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2009 Summer Internship Program  

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

View the 2008 Summer Internship Recap.



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