NSF REU SITE: Integrating Computation and Experiment to Create Revolutionary Materials Possible projects for summer 2025 Faculty Mentor Possible Project(s) Diego Gomez-Gualdron Project 1: Machine learning predictions metal organic framework synthesis Project 2: Modeling of metal organic framework self assembly David Halat Project 1: Solvation and transport in low-temperature Li-ion and Na-ion battery electrolytes through advanced NMR methods Samantha Johnson Project 1: Simulating Complex Solvation Environments for Ammonia Oxidation Catalysts Project 2: Studying Complex Solvation Environments for Homogeneous Catalysts Jihye Kim Project 1: Unveiling the role of electrolyte chemistry on Co and Ni separation under pulsed electrodeposition Project 2: Sustainable recycling of spent Li-ion battery cathodes using deep eutectic solvents Annalise Maughan Project 1: Understanding mixed ionic and electronic transport in lithium metal sulfides Michael McGuirk Project 1: Porous Noncovalent Frameworks Project 2: Permanently Porous Chalcogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks Aashutosh Mistry Project 1: Probing Nucleation & Growth during Multivalent Electrodeposition Eve Mozur Project 1: Tracking Reactivity in Manganese Oxides for Battery Applications Alex Pak Project 1: Joint MD/ML approach for pyrenoid engineering Project 2: Exploring sequence space for hierarchical protein complex design Alan Sellinger Project 1: Amorphous organic scintillators for application in ionizing radiation detection Anna Staerz Project 1: Siloxane interacting with FSP metal oxide sensors Project 2: Low hydrogen detection using gas sensors operated in dielectric excitation mode Eric Toberer Project 1: Revealing local order in battery electrolytes through atomistic modeling Project 2: Discovery of new frustrated magnetic materials Some Final Posters from 2024
