#  Undergraduate and High-school Student Research 

 



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