Overview:

This one-month program provides high school students with an in-depth exposure to a research environment. Each year in July, select high school students work as paid interns in MRSEC laboratories. Participants are introduced to the exciting area of research in advanced materials generally, and nanotechnology in particular, and have the opportunity to participate in a multidisciplinary research program emphasizing the development of small-scale structures for applications in fields ranging from fundamental physics to electronic devices. Students also have the opportunity to attend informal seminars on the latest developments in advanced materials research. At the end of the internship, each student prepares a written final report, and gives an oral presentation describing his or her results.

Testimonial:

"A marvelous program, I was intellectually stimulated, learned a great deal about semiconductors, expanded my scientific horizons, became a worthy candidate for many competitive colleges and had a scientific paper to boot."

Examples of student research projects:

Synthesis and Analysis of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Organic Semiconductors and their use in Transistors

Magnetic Chacterization of Thin Films

Ferromagnetic Disks in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

The Focused Ion Beam

Controlling the Orientation of Magnetic Domains by Geometry

Writing on a Hair's Breadth

Fabricating Homogeneous Sized Nanoparticles Through Dialysis

Optical Coatings

Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Spin-Crossover Compounds

Multilayer Nanoporous Gold

Electrodeposition of Co Nanowires

Nanoscale Polymers

Novel Nanoparticle-based Solar Cell

Synthesis and Properties of Nanocrystalline ZnO Phosphors

Fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7 and Observation of Its Superconducting Properties

Summer 2008 Information:

DATES:	June 30 to July 25, 2008
LOCATION:	JHU Homewood Campus
SCHOLARSHIP:	$1000
Eligibility:	11th and 12th grade students. (preference will be given to 11th graders)
	Students must attend schools in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. They must demonstrate ability and motivation in mathematics and science, and have completed at least three years of high school mathematics and at least two years of high school science courses by June, 2008. They must be nominated by their high school physics or chemistry teacher.
APPLICATION PROCESS:	Complete and return nomination form. Download form
	Return application received from JHU/CTY with letter of recommendation from science teacher and a medical form.
	Interns selected will be notified by mail.
DEADLINE:	April 15, 2008
CONTACT INFO:	Ms. Vilma Lonsdale, JHU/CTY; (410) 735-6031; mamamia@jhu.edu

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