Research Experiences for Undergraduates in
Nanomaterials and Nanomechanics
Mini Symposium Research Presentations
June 1, 2007

• Alba Calderon: Tribological Studies on Nano-Engineered Surfaces

• Andy Cloud: Low Termperature Alpha-Alumina Coatings by AC Inverted Cylindrical Magnetron Sputtering

• Jared Durden: Temperature Influencing Amplitude of Resonating Carbon Black Nanoparticles in an RTV-615 Elastomer

• Theodore Ford: Atomistic Modeling of Defects of Metallic Materials

• Cody Jackson: Fracture and Fatigue of Microstructured and Nanostructured Copper

• Sean Larkin: Coarse Grain Molecular Dynamic Simulations of DNA Molecules

• Timothy Mitchell: Nanomechanics in Diabetes Prevention

• Corey Thompson: Performance of Layered IF-MoS2 Nanoparticles as Advanced Lubricants for Sustainable Engineering

• Hoa Truong: Curvature Measurement of Ion Deposited Thin-Film
   

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