People \\ 2015 NanoJapan Participants

2015 NanoJapan Participants

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Jacqueline Baidoo

Xavier University of Louisiana
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Mathematics
Host Lab in Japan:
Profs. Nobuyuki Aoki & Yuichi Ochiai, Chiba University
Research Project: Field-Effect Characterization of Polymorphic Molybdenum Disulfide using Scanning Probe Techniques

Anish Bhattacharya

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Electrical Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Yukio Kawano, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Research Project: Terahertz Detection at Room Temperature with Wafer-Scale Films of Highly-Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Steven Ceron

University of Florida

Mechanical Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Maki Suemitsu, Solid State Electronics Group, Tohoku University
Research Project: 3D Simulations of Interacting Gliding Dislocation in 3C-SiC(001)

Julia Downing

University of Maryland, College Park

Materials Science & Engineering and Project Management

Host Lab in Japan:
Profs. Koichiro Tanaka & Takashi Arikawa, Solid State Spectroscopy Group, Kyoto University
Research Project: Nonlinear Terahertz Responses of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films

Alena Klindziuk

Bryn Mawr College
Physics

Host Lab in Japan: Prof. Shigehiko Sasa, Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
Research Project: Fabrication of ZnO Thin Film Transistors Using Pulsed Laser Deposition

Katherine Kolar

Central Michigan University

Electrical Engineering & Mathematics

Host Lab in Japan:
Profs. Nobuyuki Aoki & Yuichi Ochiai, Chiba University
Research Project: Conductance Fluctuations in Fabricated h-BN/graphene/h-BN Devices at Low Temperatures

Aaron Long

Yale University

Biomedical Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Satoshi Kawata, LaSIE, Osaka University
Research Project: Electroporation-introduced Gold Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Biomolecules in Cells

Brandi Ransom

Rice University

Materials Science & Nano Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Shigeo Maruyama, University of Tokyo
Research Project: Transferring Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene onto Antireflective Surfaces for High-efficiency Solar Cells
SCI Undergraduate Poster Prize: Third Place

Dylan Renaud

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Keshav Dani, Femtosecond Spectroscopy Group, Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Research Project: Protection of the Optical Properties of Few Layer 2D Phosphane

Cole Reynolds

Texas A&M University

Physics and Mathematics
Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Riichiro Saito, Tohoku University
Research Project: Study of Electromagnetic Wave Absorption in Graphene

Ajay Subramanian

Rice University

Materials Science & Nano Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Yuichiro Kato, University of Tokyo
Research Project: Eliminating Gate-Voltage Hysteresis in suspended Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors

Rocco Vitalone

The Pennsylvania State University

Physics & Mechanical Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Ryo Shimano, University of Tokyo
Research Project: Searching for Two Higgs Modes in Superconducting MgB2 Using Terahertz Pump – Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy

SCI Undergraduate Poster Prize: First Place

ARthur Win

The University of Tulsa

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Taiichi Otsuji, Ultra-Broadband Signal Processing, Tohoku University
Reserch Project: Terahertz Emission and Detection in Graphene-Based van der Waals Heterostructures

Rebecca Wong

Grinnell College

Physics, minor in Environmental Studies and East Asian Studies

Host Lab in Japan:
Prof. Masayoshi Tonouchi, Osaka University
Reserch Project: Characterizing MoS2-Si p-n Heterojunction Using Laser Terahertz Emission Spectroscopy
SCI Undergraduate Poster Prize: Honorable Mention