University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Program Details
Location Type: In Person
Duration: May 28, 2024 – August 2, 2024 (10 weeks)

REU SUMMER 2024 INFORMATION

Program dates: May 28, 2024 – August 2, 2024 (10 weeks)

Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Compensation: Students receive a $6000 stipend for the summer. Additionally, students receive free housing, travel to the REU site, and other benefits.

The 2024 program application deadline has passed. If you would like to be notified when the Summer 2025 application opens, please send an e-mail to Pamela Pena Martin ([email protected]).

Participants
St. Lawrence University

Project: “Synthesis of Finely-Shaped Tuned Gold Nanoparticles and Their Self-Assembly”

Mentors: Qian Chen, Chansong Kim
Tennessee State University

Project: “Rheological and thermal characterization of bio-binder as a rejuvenator in aged conventional binder” 

Supported through the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

Mentors: Mahsa Tofighian , Ramez Hajj
Tennessee State University

Project: “Understanding hydrogen modified oxidation in Navy service vehicles” 

Supported through the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

Mentors: Jessica Krogstad, Po-Cheng Kung, Quinten Yurek
Tennessee State University

Project: How Do Tissue Properties Change after ECM degradation?” 

Supported through the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

Mentors: Callan Luetkemeyer, Catalina Bastias-Diaz
Vanderbilt University

Project: “Sr(Ti,Fe)O₃ (STF) Chemical Capacitance vs. PO₂ Thickness-Dependent Measurement & LiCoO₂ (LCO) Transmission Absorbance”

Mentors: Nicola Perry, Jimmy Lu, Kai-Wei Lan
Northern Illinois University

Project: “Improving Electronic Stopping Power Predictions in Materials”

Mentors: André Schleife, Yifan Yao, Gillian Nolan
Arkansas Tech University

Project: “Towards Statistical Mechanics of Grain Boundaries”   

Supported through an NSF CAREER Grant

Mentors: Nikhil Admal, Himanshu Joshi, Tusher Ahmed, Md Sharier Nazim
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras

Project: “Unraveling the Reprocessability of Conductive Polymeric Materials via Dynamic Covalent Bonds”

Mentors: Alexa Kuenstler, Paul Lee, Jared Rivera
West Texas A&M University

Project: “Nucleation study of Glauber's salt on glycine monolayer for thermal energy storage application”

Mentors: Paul Braun, Mayur Prabhudesai
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Project: “Wearable Technology for Healthcare Monitoring”

Mentors: Lili Cai, Md Salauddin, Yoon Young Choi
Prairie View A&M University

Project: “Automated Scanning Laser Microscopy for Surface Magnetization”

Mentors: Arend van der Zande, Yue Zhang
University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

Project: “Regenerative 3D Printing Using Direct Ink Writing” 

Supported through the EFRC Regenerative Energy Efficient Manufacturing of Thermoset Polymeric Materials REMAT

Mentors: Nancy Sottos, Edgar Mejia
Illinois

Project: “Polymer and Silica Electrolyte Gels in Lithium-Ion Batteries for use in Photoionics”

Mentors: Paul Braun, Imani Jones
Carleton College

Project: “Making Crystal Math”

Mentors: Elif Ertekin, Tawfiq Rakib, Doruk Ucar
Texas A&M University

Project: “Investigating Precipitation Phenomena in Dilute Ternary Alloys”

Mentors: Pascal Bellon, Nicholas Saunders, Vaibhav Vasudevan
Lake Forest College

Project: “Synthesis and Characterization of Rare-Earth Stoichiometric Solids for Quantum Information Systems”

Mentors: Daniel Shoemaker, Jack D’Amelio
Murray State University

Project: “Synthesis and Characterization of Dynamic Networks with Rigid Polymer Chains”

Mentors: Chris Evans, Sirui Ge
University of Houston

Project: “Stamping Colors with Solid-State Superionic Stamping (S4)”

Mentors: Placid Ferreira, Papia Sultana, Boqiang Qian
University of Texas - Dallas

Project: “Designing Stressors to Achieve Superconductivity Through Strain Engineering and Moire Patterning on 2D Materials”

Mentors: Harley Johnson, Qingchang Liu
College of Lake County

Project: Straining a 2D-Semiconductor Using a Magnetostrictive Thin Film Stressor

Mentors: Axel Hoffmann, Myoung-Woo Yoo, Zhixin Zhang, Robert Kaman