Internship Research Projects

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Collaborative Project 1: Using a Biological Proton Transporter to Build a Proton Exchange Membrane
S. Thayumanavan (Chemistry),  Jeanne Hardy (Chemistry) and Lynmarie Thompson (Chemistry)

Collaborative Project 2: Novel Processes and Materials for Fabrication of Photovoltaic Devices
Kenneth Carter (Polymer Science & Engineering), D. Venkataraman (Chemistry), Marc Achermann (Physics)

Collaborative Project 3: Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Use in Fuel Cells
Bryan Coughlin (Polymer Science & Engineering) and Mark Tuominen (Physics)

Collaborative Project 4: Opportunities for Renewable Fuels Using Molecular Sieve Basic Catalysts
George Huber (Chemical Engineering) and Scott Auerbach (Chemistry)

Collaborative Project 5: Modeling and Characterization of Mesoscale Structures in Proton Conducting Materials
Ryan Hayward (Polymer Science & Engineering) and Peter Monson (Chemical Engineering)

Collaborative Project 6: Environmental Fate and Bioavailability of Quantum Dots that are Used in Solar Cells
Vincent Rotello (Chemistry) and Richard Vachet (Chemistry)

Other REU opportunites at UMass Amherst can be found at www.umass.edu/research/reu.html.