Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

The MagLab's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is an exciting summer program for college students interested in a science career by giving them the chance to work with MagLab scientists on an in-depth research project. This program is funded by the National Science Foundation.
The MagLab REU program offers a wide range of research experiences in physics, chemistry, biological sciences, geochemistry, materials science and magnet science and engineering. Participants work closely with MagLab mentors on a research project. Students also participate in weekly seminars and colloquia that broaden their knowledge of MagLab research and future careers. Participants will receive a $5,000 stipend for their participation in the program that is given in two increments during the summer. Housing is provided through the program should you need it. We cannot reimburse housing costs that are not through our program. We can provide travel support for participants to come to the MagLab on the first day of the program and to return home on the last day of the program. The travel support is up to $600.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Runs from May 30th to August 5th, 2022
- Application Deadline: February 4th
Students will be selected by mentors at any one of the MagLab's 3 locations:
- Florida State University, in Tallahassee, FL;
- University of Florida in Gainesville, FL; and
- the MagLab's pulsed field facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM.
To see the types of research projects that past participants have conducted, please visit the REU Class Archives on this webpage.
To learn more about research conducted by MagLab faculty and staff, please visit our research webpage.
Participation requirements:
- You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card)
- You must be 18 years of age or older by the start of the program.
Applications
The application for the 2022 REU program is now open. Go to the application page.
Application Materials
- A current resume that must be uploaded to the application.
- The names and email addresses of 1 – 2 professional references.
- Unofficial transcripts from all universities and colleges you have attended (Unofficial transcripts can either be uploaded during application process or sent by email to reu@magnet.fsu.edu).
REU Class of 2021
Our REU class of 2021 presented their summer project as a 3-minute pitch, wherein they described to our audience of judges, mentors, and family members what they did this summer. For the first time we awarded prizes in the following categories based on our judges’ votes:
- Overall Winners: Hansel Chiang and Yazmin Rodriguez Millan
- Physics winner: Eliana Karr
- Engineering winner: Megan Reid
- Chem/Bio/Data Science winner: Vamsi Posinasetty
- Communication winner: Audrey Wright
- REU Choice award: Spencer Gibbs
The videos show the range of disciplines and projects available to REUs who are accepted into the program.
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Caleb Betts
Building a SPM Lab
Florida State University | Mentors: Guangxin Ni, Cui Songbin
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Huan-Hsing Chiang
MnO2 Nanoparticles on sisal fibers for environmental applications
University of Texas - Austin | Mentor: Martha Chacon
Overall Winner
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Rachel Field
Image Processing: Measurements at an atomic scale
Morgan State University | Mentor: Yan Xin
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Alexander Fryer
Microwave absorption of TEMPO in Hexane at 400 GHz
Florida State University | Mentor: Thierry Dubroca
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Spencer Gibbs
Thermoelectric cogeneration to increase efficiency in power plants
University of Pennsylvania | Mentors: David Graf, Kaya Wei
REU Choice award
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Lauren Hearn
Characterization of biogeochemical processes in the southern ocean
Florida State University | Mentor: Peter Morton
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Eliana Karr
Thermoelectric crystalline materials
Florida State University | Mentors: Kaya Wei, Ryan Baumbach, Benny Schundelmier
Physics winner
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Elzbieta Krekora
Effect of heat treatment on delta phase of Nb3Sn
Florida State University | Mentors: Peter Lee, Najob Cheggour
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Benjamin Labiner
Designing a miniature drive system for STM
Florida State University | Mentor: Lin Jiao
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Lauren McNealy
High entropy alloys as biomaterials
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | Mentors: Ryan Baumbach, Kaya Wei, William Lucas Nelson
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Paige Nielsen
Analysis of passive and active microrheological methods for probing biomimetic fluids
Florida State University | Mentors: David Quashie Jr., Jamel Ali
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Vamsi Posinasetty
Data management - the unknown summarized
Florida State University | Mentor: Kari Roberts
Chem/Bio/Data Science Winner
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Jenna Radovich
rs-fMRI-based network analysis to longitudinally assess functional recovery post-ischemia at 21.1 T
Florida State University | Mentors: Sam Grant, David Hike
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Fernando Ramos-Diaz
Rabi oscillations & precession
Virginia Tech | Mentors: Irinel Chiorescu, Giovanni Franco
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Megan Reid
Study of cool down effects on optical displacement sensors
Florida State University | Mentor: Adam Voran
Engineering Winner
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Yazmin Rodriguez-Millan
MnO2 Nanoparticles on sisal fibers for environmental applications
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico | Mentor: Martha Chacon
Overall Winner
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Iain Siegrist
Corrective Ferroshim MATLAB Script
Florida State University | Mentor: Ilya Litvak
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Audrey Wright
Superconducting REBCO tape lap joints: Optimization testing
Tallahassee Community College | Mentors: Tom Painter, Robert Stanton, Mike White
Communication Winner
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LaDonna Wyatt
Biofuel of the future: Molecular characterization of polar lipid from nanoparticle-treated cyanobacteria by FT-ICR MS
Morgan State University | Mentor: Huan Chen
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Russell Zimmerman
Molecular dynamics simulation of Al-Cu-O system
Washington and Lee University | Mentor: Ke Han
For more information contact Kawana Johnson, PhD.