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CNMB faculty at UAB Dr. Aaron Catledge (shown in the back) is working with the undergraduate student Neel Shrikishen from Rice University on the electrospinning of biopolymers.
CNMB faculty at UAB Dr. Aaron Catledge (shown in the back) is working with the undergraduate student Neel Shrikishen from Rice University on the electrospinning of biopolymers.

This CNMB at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in collaboration with Samford University and University of Montevallo in Alabama offer interdisciplinary materials research experiences to undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and engineering.

RET participant Mary Moss (on the left) is joined by postdoctoral scholar Dr. Dmitri Martychkine (on the right) in the Raman spectroscopy lab to study the organic and inorganic materials within a bone matrix and relate them to the mechanical properties.
Summer 2007 REU & RET participants
along with faculty mentors
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National Science Foundation 2007 Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates & Teachers (REU & RET)

Site, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
DMR-0646842, PI: Yogesh Vohra, co-PI Joseph Harrison

RET participant Mary Moss (on the left) is joined by postdoctoral scholar Dr. Dmitri Martychkine (on the right) in the Raman spectroscopy lab to study the organic and inorganic materials within a bone matrix and relate them to the mechanical properties.
RET participant Mary Moss (on the left) is joined by postdoctoral scholar Dr. Dmitri Martychkine (on the right) in the Raman spectroscopy lab to study the organic and inorganic materials within a bone matrix and relate them to the mechanical properties.

Our RET program is designed to provide high school teachers with hands on research experience in interdisciplinary research in science and engineering.

 

Mary Moss is a seventh grade biology teacher at the W. E. Putnam Middle School in Birmingham, AL. Her research project involved correlating Raman spectroscopy results on the composition of bone matrix to its fracture properties.

Jarrett Morris is an undergraduate mechanical engineering major from Alabama A&M University and was an REU-participant on UAB campus. Jarrett is shown with faculty mentor Dr. Derrick Dean (left) and a teacher participant Shani Forbes (middle) setting up the electrospinning apparatus.
Jarrett Morris is an undergraduate mechanical engineering major from Alabama A&M University and was an REU-participant on UAB campus. Jarrett is shown with faculty mentor Dr. Derrick Dean (left) and a teacher participant Shani Forbes (middle) setting up the electrospinning apparatus. .

CNMB Undergraduate and Teacher Participating in Research Fabrication and Biodegradation of Polymeric Materials

 

Jarrett Morris is an undergraduate mechanical engineering major from Alabama A&M University and was an REU-participant on UAB campus. Jarrett is shown with faculty mentor Dr. Derrick Dean (left) and a teacher participant Shani Forbes (middle) setting up the electrospinning apparatus.
CNMB supported biomedical engineering graduate student Will Clem (on the right) and educator Ashley Hall (on the left) studied fluid flow through electrospun biomaterials as part of NASA’s reduced gravity flight program in August 2006. .
Broader Impacts: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in partnership with McWane Science Center in Birmingham offer interdisciplinary materials research experiences to graduate students and encourage local high school students to pursue careers in in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and engineering.