REU Program 2021

This is a collection of the REU experience in 2021. It was an unusual start with social distancing, masks and limited events due to COVID. However, students persevered to create a unique and valuable experience. Here you can see the students in their research labs, sharing their art in the IDEA incubator sessions, and even some socializing as restrictions were lifted throughout the summer.
Student describing their drawing of a journey
Three students posing for picture in the lab
Student weighing chemicals in a fume hood in the lab
Student pictured next to a fume hood containing experimental setup
Two students at a table working
Student in full laboratory safety gear, standing next to fume hood, smiling for picture
Student in lab transferring a sample into a characterization device
Student smiling and working at computer station
Student explaining their artistic drawing for scale using Pokemon balls
Student presenting at podium with powerpoint slide in background
Student explaining their drawing of a scale concept
Student explaining their drawing of a journey
Student describing their artistic drawing to explain the scale of a concept
Two students posing and smiling for picture in lab
Student presenting with powerpoint slide in background showing project SAVE
Student explaining their use of sneakers to describe the concept of scale
Student giving presentation with slide "Why catalysis" in background
Student describing drawing of footprints to explain the scale
Student explaining their artistic drawing of a personal journey
Student explaining their drawing of teeth to represent scale
Student presenting their artistic drawing for a workshop on communicating science
Student giving a PechaKucha style presentation
Student talking to class about their drawing for a journey
Student giving a PechaKucha style presentation
Student answering questions after a PechaKucha style presentation
Student describing to the class their drawing of a journey
Dorothy and her graduate student mentor Kalin at the REU poster session
Abdul and Eli showing their REU IDEA Incubator t-shirt they screen printed
Students Gabe, Isabel, Grace, and Maggie at the REU welcome picnic
REU students Julia and Gustavo learning to screen print
REU students at a Zoom presentation by an industry partner
Professor Camarda and two graduate students pictured at the REU welcome picnic
Professor Mark Shiflett with his REU students Elizabeth, Julia, Dorothy, and Madelyn at the REU welcome picnic
The REU group at a screen printing workshop
Rebekah, Gabe, and Anika in LEEP2 atrium
Saurav and Eli at the REU welcome picnic
Saurav, Anika, and Gustavo working on laptops at a table in LEEP2
REU students working on laptops in LEEP2 classroom
REU student Abdul with his graduate student mentor Karim at the REU poster session
Fifteen REU participants standing on staircase in Slawson Hall auditorium
Elizabeth with her graduate student mentor Nicole and faculty mentor Mark Shiflett at REU poster session
Gustavo explaining graph on his poster at the REU poster session
Julia with her graduate student mentor Abby and faculty mentor Mark Shiflett at the REU poster session
REU student Abdul standing next to computer analyzing data on the screen
REU students Anika and Gabe posing for a picture in the lab with full safety gear
REU student working at laboratory bench
REU students Dorothy and Elizabeth pose for a picture in the Shiflett Lab
Student working in glove box
REU student Eli with his graduate student mentor Matheus standing by lab door with sign "Dr. Dekosky's Fish Bowl Lab"
REU student Eli pipetting in the lab
Student weighing out a sample on scale in the laboratory
Student next to experimental apparatus