Fostering
the integrative education and training of students across Materials
Science, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry is the central goal of
this REU. Research is organized around three themes:
• Ion conduction in ion-containing polymers
• Function of biomacromolecules and self-assembled biostructures
• Thermodynamics and transport in polymer mixtures
Soft materials are well-suited for our hands-on approach to research. Through
this REU we will provide students with hands-on experience on a variety of sophisticated
analytical, (nano) fabrication, and computational techniques, while working in
a project-centered collaborative research environment.
Some selected examples of representative project descriptions from summer 2009 are given below:
