2008 Program Highlights

Summary

We offer a unique summerresearch experience for undergraduate students inthe science, engineering, or mathematics disciplines. The program is funded by the NationalScience Foundation and WVNano, the West Virginia state initiative for nanoscience and nanotechnology research.

Cutting-edge multidisciplinary nanoscience undergraduate research programs in:

Photonics
Molecular Electronics and Electronic Transduction
Multifunctional Heterostructures
Nano- and Microfluidics
Nanokinematics
Spintronics and Magnetism

Participants will receive the following benefits:

Free room and board at West Virginia University
$4,200/summer stipend
Travel allowance
Field trips to National Laboratories and Research Facilities
Team building activities (rock climbing, ropes course, whitewater rafting, etc.)

The program will be held on the campus of West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, WV. Morgantown is surrounded by numerous state parks, beautiful mountains, rivers, and lakes, and is located only 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA and 200 miles east of Washington, D.C. The summer months in West Virginia offer unparalleled opportunities for biking, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, whitewater rafting and back country trail hiking.

Download the application form here. Applicants will be evaluated starting on February 20, 2009 and will be admitted on a rolling basis.

For more information, download our flier and/or contact us.

WVNano
886 Chestnut Ridge Road
P.O. Box 6223
Morgantown, WV 26506-6223

Phone: 304 293 8281
Fax: 304 293 6213
Email: wvnano@mail.wvu.edu