Team NATURE
Nanopaper Applications To Universalize Renewable Electronics
Gemstone Honors Program Class of 2017
Members
Karenna Buco (Website Liaison)
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Aerospace Engineering
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Women in Engineering Research Fellow and Public Relations Chair for Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics (WIAA)
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Resident Assistant for the Department of Resident Life
Eddie Chang
Conductivity subteam
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Physics
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Researches applications of AC magnetic fields
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Enjoys photography
Parisa Davoodi
Esterification subteam
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B.S. Electrical Engineering
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Section Leader for Freshman Honors Colloquium: Introduction to Gemstone
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Presented team poster at 2016 TAPPI International Conference
Julia Downing (Team Liaison)
Project Manager/Conductivity subteam
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B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
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Section Leader for Gemstone Program
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Does research in the Aerospace Department
Delena Ganey (Librarian Liaison)
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering
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Interned at Booz Allen Hamilton
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Enjoys hiking
Brandon Green (Website Liaison)
ALD subteam
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Minor
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Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Enjoys coding
Jonathan Kagan
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering
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Teaching Fellow for Mechanical Engineering Department
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Brother of Sigma Phi Delta, Engineering Fraternity
Sachi Khemka (Financial Liaison)
Conductivity subteam
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B.S. Finance and Information Systems
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Intern at Deloitte
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Rower on the UMD Women's Club Crew Team
Erik Larmore (Team Clerk)
Esterification subteam
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B.S. Chemical Engineering
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Intern for Mettler Toledo
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Plays club ultimate frisbee at UMD
Hannah Russell (Team Clerk)
Project Manager/Esterification subteam
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B.S. Chemistry and Environmental Science & Technology
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Research assistant with plant science department
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Swim instructor at UMD
Tom Schmitt (Team Liaison)
ALD subteam
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B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
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NREIP Intern at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
Luke Travisano
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Mechnical Engineering
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Participated in Habitat for Humanity in 2014
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Enjoys playing basketball
Jeannette Van Sickle
(Librarian Liaison)
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering
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Interned for Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Studied Abroad at Polytechnic University of Valencia
Stacy Wang
Paper Making subteam
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B.S. Civil Engineering, Sustainability Studies minor
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Member of Engineers Without Borders/ Maryland Sustainability Engineering
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Study Abroad at University of Manchester
Dr. Liangbing Hu - Mentor
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Associate professor at UMD
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PhD in nanoelectronics at UCLA
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Three-year industry experience in large-scale nano-ink based roll-to-roll printed electronics at Unidym Inc
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Postdoc research in Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors at Stanford
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Research at UMD UMERC will focus on not only solving the energy problems with scalable manufacturing techniques and earthly abundant materials, but also attacking their fundamentals with the understanding in nanoscale.
Nevenka Zdravkovska - Team Librarian
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Head, Engineering & Physical Sciences Library
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Works daily with a team of four librarians, three library technicians, a graduate assistant and 20+ students.
Faculty