REU Participants with Prof. Albert Narh (first left, front row)

List of students including their hometowns and colleges:

Back row from left: Charnee Robinson of Penns Grove, NJ, attends NJIT; Evan Anderson from Cody, Wyoming, attends the University of Wyoming; Soumitri Seshadri from Staten Island, attends CUNY at Staten Island; Olumide Talabi, Newark, NJ, attends NJIT; Caleb Essel, San Antonio, TX, attends the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Front row from left: Kevin Wallenstein from Forest Hill, NY, attends the City College of New York; Raizza Rentas, Puerto Rico, attends University of Puerto Rico; Karishma Dagar , Livingston, NJ, attends the University of Maryland; Heather Emady, Chandler, AZ, attends University of Arizona;  Manuel Silva, West New York, NJ, attends NJIT; and Alvaro Franco, Elizabeth NJ, attends NJIT.

Press Release

Eleven College students Conduct Research on Nanomaterials at the New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates (NJCEP)

The New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates at NJIT is hosting a 10-week summer program for college students from across the country, during which each student will assist a professor who is doing research associated with nanoscale materials.

This program, called REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates), is supported by a three-year, $311,000 REU-Site grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), awarded to Professor Rajesh Dave (Principal Investigator) and Professor Albert Narh (Co-Principal Investigator). They are joined by 8 other faculty investigators from Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Departments to mentor the REU students. The overall management of the Nanomaterials REU-Site is handled by Prof. Narh, who is the REU-Site Director and Associate Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department, while Prof. Dave, who is the Director of NJCEP, is leading the research component. Mrs. Barbara Valenti, Assistant to the ME Chair for Editorial Duties, Special Events and Web Content Officer, is handling administrative aspects of the REU Program, including managing the REU website.

The 10-week program, which began on May 30, is designed to expose students to topics associated with nanoscale materials science and engineering as well as important issues The ultimate goal of the REU program is to help develop a stream-lined pipeline of well-trained engineers and scientists who are well versed in applications of nano-structured and engineered particulate composites to products of today as well as years to come.

During the 10-week program, the 11 undergraduate students, selected on a competitive basis from various universities throughout the USA, will live on campus while working on challenging research alongside NJIT faculty and graduate students. The research projects will involve unique topics dealing with synthesis, characterization, and applications of nano-particles as engineered composites, focusing on developing fundamental understanding of particle interactions and their influence on final product, which may be existing consumer products (e.g. sun-screens) as well as novel materials (e.g., new cancer drugs or advanced energetic materials). Students will benefit from a strong research group that includes established faculty researchers and their graduate students, working on collaborative activities in nanotechnology.

REU Program Activities  (Summer 2006)

• Abstracts of  the Summer 2006 REU Projects (pdf, 42 KB)
• Ethics Component  (pdf, 15 KB)
• Research Progress Report Form (pdf, 61 KB)
• Guidelines for REU Student's Final Report  (pdf, 24 KB)
• REU 2006 Student Reports
• Students' Profiles  (pdf, 134 KB)
• REU 2006 Symposium Award and Summer photos  (pdf, 645 KB)
• Symposium Program 2006  (pdf, 92 KB)
• Symposium Posters (pdf, 1.83 MB)
• Calendar 2006 (100 KB)
• Project Description 2006 (60 KB)