Jing WangProject Area: MEMS Sensors and Transducers

Thomas WellerProject Area: Microwave Devices

Ryan ToomeyProject Area: Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering

Sylvia ThomasProject Area: Functional Membrane Materials

Robert Frisina, Jr.Project Area: Neuroengineering of Sensory Systems

Babu JosephProject Area: Composite Catalysts for Cascade Reactions

John KuhnProject Area: Photocatalytic 2-D Materials

Nathan CraneProject Area: Additive Manufacturing

sponsered by:National Science Foundation& University of South Florida

Functional Materials and Manufacturing

Instituteintroduces the2nd Annual

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

May 23 2018 - July 28 2018

Additional InformationDr. Venkat Bhethanabotla

Director, USF REUUSF Connect

3802 Spectrum BoulevardTampa, Florida 33612

Email: fmmiREU@usf.eduTelephone: (813) 974-3041

Application ProcessFaculty & ProjectsTo apply for this summer reasearch opportunity, please complete the application at:

Listed below are the guidelines that have been established for this program:

fmmi.usf.edu/REU

1. The committee reviewing the applicationswill only review complete applications.2. A complete application would include:

a. Online Applicationb. Academic Transcriptsc. Two Letters of Recommendation

3. Applications will be accepted from Jan. 1,2018 - Feb. 13, 2018. You will be notified ofyour acceptance on Feb. 22, 2018.4. You can check out the websites of theprofessors listed on this brochure to learn moreabout the projects. You can also visit our REUwebsite for more information.

fmmi.usf.edu/REUVenkat BhethanabotlaProject Area: Biosensors

Shengqian MaProject Area: Metal-Organic Frameworks

Program Description Program Outcomes Program Features The REU program will directly impact the careers of 30 NSF-sponsered REU participants over 3 years. (1) Participating undergraduates withinterdisciplinary skills will get the chace todemonstrate their innovation skills andrealize the benefits from functionalmaterials.(2) Increased number of students pursuingadvanced degrees in STEM fields.(3) Improved communication andmentorship skills of engineering graduatestudents and faculty.(4) Increased number of under-representedstudents in cutting-edge research.

(1) There will be a $4600 stipend awarded to the students who participate in this program.(2) A stipend for off-campus housing will be provided. This includes public transportation, and access to Downtown Tampa, and other beautiful Tampa sites.(3) Be a part of cutting edge research involving materials science and engineering.(4) Get experience in scientific research and get a chance to network with people who are experts in their fields.(5) Get the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida.

Selection ProcessApplicants will be judged based on their academic standing, recommendations, background, field of interest, and a personal statement included in the online application. Due to the competitive nature of this REU, all applications will be carefully reviewed and ranked. Decisions will be notified by email. Students from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Please see the back of this brochure for the application link to apply.

Kennedy Space CenterCape Canaveral Florida

University of South Florida • Marshall Center

USF Connect • USF Research Building

LocationThis REU program will be hosted at the University of South Florida (USF). USF is located in the beautiful Tampa, Florida. There are many great things to do in Tampa as well as sites to visit.

(1) Busch Gardens(2) Orlando/Clearwater only an hour

away!

Students at FMMI

The science of functional materials, especially, nanomaterials and hybrid composite materials, has advanced substantially. To translate these advances into products useful to society requires processing and manufacturing innovation to achieve targeted engineering applications. The goal of this REU project is to provide research opportunities to exceptional, bright undergraduate students and allow the exploration of such reproducible, scalable, and economically viable processes using interdisciplinary engineering approaches within the vast resources of the common facilities available at the Functional Materials and Manufacturing Institute. By doing so, the REU participants will acquire innovaton skills from the challenges in conceiving functional materials and their structures, synthesizing them, and exploring methods for processing them to perform targeted engineering functions.