QEM/NSF
Science and Technology Centers (STC)
Doctoral Student Internships and Faculty
Research Appointments Program
2004 – 2007 Participants
Academic Year 2004-2005 QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student
Internships Award Recipient
Name / Discipline
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution
|
Mr.
Anthony Cochran
Systems Science/Physics |
Clark
Atlanta University
|
Cornell
University
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)
|
Summer 2005 QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student
Internships Award Recipients
Name / Discipline
|
Home Institution |
STC Host Institution |
Mr.
Martin Alcala, Jr.
Environmental
Engineering
|
Texas
A&M University
–
Kingsville
|
University
of Arizona
Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and
Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
|
Ms.
Uvetta Dozier
Biology
|
Howard
University
|
Cornell
University
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)
|
Mr.
Ivan Guardiola
Industrial
Engineering
|
New
Mexico State University Main Campus
|
University
of California, Los Angeles
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
|
Ms.
Juana Mendenhall
Polymer
Chemistry
|
Clark
Atlanta University
|
Cornell
University
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)
|
Summer 2005 QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research
Appointments Award Recipients
Name / Title
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution
|
Dr.
Shahzad Akbar
Assistant
Professor
Computer
Engineering
|
Virginia State University | University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water
with Systems (CAMPWS)
|
Dr.
Daniel Autrey
Assistant
Professor
Chemistry
|
Fayetteville
State University
|
University
of California-Davis (Lawrence Livermore Laboratory partner site)
Center for Biophotonics in Science and Technology (CBST)
|
Dr.
Rebekah Waikel
Assistant
Professor
Biology
|
Northeastern
Illinois University
|
Georgia
State University Center for Behavioral Neurosciences (CBN)
|
Summer 2006 QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student
Internships Award Recipients
| Name / Discipline
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution |
Mr.
Jose Cruz-Campa
Electrical
Engineering & Computer Science
|
University
of Texas at El Paso |
University of Washington–Seattle
Center on Materials and Devices for
Information Technology Research (CMDITR)
|
Ms.
Jedidah Isler
Physics
|
Fisk and
Vanderbilt Universities (joint)
|
University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Adaptive Optics (CAO)
|
Summer 2006 QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research
Appointments Award Recipients
| Name / Title
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution
|
Dr. Narayanan Rajendran
Assistant Professor
Biology
|
Kentucky State University
|
Cornell
University
Nanobiotechnology
Center (NBTC)
|
Dr.
Mario A. Garcia
Associate
Professor
Computer
Science
|
Texas A&M University
–
Corpus Christi
|
University
of California, Berkeley
(Stanford University partner site)
The Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)
|
Dr.
Ivory A. Toldson
Assistant
Professor
Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies/
Counseling Psychology
|
Howard
University
|
Georgia
State University
(Emory University partner site)
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN)
|
Summer 2007 QEM/NSF/STC Doctoral Student
Internships Award Recipient
| Name / Discipline
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution
|
Mr. Jose
Torres
Environmental
Toxicology
|
Texas
Southern University
|
Cornell University (Wadsworth Center partner site in Albany, NY)
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)
|
Summer 2007 QEM/NSF/STC Faculty Research
Appointments Award Recipients
| Name / Title
|
Home Institution
|
STC Host Institution
|
Dr.
Jaehwa Choi
Assistant
Professor
Chemistry
|
Jackson
State University
|
Cornell
University
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)
|
Dr. Edwin
Cruz-Rivera
Assistant
Professor
Biology
|
Jackson
State University
|
University of Hawaii at
Manoa
Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE)
|
Dr.
Florence Etop
Assistant
Professor
Chemistry
and Physics
|
Virginia
State University
|
University of Washington–Seattle
Center on Materials and Devices for
Information Technology Research (CMDITR)
|
Dr.
Darren Pearson
Assistant
Professor
Natural
Sciences
|
Fayetteville
State University
|
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and
Processes (CERSP)
|
Dr. Md
Abdus Salam
Assistant
Professor
Computer
Science
|
Southern
University
|
University
of California, Berkeley
Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)
|
Dr. Hatim
Sharif
Assistant
Professor
Civil and
Environmental Engineering
|
University
of Texas at San Antonio |
University
of Arizona
Center
for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
|
Dr.
Dmitri Sobolev
Assistant
Professor
Biology
|
Jackson
State University
|
University of Hawaii at
Manoa (M.I.T. partner site in
Cambridge, MA)
Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE)
|
Dr. Loren
White
Assistant
Professor
Physics,
Atmospheric Science, and Geoscience
|
Jackson
State University
|
University
of Arizona
Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and
Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
|
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