The Center for E3S is delighted to be hosting 32 research interns and visiting faculty from 16 different academic institutions. This summer’s number of visitors surpasses those of previous summers.
The first welcome goes to E3S faculty, Prof. David Zubia, and graduate student, Brandon Aguirre, both of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), who at the beginning of June, began their two-month visit in the laboratory of Prof. C. Chang-Hasnain, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, UC Berkeley. Their visit focuses on materials growth research for photonic devices.
Concurrently, the 2013 E3S Teacher Fellows Program began with the arrival of two Bay Area community college instructors at UC Berkeley.
Wayne Phillips, Instructor, Electronic Systems Technology Program, Chabot College, is hosted by Prof. E. Yablonovitch, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and co-mentored by J. Chien and G. Scranton.
Mark Wong, Physics, Engineering & Astronomy Instructor, Contra Costa Community College District, is hosted by Prof. S. Salahuddin, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by D. Bhowmik.
In the second week of June, the E3S Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program for upper-division undergraduates welcomed its 11 interns at UC Berkeley and 3 interns at MIT.
The E3S REU interns at UC Berkeley are:
Arunima (Nima) Balan, a Chemistry and Physics senior from MIT, is hosted by Prof. A. Javey, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by H. Fang.
Anthony Bercerril, an Electrical Engineering junior from California State University, Long Beach, is hosted by Prof. J. Bokor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Dr. M. Nowakowski.
Rene Brito, an Electrical Engineering junior from The University of Texas at El Paso, is hosted by Prof. E. Alon, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Y. Lu.
Neil Cammardella, an Electrical Engineering senior from University of South Florida, is hosted by Prof. T.-J. King Liu, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Dr. L. Hutin.
Jorge Catalán, a Metallurgical and Materials Engineering senior from The University of Texas at El Paso, is hosted by Prof. T.-J. King Liu, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Dr. N. Xu.
Jordan Goldstein, a Physics and Electrical Engineering senior from MIT, is hosted by Prof. M.C. Wu, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and co-mentored by S. Fortuna and M. Eggleston.
Matthew Hartley, an Electrical Engineering senior from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, is hosted by Prof. E. Yablonovitch, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by C. Keraly.
Satcher Hsieh, an Electrical Engineering and Physics junior from Washington University at St. Louis, is hosted by Prof. J. Bokor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Dr. J. Hong.
Janice Lin, a Chemistry senior from University of Maryland College Park, is hosted by Prof. A. Javey, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by M. Tosun.
Joeson Wong, an Electrical Engineering junior from University of Michigan, is hosted by Prof. E. Yablonovitch, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by V. Ganapati and S.S. Ho.
Victoria Xu, a Physics senior from UC Santa Barbara, is hosted by Prof. I. Siddiqi, Physics Department, and mentored by Dr. S. Hacohen-Gourgy.
The partnership with the MIT Summer Research Program enables the Center to support the following REU interns at MIT.
Chanell Boyd, a Chemistry junior from Howard University, is hosted by Prof. T.M. Swager, Department of Chemistry, and mentored by J. Goods.
Chelsea McConnell, a Chemical Engineering senior from Oregon State University, is hosted by Prof. T.M. Swager, Department of Chemistry, and mentored by Dr. E. Sletten.
Nathan Martin, a Materials Science and Engineering, senior from University of Connecticut, is hosted by Prof. E. Fitzgerald, Department of Material Science & Engineering, and mentored by R. Iutzi.
At UC Berkeley, the Center’s Transfer-to-Excellence (TTE) Program hosts community college students either as research interns in the TTE Research (TTE REU) Program or as summer students in the TTE Cross-Enrollment (TTE X-Enroll) Program.
The Center’s partnership with two other NSF-funded centers at UC Berkeley, Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center and Center of Integrated Nanomechnical Systems, is enabling 16 students from community colleges across California to engage in research this summer.
Sergio Banuelos, a Chemical Engineering major from Yuba Community College, is hosted by Prof. D.E. Wemmer, Department of Chemistry, and mentored by Dr. J. Pelton.
Valentino Calderon, a Computer Science major from Berkeley City College, is hosted and mentored by Mr. A. Miller at California Department of Justice, Oakland.
Alan Cea, a Mechanical Engineering major from Cosumnes River College, is hosted by Prof. X. Zhang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and mentored by Dr. B. Kante.
Juntai Chen, a Mechanical Engineering major from City College of San Francisco, is hosted by Prof. J. Wu, Materials Science & Engineering Department, and mentored by Dr. D. Fu.
Ilyssa Evans, a Chemical Engineering major from San Joaquin Delta College, is hosted by Prof. J. Dueber, Department of Bioengineering, and co-mentored by L. Latimer and A. Asante.
Joseph Falcao, a Computer Science major from San Joaquin Delta College, is hosted by Prof. M. Crommie, Department of Physics, and mentored by G.N. Duc.
Paul Felix, a Biochemistry major from Rio Hondo College, is hosted by Dr. Romy Chakraborty, Earth Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and co-mentored by J. Huang and Dr. M. Schicklberger.
Thomas Freeman, a Computer Engineering major from Diablo Valley College, is hosted by Prof. S.S. Sastry, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by R. Dong.
William Grenard, a Physics & Mathematics major from Shasta College, is hosted by Prof. C. Chang-Hasnain, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and co-mentored by L. Li and W. Ko.
David Huang, an Electrical Engineering & Computer Science major from Cerritos College, is hosted by Prof. A. Javey, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by H. Fang.
Jing Jin, a Chemical Engineering & Applied Mathematics major from Pasadena City College, is hosted by Prof. A.C. Arias, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by Dr. F. Pavinatto.
Fariba Kianmajd, a Biochemistry major from American River College, is hosted by Prof. J.C. Anderson, Department of Bioengineering, and mentored by Dr. R. Prince.
Manuel Leyva, from Southwestern College, is hosted by Prof. R. Maboudian, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and mentored by Y. Kim.
Mitchell Maciorski, a Physics major from Moorpark College, is hosted by Prof. E. Yablonovitch, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by J. Carter.
Dennis Mulligan, a Genetics & Plant Biology major from City College of San Francisco, is hosted and mentored by Dr. Y. Picenco, Ecology Department, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Nhi Tran, an Electrical Engineering & Computer Science major from Chabot College, is hosted by Prof. T.-J. King Liu, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department, and mentored by C. Qian.
In addition, this summer, the Center’s TTE X-Enroll Program is supporting one community college student to enroll in UC Berkeley’s Summer Sessions.
Harsimran Sidhu, Electrical Engineering major from Berkeley City College, is taking EE 40 – Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits.