About this opportunity

The Illinois MRSEC is excited to offer an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Our ten week summer research program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with MRSEC faculty mentors on solving a challenging, meaningful scientific question through taking part in the interdisciplinary Illinois MRSEC research. Research topics surround the areas of 2-dimensional and other nanomaterials, ionics, energy conversion and storage, modeling and simulation of materials and devices, strain, defects, heterostructures, magnetic materials, laser spectroscopy, photonics, materials synthesis, additive manufacturing, organic electronics, tissue mechanics,microfluidics, plasma, metals/alloys, polymers, self-assembly, ceramics, electron microscopy, quantum