[UCI-Calit2] Poster session and reception September 1

Stuart A ROSS STUROSS at uci.edu
Thu Aug 25 17:30:39 PDT 2005


You are invited to a reception and poster session marking the conclusion
of the summer research experience for undergraduates sponsored by Calit2
in cooperation with of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
(UROP).  The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information
Technology, or "SURF-IT", included 10 weeks of full-time research in
faculty labs, on topics as diverse as the use of video games to teach
morality, the design of interactive visualization workspaces,
nanoelectronic sensors, and the computer analysis of fingerprints.  


Time:   3-6 p.m., Thursday, September 1
Place:  The atrium of the Calit2 Building.  


The students will present posters summarizing their work and will
receive certificates of completion.  Light refreshments will be served,
and a continuous slide show will highlight many of the participants and
activities.

The fourteen students, chosen last spring from more than 30 applicants,
also attended eight research presentations by SURF-IT faculty and some
of the seminars organized for a separate summer program on
nanotechnology.  The students' progress and projects have been
chronicled in a blog written by Jonathan Cheung, a recent UCI graduate.
The blog may be accessed at
http://research.calit2.net/students/surf-it2005/.

The students, their research topics, and their mentors are as follows.

Fatima Alim, "Nanoelectronic Circuits for Chemical and Bio-Sensors"
Mentor:  Philip Collins, Department of Physics and Astronomy;

Michael Brown, "Distributed Data Reduction Techniques Applied to
California Climate Change Simulation"
Mentor:  Charles Zender, Department of Earth System Science;

Robert Carpenter, "Fingerprint Data Collection and Analysis"
Mentor:  Simon Cole, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society;

Kelvin Cheung, "IrOx Derived Bio-Sensors"
Mentor:  Marc Madou, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;

Vahe Gabuchian, "Biomimetic Modular Design for Advanced Biomaterials"
Mentor:  Zhibin Guan, Department of Chemistry;

Dirk Groeneveld, "Design and Implementation of an Identification Layer
for an Interactive Digital Workspace"
Mentor:  Falko Kuester, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science;

Lei Huang, "Semiconducting Nanowires as Nanoelectronic Building Blocks"
Mentor:  Jia Grace Lu, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science;

Madelyn Luttgen, "Axon Guidance Using Microfluidic Devices"
Mentor:  Noo Li Jeon, Department of Biomedical Engineering;

Uel McMahan, "The EcoRaft Project"
Mentor:  William Tomlinson, Department of Drama and Department of
Informatics;

Pooya Monajemi, "Implementation of a Jakes Channel Simulator for
Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output Wireless Systems"
Mentor:  Hamid Jafarkhani, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science;

Bobak Mosadegh, "Cell Migration in Microfluidic Devices"
Mentor:  Noo Li Jeon, Department of Biomedical Engineering;

Cathryn O'Neill, "Can Computer Games Encourage the Empathic Involvement
That Fosters Moral Treatment of Others?"
Mentor: Kristen Monroe, Department of Political Science;

Alan Paradiso, "Dielectrophoretic Separation Systems"
Mentor:  Marc Madou, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;

Daniel Repasky, "Virtual Calit2"
Mentor: Falko Kuester, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science.


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