REU 2012 Student Mentors and Projects

Student	Home Institution	Faculty Mentor	Research Poster (PDF)
Matthew Baldwin	University of Puget Sound	Andrew Cornelius	Preparation and characterization of superconductors
Wesley Cheek	Valparaiso University	David Shelton	Second hyperpolarizability of carbon tetrachloride
Lewis Jones	Morehouse College	John Farley	Study of spinels by lasers and X-rays
Andrew Knudson	Sierra College (CA)	John Farley	Study of spinels by lasers and X-rays
Brandon Lowe	Whitworth University	Ravhi Kumar	Furnace for variable-temperature X-ray diffraction
Erin McElhone	Pacific University	Pamela Burnley	Stability of Bastnaesite with Rare-Earth Elements
Casey Paulin	Howard University	Michael Pravica	High-pressure X-ray-induced chemistry
Sean Robinson	Youngstown State University	Pamela Burnley	Stability of Bastnaesite with Rare-Earth Elements
Morgan Swaidan	California Lutheran University	Oliver Tschauner	Formation of mastelynite in moonstone
Derrick VanGennep	Florida State University	Andrew Cornelius	High pressure XANES study of U2Zn17