The prestigious 2009 Summer Internship Program at CNSE provides opportunities for hands-on research experience to qualified undergraduate students who wish to pursue careers in nanosciences, nanoengineering, and the nanotechnology industry.
The world-class CNSE Summer Internship Program offers each intern the opportunity to work with one or more CNSE/industrial-partnered research programs, and interact closely with CNSE faculty, staff, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students. This unique program also offers exposure to industrial experts through weekly seminars and public presentation of research results. The capstone of the internship program is a public poster presentation showcasing each intern's summer research project.
Read the press release on the 2009 Summer Internship Program.
CNSE Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience Magnus Bergkvist discusses the research
project objectives with CNSE Nanobioscience Summer Intern Jonathan Weyhenmeyer.
Below is a list of the CNSE 2009 Summer Interns:
Jason Behnke Home Town: Troy, New York Undergraduate Institution: University at Albany Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nathaniel Cady Research Project:Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation by Naturally-Inspired Organic Compounds
Daniel Bellido Home Town: Lima, Peru Undergraduate Institution: UDLA-Mexico Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bradley Thiel Research Project: Modeling Resist Performance
Sara Cruz Home Town: Tlaxcala, Mexico Undergraduate Institution: UDLA-Mexico Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Brainard Research Project: Development of Acid Amplifiers (AAs) for EUV Lithography
Douglas R. Eggers Home Town: Albany, New York Undergraduate Institution: Binghamton University Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Castracane Research Project: Novel Methods for Detecting Cell Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment
Barbara Anne Graham Home Town: Wingdale, New York Undergraduate Institution: University at Albany Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yubing Xie Research Project: Three-Dimensional (3-D) "Micro-tissue" Cultivation of Stem Cells
Carl Irani Home Town: Orlando, Florida Undergraduate Institution: University of Central Florida Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Matyi Research Project: Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Low-k Dielectrics
Angela Matyi Home Town: Altamont, New York Undergraduate Institution: Fordham University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward Cupoli and Dr. Laura Schultz Research Project: Models of Academic and Industrial Collaborations for Facilitating Nanotechnology
Steve Oliver Mbazo Home Town: Brooklyn, NY Undergraduate Institution: Mohawk Valley Community College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gregory Denbeaux Research Project:Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectrometry and Calibrations
Alicia McCarthy Home Town: Albany, New York Undergraduate Institution: University at Albany Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hynd Research Project: Effect of Topographically-Modified Surfaces on Neural Stem Cell Differentiation
Michael Melfi Home Town: Ithaca, New York Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Castracane Research Project: Engineering Functioning Salivary Glands Using Micropatterned Scaffolds
Jacob Mower Home Town: Altamont, New York Undergraduate Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vincent LaBella Research Project: Development of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer
Gregory Sleasman Home Town: Albany, New York Undergraduate Institution: Villanova University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bin Yu Research Project: Nanoelectronics
Logan Spring Home Town: Saratoga Springs, New York Undergraduate Institution: Binghamton University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward Cupoli and Dr. Laura Schultz Research Project: Models of Academic and Industrial Collaborations for Facilitating Nanotechnology
William Thomas Stephenson Home Town: Ballston Spa, NY Undergraduate Institution: Drexel University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Groves Research Project: Nanopatterned Substrates as Biologically Compatible Templates
Casey Strader Home Town: Albany, New York Undergraduate Institution: University at Albany Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gregory Denbeaux Research Project: EUV Resist Outgassing Calibration and Measurements
Thomas Urtz Home Town: Verona, New York Undergraduate Institution: Mohawk Valley Community College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Harry Efstathiadis Research Project:Supercapacitors
Jonathan Weyhenmeyer Home Town: Slingerlands, New York Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Magnus Bergkvist Research Project: Assembly and Disassembly of Organo-Metallic Hybrid Films
