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During the summer of 2004, I was employed at
the University
of Minnesota in
the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science under the
direction of Professor Bethany Stadler.
I was given the opportunity, as a high school junior, to
work with Professor Stadler and her research group
at the University
of Minnesota. Her
group's mission is the integration of advanced materials with standard
platforms to allow the development of practical devices and systems.
During my time with the group I was trained in the use of a variety of
equipment and procedures used by AIMD. The projects they were engaged
in at the time of my internship were the development of YIG garnet
magneto-optic wave guides for use in optical PICs,
and the manufacture of magnetostrictive nanowire arrays for miniature sound sensors that use nanowires the way our ears use cilia. I began an
outreach project involving NiTinol memory wire,
which will likely be continued. During my time with the group I learned
a great deal about the theory and science behind their projects and developed
skills used in their work. The entire experience was as enjoyable as it
was a learning experience.
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