Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates at Northwestern University

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Northwestern University offers a 9-week, paid summer research experience for undergraduates. The students are paired up with some of the leading research professors in science and engineering fields. Research areas include ceramics, nanocomposites, photonics, nanoparticles, and molecular electronics.  While there are many REU programs, the NU-MRSEC stands out in offering students an interdisciplinary research experience. Students currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in science or engineering who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible. The program dates this year are June 18 to August 17, 2012; Applications are due Feb. 15, 2012. Participants are paid a $4500 stipend and a travel allowance and on-campus housing is provided. For more information,
please visit our website:

http://www.mrsec.northwestern.edu/content/educational_programs/reu.htm

If you have any questions, please contact our program assistant, Nic Tat
at mrc-reu@northwestern.edu, 847-491-3606.

Professor J. Walker will hold two review sessions for the Chemistry 121 exit exam. These sessions will be held in room 3175 on Monday November 28th. The first one will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. All students in any Chem 121 section are invited to attend. The second one will be from 5 to 6 pm. Please direct any questions to jwalker@ccc.edu

Everyone entering the building will be asked to wear their Truman ID. This is not a new policy but we are now enforcing it vigorously. Please be prepared.

I’m busy working on the grading of laboratory notebooks. Finals are finished. Tomorrow, Wednesday, I will not be at Truman College. I’ll be grading at home in the morning and spending from 2 to 10 at graduation. I’ll be in my office Thursday morning seeing my Chemistry 201 students by appointment. I will be in my office all afternoon seeing anyone who shows up and needs to meet with me. I hope to have all grades computed by Thursday at 6PM. Then we can all enjoy a break between semesters. I’ll be out of touch for a bit but I’ll return for the summer session. (I’m never completely out of touch – there’s always email). I hope everyone has a wonderful summer and thinks a lot about all of the chemistry that goes on all the time around you. If you get curious – read my blog from time to time. I will be teaching Chemistry 201 this summer and posting entries about my class, my garden and any adventures I have this summer.