CNS Summer Interns

Every summer, CNS-UCSB offers an 8-week intensive internship program to undergraduate students at UC Santa Barbara and California community colleges in the region. Interns are mentored by CNS Graduate Fellows. They assist in research, and at the end of the program, they make formal presentations and prepare posters about their work. Currently all CNS interns are part of the INSET (Internships in Nanosystems, Science, Engineering and Technology) program at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCSB. INSET is funded by the National Science Foundation as part of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

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    Paul graduated from UCSC in 2007 with a degree in Philosophy and is currently enrolled at SBCC...

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    Kelli works with Cassandra Engeman and Professor Barbara Herr Harthorn in...

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    Merisa just finished her last semester at Santa Barbara City College and will be transferring to ...

Former CNS Summer Interns

  • Brent Boone

    Brent Boone was a CNS-UCSB summer intern in 2010. He worked with CNS Graduate Fellows Meredith Conroy and Erica Lively, and Professor Bruce Bimber in IRG 3, looking at the effects of...

  • Sergio Cardenas

    Sergio was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. After completing his education at College of the Canyons, Sergio transfered to the University of California, San Diego in the fall of 2011 to pursue a...

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    Gianna was a CNS-INSET Summer intern in 2012.  She worked with Roger Eardley-Pryor and Professor Patrick...

  • Simone Jackson

    Simone Jackson graduated from Allan Hancock College with Associate Degrees in several disciplines including physics, chemistry, and mathematics. She transferred to San Jose State University to...

  • Kelly Landers

    Kelly  was a CNS-INSET Summer intern in 2012.  She was mentored by Galen Stocking and worked on a project for IRG2 that collected and...

  • Alexander Lyte

    Alex was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. He transfered from Santa Barbara City College to the University of California at Santa Barbara in Fall, 2011 to study Economics. He has worked in China...

  • Bryan Phillips

    Bryan Phillips was a  CNS-INSET Summer intern in 2012 . He worked with Zach Horton to research open source software and hardware development, and how open sourcing as an efficiency choice...

  • Srijay Rajan

    Srijay Rajan was an INSET summer intern in 2010 He studied Chemistry at Moorpark College...

  • William Reynolds

    William was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. He transfered from Ventura College to the University of California, San Diego in Fall, 2011, where he will pursue a Bachelors of Science degree in...

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    Eddie Triste is a Mescalero Apache, a veteran and recent graduate of Allan Hancock...