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Educational
Advancement's (IEA) Apprenticeship Program
The
Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to supporting our nation's most
talented young people to identify and develop their
fullest potential.
In
September of 2000, the Apprenticeship Program was highlighted
on an "Eye on America" segment
of the CBS News with Dan Rather. A former mentor of the
Apprenticeship Program, Caltech graduate Dr. Paul MacCready
(MS physics, 1948; PhD aeronautics, 1952 and named by
Time as "One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers
of the 20th Century") said, "If you can unleash
the minds of kids... then there is a good chance the
world will work." Participants of the Apprenticeship
Program unleash their minds when working in real-world
environments where they are encouraged to learn creative
problem-solving techniques and realize the fullest potential
of their intelligence.
Since
2004 CSEM has has hosted IEA apprentices from all over
the United States. Several CSEM faculty and staff have
served as IEA mentors.
Harry Atwater Group
Apprentices are engaged in fundamental and applied research
in synthesis, properties and processing of electronic
materials for use in the electronic and optoelectronic
devices and circuits of the 21st century. Electronic
materials research is interdisciplinary, involving issues
spanning applied physics, physics, materials science,
electrical and chemical engineering. The mentors work
with Atwater Group graduate students, research fellows
and undergraduates.
Images from: 2007, 2006 (coming soon)
Nai-Chang Yeh Group
Apprentices with Professor Yeh do experiments in superconductivity,
magnetism and other strongly correlated electronic
systems, scanning probe microscopy, nano-science/technology,
low-temperature phases of helium and development of
superconducting cavity-stabilized oscillators.
Images
from: 2007 (coming
soon)
Chiara Daraio Group
Chiara Daraio's lab interests reside at the interface
of materials science, condensed matter physics, and solid
mechanics, particularly in the design, development, and
testing of multi-scale metamaterials; phononic crystals;
responsive soft matter; tunable acoustics; highly nonlinear
solitary waves; mechanical and electronic properties
of nano and biomaterials; advanced characterization of
materials (high resolution TEM, in-situ analysis, FIB,
AFM); synthesis, fabrication and assembly of nanomaterials
and composite nanostructures. The apprentices work on
mechanical testing of small scale structures and the
wrinkling of membranes.
Images
from: 2007 (coming
soon)
Sossina Haile Group
The Apprentices' research focus on ionic conduction
in solids, with the twin objectives of understanding
the mechanisms that govern ion transport, and applying
such an understanding to the development of advanced
solid electrolytes and novel solid-state electrochemical
devices. Technological applications of fast ion conductors
include batteries, sensors, ion pumps and fuel cells.
Images
from: 2007 (coming
soon)
William Johnson Group
Apprentices
work with Dr. Dale Conner. As part of Professor Johnson's
group, Dr. Conner does research on non-equilibrium and
metastable materials. During the past decade, they have
developed unusual metallic alloys which fail to crystallize
during solidification at low cooling rates, thus forming "bulk" glasses.
Research on the liquid alloys includes fundamental
studies of rheology, atomic diffusion, crystallization
kinetics, liquid/liquid phase separation, and
the glass transition. Research on the solid "glassy" materials
includes studies of elastic properties, and mechanisms
of deformation, flow, and fracture. The group
has developed composite materials which employ
a metallic glass matrix to achieve unusual combinations
of properties for structural engineering applications.
Images
from: 2007 (coming
soon)
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