Undergraduate
and Graduate Research
Notre
Dame Radiation Laboratory is a
premier research laboratory in the United
States for studying radiation effects on matter.The
laboratory houses many state-of the art facilities to study fast
chemical
reactions.The research carried out
in the laboratory is focused primarily on radiation and photochemical
reactions
of molecules, clusters and nanoparticles.The
research is funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U. S.
Department of Energy.
Graduate Research
A collaborative research with
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Civi Engineering
departments has provided us an excellent opportunity to execute
multidisciplinary research. These collaborative efforts have resulted
in many successful Ph. D. projects. A complete list of students and
their projects is listed at the folowing website.
http://www.nd.edu/~pkamat/grad.html
Prospective students interested in pursuing Ph.D. degree are encouraged
to apply to the graduate program in
Chemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular
Engineering or Physics
Brochures of Chemistry,
Chemical
& Biomolecular Eng. and Physics
Undergraduate Research
During
the work term at the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, undergraduate
students will have
an opportunity to work on a research project under the supervision of a
senior staff member.Throughout the
term students are encouraged to pursue their own ideas and develop
research
skills that are useful in pursuing graduate studies.Work
done by students in the past has often led to publications in the
scientific
journals.A good background in chemistry
or chemical physics is desirable.
In the past, the
undergraduate students from various universities have conducted
specialized research
in the areas of nanoscience, photochemistry, photoelectrochemistry,
radiation
chemistry, light energy conversion, and environmental remediation. A complete
list of students and their projects can be found at the following
website.
http://www.nd.edu/~pkamat/undergrad.html
Interested in summer
research? Please
refer to NSF-REU
Nano/bio summer research program at Notre Dame.
Highlights
Idris
Bedja (1994)
was the winner of Summer Research Fellowship - administered by the
Electrochemical Society.
Chouhaid Nasr (1996) was awarded of the DOE Energy Research Summer
Fellowship - administered by the Electrochemical Society.
Dr. Di
Liu received
1996 Shaheen Graduate School award in Science in
1996. This highest graduate student honor
is
awarded annually by the College of Science, University of Notre
Dame.
V.
Subramanian was
awarded the best student poster presentation at the Symposium of
Catalysis Club
of Chicago Northwestern University, Evanston, IL May 20, 2002
and AIChE meeting at San Francisco, November 2003.
V. Subramanian received the 2004 William D. Manly Award for excellence
in
materials research for his thesis work The award is presented annually
by the College of Engineering, University of Notre
Dame.
Roxana
Nicolaescu
presented an Invited talk at the 2004 Gordon Research Conference on
Radiation Chemistry
(Young Investigator session)
Other notable
citations of work in popular media
Adam
Zacheis''s work on the radiolytic processes on oxide surfaces was
highlighted in the popular media (Daily InScights: Fighting
Toxins With Radiation; Science
Daily:Mixing
Radiation, Minerals, Toxic Waste could be cleanup boon; ALCHEMIST
: Irradiate
First, Bioremediate Next)
The published work of Rebecca Huehn on smart materials was featured in Nature Science
Update, Scientific
American and ALCHEMIST
and National
Nanotechnolgy Initiative and its Implementation Plan (see page 29
and 41)
The work of
Mehul Haria on using fullerene films for methanol oxidation was
featured in Materials
Today (April 2004, page 12)
The work of
Said Barazzouk on single wall carbon nanotubes
for solar energy conversion was highlighted in NanoToday –a supplement
of
Materials Today (December 2004, page 12, New Light on CNT's -Energy Generation)
The work of Taku Hasobe on
organized molecular assemblies for organic solar cells was highlighted
in HEART
CUT (March 21, 2005) - a
web based magizine of theAmerican Chemical Society, Chemistry.org.
The work of
undergraduate and graduate students have been featured
on the cover art of the following major scientific journals
The Journal
of Physical Chemistry B, 2005, issue
24
The Journal
of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, issue
12
The Journal
of Physical Chemistry A, 2004,
issue
50
The Journal
of Physical Chemistry B, 2002, issue
4 and
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Chemical
Physics (PCCP), 2002, Issue 2