Program Details
Activity Status: active
Location Type: In Person
Duration: May 28, 2024 – August 2, 2024 (10 weeks)
Application Status: closed
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]).
MRSEC Mentors
Research Areas
atomic scale simulation of defects and strain in 2D materials, data science for quantum and electronic materials, electronic structure and multi-scale modeling
Research Areas
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy of electron dynamics in molecules and materials
Research Areas
topological superconductors, scanning tunneling microscopy, thin film growth, graphene
Research Areas
energy storage, photonics, materials chemistry, thermal science
Research Areas
spin transport, magnetization dynamics, magnetic heterostructure synthesis and characterization
Research Areas
functional ceramics: Oxides, halides, solid state ionics for energy conversion and storage, point defect-mediated properties: ionic/electronic transport, chemical expansion, catalytic activity, thin film growth by pulsed laser deposition, electro-chemo-mechanical coupling
Research Areas
modeling of nanoelectronic and magnetic devices for energy-efficient computing and communication, semiconductor electronic devices, spintronics
Research Areas
parameter-free computer simulations of excited electronic states and optical properties, interaction of light with magnetic ordering in materials
Research Areas
materials discovery and synthesis, crystal growth, magnetic and semiconducting properties, low-temperature transport, in-situ diffraction
Research Areas
2D materials, electronic, photonic, and mechanical devices
MRL Mentors
Research Areas
dynamic polymer networks, functional materials, self-healing, polymer dynamics
Research Areas
alloy design, additive manufacturing, thermal and mechanical properties, electron microscopy
Research Areas
AI-based image analysis, electron microscopy imaging, nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembly, phase transition in batteries
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atomic physics, quantum computing, atomic clocks, quantum networking
Research Areas
organic electronics, solution printing, additive manufacturing, automation, self-driven labs, organic solar cells, 3D printing of structure color, directed and self assembly, fluid flow
Research Areas
microfluidics, aerosols generation related to bubbles and drops, fluid characterization by rheology, vesicles for drug delivery
Research Areas
mechanics of soft tissues, constitutive modeling, image-based modeling, mechanical testing, tissue microstructure-function relationships, development of image-based mechanical characterization methods
Research Areas
structural metals and ceramics metal alloys for hydrogen storage applications, sustainable reduction of metal ores for green steel production, high temperature metal alloys and sustainable fuels, radiation tolerant ceramics for sensors and aerospace applications, microstructural image quantification, digital image processing
Research Areas
plasma-enhanced deposition and conversion of thin films, plasma/ion irradiation for material modification and defect generation, low-temperature synthesis for flexible device manufacturing, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and diamond growth for extreme environment devices and quantum information applications, impurity doping, solvent-free surface treatment and cleaning
Research Areas
polymer physics, molecular simulation and coarse-grained modeling of soft materials, charged polymers and electrostatics, macromolecular dynamics and structure, polymer self-assembly
Research Areas
advanced metallic materials, mechanical characterization, alloy design and processing, metallic material for extreme environments, additive manufacturing, high-entropy alloys, materials informatics, digital image correlation, fatigue, cryogenic engineering materials, high-temperature materials
Research Areas
alloys subjected to external forcing including irradiation and severe plastic deformation, phase transitions and self-organization reactions in dissipative alloy systems, kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, phase field modeling, microstructure characterization by transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography
Research Areas
wearable materials, polymer composites, additive manufacturing, nanomaterial synthesis, electrochemical energy conversion, thermal management
Research Areas
computational modeling and simulation, geometry of crystal interfaces, grain boundaries and two-dimensional heterostructures, nanoscale friction
Research Areas
nanoelectronics, neuromorphic computing, biomimetic biomaterials, and electronic-neuron interfaces