The Office of Undergraduate Research and the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Missouri-Columbia is pleased to announce a newly funded NSF REU program in materials and modeling. Please see the attached PDF for information and a student application.
See detailed information regarding potential projects.
The application deadline is March 1, with program dates of May 27-July 26. Ten positions are available for 2014. Physics REU students will enjoy the benefits of participating in a larger community of summer research interns, including shared housing, educational and professional development events and social activities.
Theoretical and experimental project topics include:
- Modeling RNA folding
- X-ray studies of nanostructured metals grown on silicon
- Tunable single electron memory
- Charge transport in polymer-based transistors
- Tunable Pt nanoparticle based single electron memory
- Single molecule approaches to membrane proteins
- Molecular dynamics: water transport in channel proteins
- Computational condensed matter physics
- Neutron scattering studies of model membranes
- Ultrafast optical processes in organic semiconductors
- Spin-orbit interaction at oxide interfaces
- Modeling bio-molecular interactions