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| Project Leader: | Jordan Brito jordanbrito@tamu.edu Materials Science & Engineering |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Svetlana Sukhishvili, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBA |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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All team members will have the opportunity to explore various soft matter characterization techniques and develop safe lab practices. Highly motivated team members may receive co-authorship on publications and/or present results at internal and external conferences. |
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Team Needs:
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We are seeking undergraduate students from science or engineering fields. Preference will be given to students with a background in polymers and motivation to pursue graduate school. Prior research experience is beneficial but not required. Team members will be expected to be dependable, maintain good time management skills to complete weekly in-lab tasks, and demonstrate adaptability and willingness to learn. Creativity is encouraged! |
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Description:
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Programmable droplet manipulation arises from a combination of seemingly contradictory properties: superhydrophobicity and surface stickiness. Developing a simple, “green” method to simultaneously tune these properties would benefit diverse fields, including fog collection efforts in drought-stricken areas and innovative microfluidics research. In this project, the team will investigate the effect of various polymer deposition parameters on the resulting surface roughness and hydrophobicity of layer-by-layer polymer films. The team will also creatively demonstrate the applications and versatility of the coatings. |