REU Site Program in Functional Materials CU-Boulder

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
The past participants of REU programs in our department have made remarkable achievements including award-winning presentations at prestigious national technical meetings and peer-reviewed publications.

Student Publications (REU student in boldface)

• Julie A. Benton, Hanna B. Kern, and Kristi S. Anseth, "Substrate Regulation of Calcification in Valvular Interstitial Cell Culture," submitted.
• Matthew Hyman, Brett Loveless, and J. Will Medlin, "H2S Decomposition on Palladium Alloys: Evaluating the Effects of Lattice Strain and Electronic Structure Changes",Surface Science, 601, 5382 (2007)
• N. Cain, J. Van Bogaert, D.L. Gin, S.R. Hammond, and D.K. Schwartz, "Self-organization of a wedge-shaped surfactant in monolayers and multilayers", Langmuir, 23, 482-487 (2007).
• M. Yu, J.L. Falconer, T.J. Amundsen, M. Hong, R.D. Noble. “A Controllable Nanometer-Sized Valve”, Advanced Materials, 19, 3032 (2007)
• M. Yu, T.J. Amundsen, M. Hong, J. L. Falconer, , R.D. Noble, “Flexible Nanostructure of MFI Zeolite Membranes ” J. Membrane Science, 298, 182-189 (2007).
• Bonomo, J. Warnecke, T., Hume, P., Marizcurrena, A. and Gill, R.T. A comparative study of engineering antimetabolite tolerance in E. coli., Metabolic Engineering, 8, 227-239 (2006)
• Yu, M., J. Hunter, J.L. Falconer, and R.D. Noble, “Adsorption of Benzene Mixtures on Silicalite and NaX Zeolites”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 96, 376-385 (2006).
• Li, S., G. Alvarado, J.L. Falconer, R.D. Noble, “Effect of Impurities on CO2/CH4 Separation in SAPO-34 Membranes”, J. Membrane Science 251, 59-66 (2005)
• Dai, M., Ziesman, S., Ratcliffe, T., Gill, R.T., and Copley, S.C*. Visualization and Quantification of protoplast fusion in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. 7(1):45-52 (2005).
• Hakim, L.F., J.L. Portman, M.D. Casper, and A.W. Weimer, “Aggregation Behavior of Nanoparticles in Fluidized Beds,” Powder Technology, 160, 149-160 (2005)
• Kantak, A.A., J.E. Galvin, D.J. Wildemuth, and R.H. Davis, "Low-velocity Collisions of Particles with a Dry or Wet Wall," Microgravity Sci & Tech. 17, 18-25 (2005).
• C.S. Lengsfeld, D. Pitera, M.C. Manning, and T.W. Randolph, "Dissolution and partitioning behavior of hydrophobic ion paired compounds," Pharm. Res. 19, 1572 (2002)
• T. Q. Gardner, A. I. Flores, R. D. Noble, and J. L. Falconer, “Transient Measurement of Adsorption and Diffusion in H-ZSM-5”, AIChE Journal 6, 1155 (2002)
• R. H. Davis, D. A. Rager, and B. T. Good, “Elastohydrodynamic Rebound of Spheres from Coated Surfaces,” J. Fluid Mech. 468, 107 (2002)
• J. Kushner, M. A. Rother, and R. H. Davis, “Buoyancy-driven Interactions of Viscous Drops with Deforming Interfaces,” J. Fluid Mech. 446, 253 (2001).
• J.A. Burdick, L.M. Philpott and K.S. Anseth, “Synthesis and Characterization of Tetrafunctional Lactic Acid Oligomers: A Potential In Situ Forming Orthopaedic Biomaterial,” Journal of Polymer Science, A, Polymer Chemistry, 39, 683 (2001).
• H. Ma, D.R. Nielsen, C.N. Bowman, R.H. Davis, "Membrane Surface Modification and Backpulsing for Wastewater Treatment," Separation Science and Technology, 36, 1557 (2001).
• H. Ma, L. Hakim, C.N. Bowman, and R.H. Davis, “Factors Affecting Membrane Fouling Reduction by Surface Modification and Backpulsing,” Journal of Membrane Science, 189, 255 (2001).
• H. Ma, D. R. Nielsen, C. N. Bowman, and R. H. Davis, “Membrane Surface Modification and Backpulsing for Wastewater Treatment,” Sep. Sci. Tech. 36, 1553 (2001).
• J.C. Poshusta, V.A. Tuan, E.A. Pape, R.D. Noble, and J.L. Falconer, Separation of Light Gas Mixtures Using SAPO-34 Membranes”, AIChE Journal, 46, 779 (2000).
• J.S. Young, S.T. Fox, and K.S. Anseth, “A novel device for producing three-dimensional objects,” J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 121, 474 (1999).
• B.M. Smith, J.L. Owens, C.N. Bowman, and P. Todd, “Thermodynamics of borate ester formation by three readily grafted carbohydrates,” Carbohydrate Research, 308, 173 (1998).
• D.S. Muggli, S.A. Keyser, and J. L. Falconer, “Photocatalytic decomposition of acetic acid in TiO2,” Catalysis Letters, 55, 129 (1998).
• D.S. Muggli, K.H. Lowery, and J.L. Falconer, “Identification of adsorbed species during steady-state photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol on TiO2,” J. Catalysis, 180, 111 (1998).
• D.S. Muggli, J.T. McCue, and J.L Falconer, “Reaction steps in the photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol,” J. Catalysis, 173, 470 (1998).
• P. Scovazzo, P. Todd, J. Burgos, N. Lattarulo, and A. Hoehn, “Membrane-based humidity control in microgravity: A comparison of membrane materials and design equations,” SAE Technical Paper Series 972275, SAE International, Warrendale, PA(1997).
• C.D. Baertsch, H.H. Funke, J.L. Falconer, and R.D. Noble, “Permeation of aromatic hydrocarbon vapors through silicalite zeolite membranes,” J. Physical Chemistry, 100, 7676 (1996).
• H.H. Funke, A.M. Argo, C.D. Baertsch, J.L. Falconer, and R.D. Noble, “Separation of close-boiling hydrocarbons, with silicalite zeolite membranes,” J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Transactions, 92, 2499 (1996).
• S.A. Larson, J.A. Widegren, and J.L. Falconer “Transient studies of 2-propanol photocatalytic oxidation on titania,” J. Catalysis, 157, 611 (1995).
• N.T. Williams, K.A. Wicklund, and R.H. Davis, “ Optimization of a stir-cell bioreactor for in vitro production of RNA,” Proceedings from the 24th Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium, (1994).

Award-winning conference presentations

• Suzanne Sawicki, First Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2007 National AIChE meeting;
• Nicole Clarke, Second Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2007 National AIChE meeting;
• Ben Murphy, First Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2006 National AIChE meeting;
• Ted Amundsen, Second Place in the Separations Division, 2006 National AIChE meeting;
• Tirzah Mills, Second Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2006 National AIChE meeting;
• Nicholas Sandoval, First Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2005 National AIChE meeting;
• Jonathan King, Third Place in the Materials Science and Engineering Division, 2005 National AIChE meeting;
• Brian Cloutier, Second Place in the Particle Technology and Transport Division, 2004 National AIChE meeting;
• Stephanie Naski, First Place in the Particle Technology and Transport Division, 2003 National AIChE meeting;
• Josh van Bogaert, Second Place in the Materials Science and Engineering Division, 2003 National AIChE meeting;
• Ben Lawrence, Third Place in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Division, 2003 National AIChE meeting;
• Alexander J. Bernhardt, First Place in the North American Mixing Forum, 2001 National AIChE meeting;
• Chris Campbell, Second Place in the Environmental Division, 2001 AIChE meeting;
• Luis Hakim, First Place in the Separations Division, 2000 AIChE Meeting;
• Laney Philpott, Second Place in the Division of Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering, 2000 AIChE meeting;
• Christy White, Third Place in the Division of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, 2000 AIChE Meeting;
• Alan Peterson, First Place in the Materials Division, 1999 AIChE Meeting;
• Christopher Staab, First Place in the SWARM Division, 1999 AAAS meeting
• Joseph Tamburini, Second Place in the Materials Division, 1999 AIChE Meeting.
  

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