Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
SHyNE REU Program
SHyNE Resource has developed a unique REU program providing facilities‐focused research projects for four undergraduate students (50% from underrepresented minority groups). Research projects are developed in close collaboration between SHyNE facility staff and Northwestern faculty. This combination of a traditional REU research experience with the hands‐on instrumentation focus provides an opportunity for students to learn new skills and enrich their experience.
2021 REU mentors Stephanie Ribet and Ben Shindel, and REU student Temiloluwa Akande, view some of the sponges Temi synthesized on the Hitachi S-3400 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in an effort to establish structure-property-processing relationships.
SHyNE Resource REU Program
Please note that there will not be a 2026 Program
Program Details
- 9-week research experience
- An individual-focused nanotechnology project with training & support
- A stipend of $5,750
- Housing on campus
- Meal Plan provided
- Paid travel or travel allowance
- Open to undergraduates
For questions, please contact: shyne@northwestern.edu
2025 REU Program
2025 SHyNE REU Program Students
- Miguel A. Alvarado (Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL)
Project title: “Novel TiN–Al₂O₃–TiN Josephson Junction for Improved Superconducting Qubit Performance” - Noah Zheng (Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO )
Project title: “Coarsening Kinetics of Nanoporous, Tantalum-Based UHTCs” - Collett L. Atkins (Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA)
Project title: “Spatial Relationship between Olivine High Pressure Polymorphs in Shocked L6 Chondrites“ - Richard Kariuki (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI)
Project title: “Investigating Different Electrode Materials to Pair With CsH2PO4″
2024 REU Program
2024 SHyNE REU Program Students
2024 REU Students
- Beck Lindholm (Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO)
- Sadie Meyer (Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY)
- Himani Mishra (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
- Jose Montelongo (Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL)
- Yusuke Morita (Tohoku University, Japan)
- Ifeoluwatobi Onasany (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC)
- Elizabeth Peng (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)
- Ryan Woolaver (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)
2023 REU Program
2023 SHyNE REU Program Students
2023 REU Students
- Avani Marmer (Haverford College)
- Ike Zhang (Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering)
- Edward De La Uz (Florida Atlantic University-Charles E. Schmidt College of Science)
- Tanvi Panchumarthy (The University of Texas at Austin)
- Maggie Yang (Amherst College)
(also included: Professor Vinayak P. Dravid and REU Technical Manager, Tirzah Abbott)
2022 REU Program
2022 SHyNE REU Program Students
2022 REU Students
- Stephanie Wang (Case Western Reserve University)
- Ahmad Madhwala (The Ohio State University)
- Ryan Talusan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Hasan Al Saeedi (Oakton Community College)
- Wesley Chiu (University of Arizona)
2021 REU Program
2021 SHyNE REU Program Students
2021 REU Students
- Emily Clinkscales (Beloit College, WI))
- Temiloluwa Akande (Howard University, Wash D.C.)
- Tarek Zaki (Northwestern, IL)
- Jeffrey Gao (Messiah College, PA)
- Ryan O’Connor (Johns Hopkins, MD)
2019 REU Program
2019 SHyNE REU Program Students
2019 REU Students
- Denise Hernandez (Claremont McKenna College)
- Connor Horn (Cornell University)
- Ryan Mbagna Nanko (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
- Vivian Shi (Bard College at Simon’s Rock)
2018 REU Program
2018 SHyNE REU Program Students
2018 REU Students
- Steve Rebollo
- Kavya Anjur
- Jillian Rix