Opportunities exist for undergraduate and high-school participation in the research and educational activities of our group. These include but are not limited to the NSF funded REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) and Harvard-funded programs. Examples of the activities that the students have been engaged in since 2009 are illustrated below.
2022:
Julian Hopf, Harvard University
Topic: Thermal barrier coatings for turbine blades
Summer (2018, 2020, and 2021):
Eva Blashkevich, Union College (class of 2022), student intern
Topic: modeling electronic fields
Summer 2017:
Eva Blashkevich, Brookline High School, student intern
Topic: modeling electronic fields
Hudson Gloria, Tufts University
Topic:Kinetics and uniformity of reactive infiltration into VHB acrylic
2016-2018:
Spencer Hallyburton, Harvard University
Topic: tunable window technology
Summer 2016:
Lidya Abune, Bucknell University, REU student
Topic: fabricating dielectric actuators
Hudson Gloria, Tufts University
Topic:Kinetics and uniformity of reactive infiltration into VHB acrylic
2015-2017:
Eesha Khare, Harvard University
Topic: dielectric elastomer actuators
Summer 2015:
Lidya Abune, Bucknell University, REU student
Topic: fabricating dielectric actuators
Hudson Gloria, Tufts University
Topic:Kinetics and uniformity of reactive infiltration into VHB acrylic
Summer 2014:
Lidya Abune, Bucknell University, REU student
Topic: fabricating dielectric actuators
Summer 2013:
Dilawer Singh, University of Arkansas rising senior, REU student.
Topic: Liquid permeation in elastomer membranes
Damien Rou, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (France)
Topic: Densification of thermoelectric materials by SPS and their structural and thermoelectric charaterization
Summer 2012:
Amy Lorber, Harvard Junior
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Topic: Microbial Reactions with Tellurium
Hudson Gloria, REU student. Community College, Boston.
Topic: Creating inter-penetrating phase in VHB dielectric elastomers
Farnaz Ostovati, Senior, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
Topic: Modeling of damping in thermal barrier coatings systems.
Summer 2011:
Benedikt Kroll, The Oakridge High School, Arlington, Texas.
Topic: Mathematical description of the “hemi-helix”.
Co-author of paper: “Spontaneous and deterministic three-dimensional curling of pre-strained elastomeric bi-strips”, Jiangshui Huang, Jia Liu, Benedikt Kroll, Katia Bertoldi and David R. Clarke, Soft Matter.
Roy Zhang, Junior, Harvard.
Ainsley Faux, Junior, Harvard.
Topic: Rare-earth element separation processes
Alena McNamara, REU student. Junior, Holyoke College.
Topic: Characterization of nanofiber-based compliant electrodes.
Marianna Linz, Harvard Senior, Summer 2011.
Topic: Thermal History Sensor.
Co-author of paper: “Thermal History Sensor”
Summer 2010:
Jisoo Min, Groton School, Massachusetts. Summer 2010
Topic: Effect of crystallization on R-line luminescence from glass-ceramics
Alice Zhao, Harvard Undergraduate, Fall Semester, 2010