The 5th Annual REU Summer Symposium at PSU Applications of Microscopy and Microanalysis to Multidisc

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The 5th Annual REU Summer Symposium at PSU
Applications of Microscopy and Microanalysis to
Multidisciplinary Research Dr. Jun Jiao,
Program DirectorResearch Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program at Portland
State UniversityJune 20 August 12, 2005
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NSF Sponsored REU Site at PSU

• Program The focus of PSUs REU site is the
  Application of Microscopy and Microanalysis to
  Multidisciplinary Research. Each participant
  learns to operate a scanning electron microscope
  (SEM) or a focused ion beam (FIB) microscope
  through hands-on training. Students then use this
  new skill to characterize their research samples.
  This program is funded by the National Science
  Foundation (NSF) from 2001-2007.
• Objective To promote the involvement of
  undergraduateswith an emphasis on
  underrepresented minorities and female
  studentsin research, higher education, and
  careers in science and engineering by actively
  engaging them in research projects with PSU
  faculty.

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2005 REU Project Advisors

• Prof. Georg Grathoff, Geology
• Prof. Jun Jiao, Physics
• Prof. Shalini Prasad, Electrical Computer
  Engineering
• Prof. Scott Reed, Chemistry
• Prof. Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Biology
• Prof. Alex Ruzicka, Geology
• Prof. Erik Sanchez, Physics
• Prof. Mingdi Yan, Chemistry

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Summer 2005 REU Participants
Student Major
Home Institution

• Amanda Delzer, Physics, Lewis Clark College
• Randy Goossen, Geology, Harvey Mudd College
• Amanda Grill, Engineering, Oregon State
  University
• Stephan Hoyer, Physics, Swarthmore College
• Bharath Kumandan, Biology, University of
  Washington
• Jennifer Lo, Sunset High School
• Hector Oporta, Electrical Engineering, PSU
• Jessica Prince, Chemistry, Pacific University
• Liza Shaw, Geology, PSU
• Daniel Tieva, Chemistry, University of Portland

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REU Student Projects and Advisors

• Amanda Delzer, Computer Control of Experiments
  and Plasmonic Modeling. Research advisor Erik
  Sanchez, Physics Dept.
• Randy Goossen, SEM Analysis of Possible Basaltic
  Meteorites. Research advisor Alex Ruzicka,
  Geology Dept.
• Amanda Grill, Synthesis, Purification, and
  Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes. Research
  advisor Jun Jiao, Physics Dept.
• Stephan Hoyer, Progress Towards Selective
  End-to-End Coupling of Lecithin Templated Gold
  Nanorods. Research advisor Scott Reed,
  Chemistry Dept.
• Bharath Kumandan, Microcontact Printing
  Utilization in Directing Neuron Growth. Research
  advisor Shalini Prasad, Electrical Computer
  Engineering.

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• Jennifer Lo, Effects of Organic Molecules on
  Dispersion and Dielectrophoresis Alignment of
  Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Research
  advisor Jun Jiao, Physics Dept.
• Hector Oporta, Electrical Characterization of
  Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Research
  advisor Jun Jiao, Physics Dept.
• Jessica Prince, Photochemical Immobilization of
  Poly(ethylene oxide) on Gold Surfaces. Research
  advisor Mingdi Yan, Chemistry Dept.
• Liza Shaw, Comparative Analysis of Illites Using
  Xrd and SEM. Research advisor Georg Grathoff,
  Geology Dept.
• Daniel Tieva, Comparative Characterizations and
  Preparations of Thermophilic Biofilms. Research
  advisor Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Biology Dept.

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Summary of Major REU Activities
The 8-week REU Summer Program opened with a
training week. Students participated in the
activities listed below, acquiring skills that
enabled them to create experiments, prepare
research samples and characterize them using an
SEM or FIB. Todays symposium marks the end of
this summers REU Program. The research presented
here represents the diligent efforts of an entire
summer.

• 5 day, hands-on training on SEM or FIB
• Library database search
• Tour of PSUs IT facilities
• Laboratory safety education
• Seminar on getting into graduate school
• Intel guest lecturer
• Tour of Intel Company
• REU summer symposium

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Prof. Jun Jiao Gives the Electron Microscopy
Short Course
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Intels Dr. Barbara Miner Lectures on Microscopy
Applications in the Semiconductor Industry
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Courtney Ann Hanson Discusses Strategies for
Getting into Grad School
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Michael Bowman Shows Students How to Use PSUs
Library Database
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Ruben Torres Lectures on Lab Safety
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Students Tour PSUs IT Facilities with Mark
Gregory
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A Former REU Participant Shares His Experiences
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Students at Work in Faculty Labs
Bharath KumandanFaculty Shalini Prasad, ECE
Jessica PrinceFaculty Mingdi Yan, Chemistry
Amanda GrillFaculty Jun Jiao, Physics
Hector OportaFaculty Jun Jiao, Physics
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Students at Work in Faculty Labs
Stephan HoyerFaculty Scott Reed, Chemistry
Jennifer Lo and Amanda GrillFaculty Jun Jiao,
Physics
Liza ShawFaculty Georg Grathoff, Geology
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Students at Work in Faculty Labs
Randy GoossenFaculty Alex Ruzicka, Geology
Daniel TievaFaculty Anna-Louise
Reysenbach, Chem
Jennifer LoFaculty Jun Jiao, Physics
Amanda DelzerFaculty Erik Sanchez, Physics
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Tour of Intel
Intel Hillsboro is the site of a state-of-the-art
wafer fabrication development and manufacturing
campus dedicated to future Intel chip designs and
processes. Barbara Miner led a morning tour of
Intels electron microscopy facilities for this
summers REU student group giving them the chance
to witness tools like the SEM, TEM, and FIB at
work in an industry setting.
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REU Group Meetings
Once every two weeks throughout the summer,
students convened in Dr. Jiaos lab to share
their research experiences with each other. These
meetings gave the students, who were scattered in
various faculty labs around campus, the chance to
interact with their peers.
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Acknowledgments
Graduate Students
Joshua Green
Lifeng Dong, Postdoc
Jianfeng Wu
Devon McClain
Jeremy Petty
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Acknowledgements

• All REU research advisors
• Michael Bowman of the Library
• Courtney Ann Hanson, PSU Grad Studies Office
• Barbara Miner, Intel
• Mark Gregory, PSU IT Services
• Ruben Torres, PSU Facilities
• James Hedberg, Former REU Student
• Intel Corporation
• This REU program is funded by the NSF under award
  No. DMR-0353738.