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The MINT Center, University of Alabama, REU
| Primary Institution: | The MINT Center |
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| Affiliation: | University of Alabama |
| City: | Tuscaloosa |
| State: | AL |
| Job Duration: | 10 Weeks |
| Class Requirement: | Completed Sophomore Year |
| Position Type: | Research |
| Discipline(s): | Condensed Matter: Structure and Mechanical/Thermal Properties Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure and Electromagnetic/Optical Properties Elementary Particles and Fields Fluid Dynamics and Gases Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Other Engineering Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics; Quantum Information; Etc. Magnetics Nanoparticles Thin Films |
| Description: | 2006 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM Sponsored by: National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center The University of Alabama Students (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) with strong backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering are invited to apply for the 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Materials Science and Engineering, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, at The University of Alabama. For the ten-week program (June 4-August 12), participants will be provided a $3500 stipend plus housing. Successful applicants will be able to work with outstanding faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in an interdisciplinary research environment. Students will gain familiarity with the most recent research techniques and equipment, including considerable hands-on experience, and will be exposed to the importance of transferring research to industrial application. Typical research topics include: • Animated 3D Visualization of Switching in Magnetic Memory Devices • Fabrication of Layered Magnetic Materials for Spintronics by Magnetron Sputtering • Charge Storage in Molecular Organic Films • Magnetic Properties of Chemically Synthesized FePt Nanoparticles • First-Principles Calculations of Properties of Materials Useful for Information Technology • Atom Probe Tomography of Magnetic Nanostructures • Spin Dependent Transport in Organic Spin Valves • Formation of Nanowire Arrays by Block Co-polymers • Magnetic Particles for Biomedical and Defense Applications • Templating of Nanowires by Mesoporous Silica • Search for New High Moment Magnetic Materials • Self-Assembled L10 FePt Nanoparticles as Granular Magnetic Recording Media • The Search for Particle Ordering in Magnetic Dispersions • Half-metallic Ferromagnets: Growth and Characterization of CrO2 Films Applications for the 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Program are available in the MINT Center, Room 205 Bevill Research Bldg.; via telephone: 205-348-2507; or can be downloaded as a .pdf file from the MINT website: http://mint.ua.edu under REU 2006. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2006. Completed applications received by this date will be given preference. Mail or fax printed applications to: Dr. Martin Bakker, Education Coordinator The University of Alabama, MINT Center P.O. Box 870209 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0209 Fax: 205-348-2346 The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer. 2005 REU Participants Hunter Sims, REU participant, presenting his paper at international MMM Conference Valentina Davis, REU participant, working in the lab. |
| Stipend: | $3,500 |
| Benefits: | Housing |
| Application Deadline: | 03/01/2006 |
| Job Website: | http://mint.ua.edu |
Research/Internship Opportunity Contact Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Dr. Martin Bakker 201 7th Ave, 205 Bevill Box 870209 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0209 Email: bakker@bama.ua.edu Phone: 205-348-2507 Fax: 205-3482346 |
