NYU MRSEC Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Summer 2009 MRSEC REU Program

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) fellowships are awarded to undergraduates from four-year colleges and universities for participation in a ten-week summer program designed to provide unique research experiences, professional development, and increased awareness of materials science and engineering. Each student performs research in one of the innovative research projects that probe fundamental aspects of experimental and theoretical colloid science to develop principles for the fabrication of materials – from the colloidal to macroscopic scale – through manipulation of shape and choice of processing protocols, or, from one of the seed areas. The program is interdisciplinary, combining chemistry, physics and chemical engineering to examine forefront topics including:

• Ordered Non-Crystalline Materials and Dental Applications
• Processing and Packing Protocols
• Particle Assembly with Controlled Interactions
• Particle Assembly with Controlled Geometrics

MRSEC REU Students have access to state-of-the art facilities, and they participate with students in the NYU CCNY SESMI REU Program in professional development workshops for science writing and presentation, as well as ethics of research and publication. And they do so in the most exciting city in the world!

• Cutting - edge research experience
• $4,000 living stipend + travel expenses
• Dormitory housing provided on vibrant Union Square
• Organized group activities
• Program dates are June 1 to August 7, 2009

Please send a Resume, Statement of Career Interests, Statement of Preferred Project/Advisor, an unofficial transcript andto Nathan Blouin, MRSEC REU Coordinator, by February 15th, 2009.