2003 NSEC REU SUMMER PROGRAM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Thursday, August 7, 2003
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR
Columbia University

SESSION I
DEVICES AND STRUCTURES

10:30 am - Laura Berzak, Dartmouth College
"Electrical Measurements in Nanoscale Systems"
Professor Philip Kim, mentor

10:50 - David Greci, Brown University
"Exploration of Lithographic Resolution Techniques for the Fabrication of Single-Molecule Field-Effect Transistors"
Dr. Shalom Wind, mentor

11:10 am - Tim Osedach, Rowan University
"Electrochemical Approach to the Fabrication of Nanoscale Electrodes"
Professor James Yardley, mentor

11:30 am - Jennifer Hsieh, Harvard University
"Carbon Nanotube Flow Sensors"
Professor James Hone, mentor

12:10 pm - LUNCH

SESSION II
FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

1:00 pm - Jermaine Coleman, Delaware State University
"Resonant Raman Scattering from Nanoscale Organic Molecular Layers"
Professor Aron Pinczuk, mentor

1:20 pm - Sara DiBenedetto, Agnes Scott College
"Fluorescence Studies of Intramolecular Electron Transfer"
Professor David Adams, mentor

1:40 pm - Christian Sjulsen, Columbia University
"The Consequences of Chirality in the Self-Assembly of Crowded Arenes"
Professor Colin Nuckolls, mentor

2:00 pm - FINAL PRESENTATIONS END

2003 NSEC Summer REU Students
REU Fellows
Laura Berzak
Jermaine Coleman
Sara DiBenedetto
David Greci
Jennifer Hsieh
Tim Osedach
Christian Sjulsen
REU Faculty Mentors
Phillip Kim, Physics
Aaron Pinczuk, Applied Physics and Applied Math
David Adams, Chemistry
Shalom Wind, Applied Physics and Applied Math
James Hone, Mechanical Engineering
James Yardley, Chemical Engineering
Colin Nuckolls, Chemistry
REU Mentors
Alex Henderson
Cyrus Hirjibehedin
Mike Holman
Alex Henderson
Tim McDonald
Donna Esrail
Mark Bushey