manganese- and Iron-based Weberites as High Energy Density Na-ion Battery Cathode Materials

Student
Wen Jin
Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Emily E. Foley

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Raphaële J. Clément

Department(s)
Materials
Thermochemical Compatibility of HfO2-YO1.5 and ZrO2-YbO1.5-LaO1.5 with AlO1.5

Student
Erin Lewis
Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Tom Drtina

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Carlos Levi

Department(s)
Materials
Directed Evolution of Metalloenzymes for Stereo-controlled Atom Transfer Radical Addition and Polymerization

Student
Emily Marquez
Chemistry
California State University, Long Beach

Mentor(s)
Michael Chin
Qi Zhou

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Yang Yang

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dislocation/void interactions in a CrMoxNbTaVW1-x refractory high entropy alloy

Student
Rebecca Romero
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso

Mentor(s)
Shuozhi Xu

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Irene Beyerlein

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
Measuring MIMO Channel Robustness Through Alterations in Receive Antenna Alignment

Student
Shaan Sandhu
Electrical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Maryam Rasekh
Lalitha Giridhar
Ahmet Sezer

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Upamanyu Madhow

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degradable Elastomers Based on Sustainable and Green Chemistry

Student
Maria Soto
Chemical Engineering
California State University, Long Beach

Mentor(s)
Chungryong Choi

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Christopher Bates

Department(s)
Materials
Investigating the Effect of Dynamic Covalent Boronate Crosslinks on the Interlayer Strength of 3D-Printed Networks

Student
Eden Taddese
Chemical Engineering
University of Kansas

Mentor(s)
Lindsay Robinson

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Craig Hawker
Javier Read de Alaniz

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB: an NSF MRSEC

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