REU Program Continues to Train Students in Data Science

Since its inception in 2022, the program has welcomed 35 talented students from colleges and universities across the United States. These students have gained invaluable research experiences and the opportunity to learn and apply data science techniques to materials research, further enhancing their academic and professional development.

Poster Winners

The poster competition showcased the remarkable progress achieved by students in 10 short weeks.

Best Overall REU Poster

First Place

Second Place (Tie)

Faculty Choice Award

North Carolina State University Department of Materials Science and Engineering is dedicated to advancing knowledge, fostering innovation, and cultivating the next generation of leaders in materials science. With a commitment to excellence in education, research, and community engagement, NC State MSE strives to make a meaningful impact locally and globally.

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MAT-DAT REU Poster Presentations

This research was supported by the National Science Foundation DMR-2150360 REU Site: Materials Research with Data Science (MAT-DAT)

KEELY BILLIAR PI: Professor Thomas LaBean Mentor: Dr. Nikolay Frick	Production and Assessment of Silver Nanoparticle Ink for Inkjet Printing and Stamping
LEALA CARBONNEAU PI: Professor Yaroslava Yingling Mentors: Professor Alexey Gulyuk and Dr. Siri Mudunuri	Machine Learning Assisted Characterization of Plant Cellulose Synthesis Complex
ANNE CHABANEIX PI: Professor Yaroslava Yingling Mentors: Professor Albert Kwansa and Dr. Abishec Sundar Senthivel	Antiozonant Activity in Tire Materials: A Molecular Dynamics Perspective with Machine Learning
AIDAN CUMMINGS PI: Professor Rajeev Gupta Mentor: Alex Helmer	Machine Learning Applications in Magnesium Alloy Corrosion
STEPHANIE EUCEDA TRUJILLO PI: Professor Yaroslava Yingling Mentor: Quanpeng Yang	Machine Learning Assisted Analysis of Lanthanide-based Materials Properties for Enhanced Phosphorus Adsorption
MICHAEL HANN PI: Professor Bharat Gwalani Mentor: Caleb Schenck	Developing Correlative High-throughput Experimentation and Machine Learning Algorithm for Friction-Stir Processed Composites
CONNOR HURST PI: Professor Martin Seifrid	The Value of Electronic Lab Notebooks in (Automated) Labs
VICTORIA LEE PI: Professor Milad Abolhasani (CBE) Mentor: Sina Sadeghi	Autonomous Manufacturing of Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using a Self-Driving Fluidic Lab
LENA LOPES PI: Professor Veronica Augustyn  Mentor: Dr. Noah Holzapfel	Compositional Screening and Identification of Wadsley-Roth Oxides for Li-ion Battery Applications
NATHAN PERRY PI: Professor Yaroslava Yingling Mentor: Andrew Cannon	Machine Learning-Driven Engineering of Phosphate-Binding Proteins for Enhanced Phosphorus Recovery
THOMAS THEINER PI: Professor Donald Brenner Mentors: Dr. Sam Daigle and Marium Mou	Machine Learning Methods for Calculating Vacancy Formation Energies in High Entropy Ceramics
PETER WILSON PI: Professor Yin Liu Mentor: Konnor Koons	Simulation of Optical Response of Multilayer Stack Using the Transmission Matrix Method
RYAN ZMARZLAK PI: Professor Martin Thuo Mentor: Dr. Andrew Martin	Statistical Analysis of Environmental Factors on SAM Systems

NC State REU Poster Presentations

The College of Engineering Enhancement Fee supports this research.

EVA BOYCE  PI: Professor Martin Thuo Mentor: Alana Pauls	Interface-Driven Tunable Chromaticity in Europium Complexes
JAISHAUN BOYD  PI: Professor Veronica Augustyn  Mentor: Dr. Noah Holzapfel	Electrochemical Li-ion Insertion into Niobium Molybdenum Oxide Wadsley-Roth Crystallographic Shear Phases
GRACE HARVEY PI: Professor Joseph Tracy	Alignment and Fluorescence of Linear Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Shape-Memory Polymer Films
AIDAN HENNESSEE PI: Professor Bharat Gwalani	Influence of Processing Parameters on Microstructure of AA6061 using Solid Stir Extrusion
MARY HOULT  PI: Professor Thomas LaBean Mentor: Dr. Nikolay Frick	Optimizing Manual and Automated Ink Transfer Techniques for High-Resolution Microelectronic Device and Sensor Fabrication
COLTON KING  PI: Professor Veronica Augustyn  Mentors: Seongbak Moon and Dr. Matthew Chagnot	Simulating Galvanostatic Charge/Discharge of LiCoO2-based Coin Cells in COMSOL Multiphysics®
NICHOLAS LUKE  PI: Professor Aram Amassian Mentor: Jake Mauthe	Analyzing Semiconducting PBTTT Process-Conductivity Relationship with Varying Solvent Mixtures through Automated Hotcasting
LIAM MCWHORTER PI: Professor Thomas LaBean Mentor: Dr. Nikolay Frick	Electrohydrodynamic Printing for Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices
ELI RODRIGUES  PI: Professor Ruijuan Xu Mentor: Konnor Koons	Developing Transfer Methods for Epitaxially Grown Strontium Titanate Thin Films
EVAN SCALF  PI: Professor Aram Amassian	Automating the I-V Characteristics of Solution-Based Organic Semiconductors
MASON SHAFFER  PI: Professor Veronica Augustyn  Mentors: Aldina Sultana and Alan Ferris	Development of Operando Optical Microscopy for Visualizing Electrodeposition and Electrodissolution
TAYLOR SHARP  PI: Professor Jacob Jones	Review of Literature on Toxicity and Ecotoxicity of Phosphate Capturing Materials
JONATHAN TILL  PI: Professor Martin Seifrid	Optimizing Liquid Handling Parameters for Precision Robotic Dispensing of Organic Liquids

Other Funding

SOPHIA ISACCO  PI: Professor Rajeev Gupta Mentor: Rahul Agrawal	Characterization and Corrosion Behavior of an Additively Manufactured Nickel-Free Austenitic Stainless Steel
GRACE KIEL  PI: Professor Jacob Jones	Impact of Processing Treatments and Cooling Rates on Structure of a Newly Synthesized Ferroelectric Using High Temperature In situ X-Ray Diffraction
CORDELIA MCKELVY PI: Profesor Michael Dickey (CBE) Mentor: Mohammadreza Zare	Developing a LM-Based Chip for Targeted Capture and Release of Biological Entities