Center for Materials for Information Technology
Research Experience for Undergraduates
Students (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) with strong backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering are invited to apply for the 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Materials Science and Engineering, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, at The University of Alabama. For the ten-week program (May 31-August 6), participants will be provided a $4250 stipend plus housing and a up to $250 travel reimbursement. Successful applicants will be able to work with outstanding faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in an interdisciplinary research environment. Students will gain familiarity with the most recent research techniques and equipment, including considerable hands-on experience, and will be exposed to the importance of transferring research to industrial application.
Applications will be accepted until 3/31/10.
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Typical research topics include:
- MgO Nanowire-Based Magnetoelectric Oxide Heterostructures
- AlMn Nanoparticles for Magnetic Tape
- A Magnetically Triggered Drug Delivery Vehicle for Cancer Chemotherapy
- Simulation and Visualization of Spin-Torque Switching
- Synthesis of Recyclable Fuels for Solar Energy Capture
- Perpendicular materials for magnetic tunnel junctions
- Nanopatterned media
- Advanced Semiconductor Materials for High Efficiency Solar Cells
- High-Efficiency Nanowire-Based Photovoltaic Cells on Flexible Substrates Patterned by Inking and Stamping
- Nanomaterials by Self-Assembly: Block Co-polymer Lithography for Nanopatterned Media and Other Applications
- Porous 3-Dimensional Electrodes for Advanced Batteries
- Micromagnetic simulations using M^3
- Terahertz Biomedical Imaging
- Magnetic-Fluorescent Bifunctional Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications