Dates: Monday, August 31 – Thursday, September 3, 2009

Location: Blackwell Hotel, Columbus, Ohio

This exciting annual event showcased the most recent discoveries and applications in materials research from The Ohio State University and beyond.

This year’s meeting included:

• Technical workshops and seminars by national experts in a broad range of topics including:
  • Biosensors
  • Computational materials
  • Magnetoelectronics
  • Photovoltaics
• First year highlights from Ohio State’s NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• Student poster presentations featuring work by OSU students in materials-allied fields
• Evening receptions, including an exclusive viewing of COSI Columbus’ special exhibit “Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science”

Instead of spending the summer relaxing on a beach, ten undergraduate students from a variety of colleges and universities as close as Columbus State and as distant as Clemson have come to OSU to conduct research with graduate students and CEM faculty mentors. Through the CEM’s summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, students have the opportunity to live on campus for nine weeks while participating in cutting-edge research at the CEM ranging from the development of a glucose sensor that will benefit people with diabetes, to creating a program to enhance the performance of an atomic force microscope. In addition to their research experience, REU students participate in OSU’s Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), which provides workshops on research skills and seminars on topics related to graduate education and career development.

More information about the Center for Emergent Materials Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program can be found at http://cem.osu.edu

The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum was created in 1996 and is a cooperative effort of The Ohio State University’s Honors & Scholars Center, The Undergraduate Research Office, and The Office of Research. The Forum is an opportunity to showcase outstanding student research and encourage all undergraduates to participate in research as a value-added element of their education.

Mathematical and Physical Sciences Category

First Place: Adam Reed
“Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance Using Coplanar Waveguides”
(Advisor: Chris Hammel)

Third Place: Michael Roe
“Characterization of Hydrogenated Diamond Surface Conductivity”
(Advisor: Jay Gupta)