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Research Experience for Undergraduates

Students (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) with strong backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering are invited to apply for the 2008 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 (June 1-August 9), participants will be provided a $4250 stipend plus housing. 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.

Typical research topics include:

• Spin torque oscillators: computer simulation and visualization
• Magnetic Properties of Anisotropy Graded Media
• Magnetization damping in Half-metallic films
• Spin pumping in multilayer structures with thin antiferromagnetic films
• New Half-Metals with Extraordinary Properties
• Nanoparticle formation on nanotips by electrodeposition
• FePt Nanoparticles for High Density Magnetic Recording Media
• FePt-FeRh Core-Shell Particles for a Nanocomposite Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording Medium
• Polymeric Micelles for Magnetic Triggering of Drug Release
• Polymer Waveguides for Explosives Detection
• New Magnetic Nanoparticles for Curie Temperature Limited Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia
• Development of Orienting Layers for Block Copolymer Nanolithography
• Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic Nanowires

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REU Application

If you wish to apply to this program, please complete our Online REU Application

REU Survey

If you are a former REU, please take the time to complete the Former REU Survey.