IM-SURE Fellows

2007 IM-SURE Fellows

Congratulations to the following students for receiving an Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IMSURE) Fellowship in support of their faculty-mentored research projects and creative activities.

Student Name	Home Institution	UCI Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Lilit Abramyan	Glendale Community College	Professor John LaRue & Professor Richard Nelson	Demonstration of Semiconducting Polymers as Microsprings
Vann Brasher	University of Washington	Professor Daniel Mumm	Thin Film Synthesis of Micro-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Yu-Jin Chen	New York University	Professor Philip Collins	Carbon Nanotube Electronics
Jason Choi	Harvey Mudd College	Professor Andrei Shkel	MEMS Angle Measuring Gyroscopes
Denise Der	University of California, Irvine	Professor Philip Collins	Single Molecule Biosensors
Kevin Edmonds	University of California, Irvine	Professor Henry Lee	Temperature-Varying Hall Effect Measurement
Kaidi He	University of California, Berkeley	Professor Reginald "Reg" Penner	Polymer Nanowire Growth Using Electrochemical Step Edge
Brian Hensley	Seattle University	Professor Andrei Shkel	MEMS-based Totally Implantable Semicircular Canal Prosthesis
Laura Innes	University of California, Irvine	Professor Zuzanna Siwy	Preparation of Nanopores for Application as Biomimetic Channels and Biosensors
Abdelhamid Jnane	The City College of New York	Professor Zhongping Chen	Development of Portable Optical Coherence Tomography System for Imaging and Diagnosing Cancer
Eric Kuo	University of California, Irvine	Professor Noo Li Jeon	Cell Migration in Microfluidic Devices
Nicole Lona	Bakersfield College	Professor Mark Bachman	Micro-Platform for Single Cell Assay
Khine Lwin	University of Maryland, College Park	Professor Abraham Lee	Microfluidic Device for Serodiagnostic Antigen Discovery
Tanuja Mouli	University of Arizona	Professor Henry Lee	Electronic Design for All-fiber Acousto-optic Spectrometer
Uyen Nguyen Huynh	University of California, Berkeley	Professor Andrei Shkel	MEMS Micro-Mirrors: From Design to Experimental
Rocio Ortega	University of California, Irvine	Professor Regina Ragan	Assembling Nanoparticles Into a Biological Sensing Platform
Oxana Petritchenko	Rochester Institute of Technology	Professor John LaRue & Professor Richard Nelson	Properties of Thin Carbon Films
Anais Sahabian	University of California, Los Angeles	Professor William Tang	Micro-Technologies for Implantable Strain Gauge Arrays
Kevin Seekell	University of Connecticut	Professor Zhongping Chen	Development of Computer/Instrument Interface and Control Software for Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Using MEMS Scanner
Lillian Shido	California State University, Los Angeles	Professor William Tang	Micro-Technologies for Implantable Strain Gauge Arrays
Dane Van Domelen	Milwaukee School of Engineering	Professor Marc Madou	A Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Cell Disruption Using a Pulsed Near-Infrared Laser
Arthur Yu	New York University	Professor Wilson Ho	Optical Properties of Nanostructures
Shirley Zhang	New York University	Professor Abraham Lee	Microbubble Generation for Medical Applications

Number of Applications Submitted = 149
Number of Fellowships Awarded = 23

For more information, please contact:

Said M. Shokair, Managing Director
Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IMSURE)
Student Services II, Suite 2300
Phone: 824-4189 e-mail: urop@uci.edu