QEM/NSF Science and Technology Centers (STC)

Doctoral Student Internships and Faculty Research Appointments Program

2004 – 2007 Participants

 

 

 

Academic Year 2004-2005  QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student Internships Award Recipient

Name / Discipline

Home Institution

STC Site

Mr. Anthony Cochran

Systems Science/Physics

Clark Atlanta University

Cornell University

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

 

 

 

 

Summer 2005  QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student Internships Award Recipients

Name / Discipline

Home Institution

STC Site

Mr. Martin Alcala, Jr.

Environmental Engineering

Texas A&M University

– Kingsville

University of Arizona

Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)

Ms. Uvetta Dozier

Biology

Howard University

Cornell University

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

Mr. Ivan Guardiola

Industrial Engineering

New Mexico State University Main Campus

University of California, Los Angeles

Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)

Ms. Juana Mendenhall

Polymer Chemistry

Clark Atlanta University

Cornell University

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

 

Summer 2005  QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research Appointments Award Recipients

Name / Title

Home Institution

STC Site

Dr. Shahzad Akbar

Assistant Professor

Computer Engineering

Virginia State University

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water with Systems (CAMPWS)

Dr. Daniel Autrey

Assistant Professor

Chemistry

Fayetteville State University

University of California-Davis (Lawrence Livermore Laboratory partner site)

Center for Biophotonics in Science and Technology (CBST)

Dr. Rebekah Waikel

Assistant Professor

Biology

Northeastern Illinois University

Georgia State University
(Emory University partner site)

Center for Behavioral Neurosciences (CBN)

 


 

 

Summer 2006  QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student Internships Award Recipients

Name / Discipline

Home Institution

STC Host Institution

Mr. Jose Cruz-Campa

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

University of Texas at
El Paso

University of Washington–Seattle

Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR)

Ms. Jedidah Isler

Physics

Fisk and Vanderbilt Universities (joint)

University of California, Santa Cruz

Center for Adaptive Optics (CAO)

 

 

 

Summer 2006  QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research Appointments Award Recipients

Name / Title

Home Institution

STC Host Institution

Dr. Narayanan Rajendran

Assistant Professor

Biology

Kentucky State University

Cornell University

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

 

Dr. Mario A. Garcia

Associate Professor

Computer Science

 

Texas A&M University   

 – Corpus Christi

University of California, Berkeley

(Stanford University partner site)

The Team for Research in Ubiquitous   Secure Technology (TRUST)

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson

Assistant Professor

Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies/ Counseling Psychology

Howard University

Georgia State University

(Emory University partner site)

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN)

 

 

 


 

Summer 2007  QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student Internships Award Recipient

Name / Discipline

Home Institution

STC Host Institution

Mr. Jose Torres

Environmental Toxicology

Texas Southern University

Cornell University  (Wadsworth Center partner site in Albany, NY)

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

 

 

Summer 2007  QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research Appointments Award Recipients

Name / Title

Home Institution

STC Host Institution

Dr. Jaehwa Choi

Assistant Professor

Chemistry

Jackson State University

Cornell University

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera

Assistant Professor

Biology

Jackson State University

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE)

Dr. Florence Etop

Assistant Professor

Chemistry and Physics

Virginia State University

University of Washington–Seattle

Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR)

Dr. Darren Pearson

Assistant Professor

Natural Sciences

Fayetteville State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes (CERSP)

Dr. Md Abdus Salam

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

Southern University

University of California, Berkeley

Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)

Dr. Hatim Sharif

Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Texas at
San Antonio

University of Arizona

Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)

Dr. Dmitri Sobolev

Assistant Professor

Biology

Jackson State University

University of Hawaii at Manoa  (M.I.T. partner site in Cambridge, MA)

Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE)

Dr. Loren White

Assistant Professor

Physics, Atmospheric Science, and Geoscience

Jackson State University

University of Arizona

Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)

 

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