Congratulations to the following students who will be part of the NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. Each student has been selected to conduct 10 weeks of research with a Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) affiliated faculty member. In addition to their work inside the lab, the NDnano summer researchers will be part of Notre Dame’s larger undergraduate research community, providing the opportunity to participate in several professional development and social events.

The students awarded NDnano fellowships for summer 2024 are:

Lyon Burns, Purdue University
Faculty: Professor Hirotaka Sakaue, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Two-color luminescent sensor for fluid-structure interaction

Isabella Focht, Bethel University
Faculty: Professor Donny Hanjaya-Putra, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Engineering biomimetic materials to control stem cell morphogenesis

Daniel Gonzalez Trujeque, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Faculty: Professor Petr Stepanov, Physics and Astronomy
Project: Heterostructure assembly, nanofabrication and characterization of low-dimensional materials

Victoria Hopkins, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Prakash Nallathamby, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and Professor Paul Helquist, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project: Core-shell nanoparticles for targeted therapy against metastatic breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

John Howe, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Kai Ni, Electrical Engineering
Project: Fabrication of HfO2 ferroelectric capacitor with low coercive field

Kyle Jordan, Ball State University
Faculty: Professor Kaiyu Fu, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Professor Matt Webber, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Faculty: Characterization and optimization of hydrogel coated biosensors with long-term fouling resistance

Rory Kilmer, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Matt Webber, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Nanoscale assemblies and therapeutic diabetes peptides

Monica Leal Palma, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Faculty: Professor Mental Datta and Professor Ryan Roeder, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Nanoparticle mediated reprogramming of cells to fight cancer

Abbass Mourtada, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Dervis Vural, Physics and Astronomy
Projects: Evolution of strongly interacting populations; and failure and death of complex systems

Gergo Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty: Professor Laszlo Forro, Physics and Astronomy
Project: Pursuing superconductivity in doped transition metal dichalcogenides

Nguyen Nguyen, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Greg Snider and Professor Alexei Orlov, Electrical Engineering
Project: Adiabatic reversible logic and clocking systems for ultra-low power electronics

Daniel Noronha, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Greg Snider and Professor Alexei Orlov, Electrical Engineering
Project: Adiabatic reversible logic and clocking systems for ultra-low power electronics

Joseph Park, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Ningyuan Cao, Electrical Engineering
Project: Circuit and system design for collaborative machine learning

Olivia Sayani, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Prakash Nallathamby, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Phage-mimicking nanoparticles as broad spectrum antibacterials

Marie Schafer, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Kaiyu Fu, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Professor William Phillip, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Biocompatible membrane coated nanoelectrode for sweat analyte measurements

Irvin Servin Arredondo, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Faculty: Professor Svetlana Neretina, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Squeezing light energy into small volumes with gold and silver nanoparticles

Sandor Sipos, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty: Professor Laszlo Forro, Physics and Astronomy
Project: Development of perovskite based solar cells

Anna Skoropad, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Gabriel Burks and Professor Yamil Colon, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Polymer crystallization for automated material synthesis

Kitti Soos, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty: Professor Laszlo Forro, Physics and Astronomy
Project: Tailoring the electronic/magnetic properties of Mxenes

Samantha Yu, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Mental Datta and Professor Ryan Roeder, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Project: Nanoparticle mediated reprogramming of cells to fight cancer

Swindar Zhou, University of Notre Dame
Faculty: Professor Kaiyu Fu, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Professor Yichun Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Development of electrochemical biosensors for drug detection and monitoring in cell culture environment

Students in the NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship program are supported by Notre Dame Research, the Woodward Family Endowment for Excellence in NDnano Undergraduate Research, and other Notre Dame faculty externally funded awards. Learn more about their summer projects on the NDnano website.