Student Profiles

2009 Program Participants & Photos
Name	US University	Research Host in Japan	Research Project Poster
Precious Cantu	Louisiana State University	Tohoku University, Prof. Iwasa
Shomesh Chaudhuri	Harvard University	Osaka University, Prof. Kawata
Michael Chien	University of Pennsylvania	Keio University, Prof. Itoh
Sang Hee Cho	Rice University	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Prof. Munekata
Laura Cooper	University of Pennsylvania	Shinshu University, Prof. Endo
Barney Cruz	Rice University	Osaka University, Prof. Tonouchi
Andrew Gomella	George Washington University	Tohoku University, Prof. Nojiri
Michelle Jin	Rice University	Kyoto University, Prof. Tanaka
Stephen Jong	Rice University	Tohoku University, Prof. Yusa
Georgia Lagoudas	Rice University	University of Tokyo, Prof. Maruyama
William Love	Virginia Tech	Hokkaido University, Prof. Yamamoto
Claire McTaggart	University at Buffalo, State University of New York	Hokkaido University, Prof. Sueoka
Christopher O'Connell	University of Rhode Isaland	Chiba University, Prof. Ochiai
Paul Russell	Clarkson University	Osaka Institute of Technology, Prof. Sasa & Prof. Inoue
Erin Sanehira	University of Rochester	Hokkaido University, Prof. Fukui
Hsin Tsai	TX A&M University	University of Tokyo, Prof. Tarucha
2009 Graduate & NanoJapan Internship Participants
Layla Booshehri	Rice University	Tohoku University, Prof. Yusa	2009 NSF EAPSI/JSPS Summer Fellow
Jaret Lee	King Abdullah University of Science & Technology	STS Elionix	NJ Alumni Internship Program
Anthony Mulenga	Rice University	PBXL	NJ Internship Program
Ethan Schaler	University of Maryland	RIKEN, Prof. Kawata	NJ Alumni Internship Program
2008 Program Participants & Photos
Name	US University	Research Host in Japan	Research Project Poster
Andrea Barrett	GA Inst. of Technology	Osaka University, Prof. Kawata
Matthew Behlmann	University of Tulsa	National Institute of Materials Science, Dr. Takamasu & Dr. Imanaka
Nicholas Bernasconi	U of AL, Birmingham	Hokkaido University, Prof. Habazaki
Katherine Davis	Rice University	Osaka University, Prof. Tonouchi
Amal El-Ghazaly	Carnegie Mellon Univ.	Hokkaido University, Prof. Koga
Shiv Gaglani	Harvard University	Keio University, Prof. Itoh
Kristina Gill	North Seattle Community College	Osaka Inst. of Technology, Prof. Sasa & Prof. Inoue
Tiffany Kuo	Rice University	Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Prof. Munekata
Benjamin Lu	Rice University	University of Tokyo, Prof. Maruyama
Christopher O'Connell	Univ. of Rhode Island	Tohoku University, Prof. Iwasa
Tolulope Ogubekun	Mt. Holyoke College	Hokkaido University, Prof. Yamamoto
Clare Ouyang	Rice University	Shinshu University, Prof. Endo
Norman Pai	Rice University	Hokkaido University, Prof. Takashi Fukui
Aanchal Raj	Carnegie Mellon Univ.	Tohoku University, Prof. Nojiri
Ethan Schaler	University of Maryland	RIKEN, Prof. Kawata
Daryl Spencer II	University of Tulsa	Tohoku University, Prof. Yusa
2007 Program Participants & Photos
Name	US University	Research Host in Japan	Research Project Poster
Andrew Bradshaw	TX A&M University	RIKEN, Prof. Kawata
Nathan Brooks	University of Tulsa	Osaka Inst. of Technology, Prof. Sasa & Prof. Inoue
Matthew Carlson	Univ. of WI, Madison	Osaka University, Prof. Kawata
Kriti Charan	Rice University	Osaka University, Prof. Tonouchi
Craig Corcoran	Rice University	Tohoku University, Prof. Iwasa
Valla Fatemi	Columbia University	Hokkaido University, Prof. Yoh
Stephen Goebel	Rice University	Tohoku University, Prof. Yusa
Austin Head	University of Houston	Tohoku University, Prof. Nojiri
Liang Liu	Rice University	University of Tokyo, Prof. Maruyama
Jeff Russom	Rice University	Hokkaido University, Prof. Koga
Kanes Sutuntivorakoon	Rice University	Shinshu University, Prof. Endo
Paul Thompson	Rice University	Osaka University, Prof. Kawata
Alec Walker	Rice University	Keio University, Prof. Itoh
Yiming Wang	Rice University	Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Prof. Munekata
Seung Chan (Ethan) Woo	University of Pittsburgh	University of Tokyo, Prof. Hirakawa
Gleb Zhelezov	Texas A&M University	Tohoku University, Prof. Saito
2006 Program Participants & Photos
Name	US University	Research Host in Japan	Research Project Poster
Aydin Akurtulu	Virginia Tech	University of Tokyo - IIS, Prof. Arakawa
Carlos Alfaro	University of Florida	Osaka University, Prof. Tonouchi
Lily Banerjee	Rice University	University of Tokyo - ISSP, Prof. Akiyama
Tyler Barth	Rice University	RIKEN, Prof. Kawata
Zak Bennett	University of Tulsa	Osaka Inst. of Technology, Prof. Sasa & Prof. Inoue
Chris Corbet	Rice University	Tohoku University, Prof. Iwasa
Jennifer Gillenwater	Rice University	University of Tokyo - ISSP, Prof. Hasegawa
Amneet Gulati	Rice University	RIKEN, Prof. Ishibashi
Jason Holden	Rice University	Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Prof. Munekata
Dvir Kafri	Rice University	University of Tokyo, Prof. Maruyama
Jaret Lee	Rice University	AIST, Dr. Suenaga & Dr. Iijima
Christine Moran	Rice University	Shinshu University, Prof. Endo
Scott Steger	Rice University	University of Tokyo - ISSP, Prof. Takeyama
Ryan VanGundy	North Carolina State University	University of Tokyo - IIS, Prof. Hirakawa
Tianhe Yang	Rice University	Keio University, Prof. Itoh
Tiffany Yeh	Rice University	NTT Basic Research Lab, Prof. Fujiwara