Fellows Stephanie Barrow, Tagbo Niepa, David Ring and Edward “Ted” Trigg, along with undergraduates Gabriel Angrand, Alena Klindziuk (Bryn Mawr College), Eric Schwartz, Brent Studenroth (Villanova) and Robert Tannebaum started their 10-week research experience in Grenoble, France on May 23, 2016. Video Highlights from Grenoble – 2016 Cohort.
2016 Projects
| US Trainee | Project/Title | ACT | French Supervisor |
| Gabriel Angrand | Self-assembled and hierarchically structured layers of functional nanocrystals | 3 | Patrice Rannou |
| Stephanie Barrow | Growth and structure of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films based on chitosan |
2 | Thomas Boudou / Catherine Picart |
| Alena Klindziuk | Investigation of Thin-film Magnetic Heterostructures with Polarized Neutron Reflectometry | n/a | Thomas Saerbeck / Giovanna Fragneto |
| Tagbo Niepa | Selective permeation through functional membrane: Microbial Nanoculture System | 2 | Thomas Boudou / Marianne Weidenhaupt / Catherine Picart |
| David Ring | Nanocomposite thin films for water purification | 1 | Philipp Gutfreund / Giovanna Fragneto |
| Eric Schwartz | Macromolecular engineering, synthesis and characterizations of single-ion bottle-brush polymer electrolytes |
3 | Lionel Picard / Patrice Rannou |
| Brent Studenroth | Water adsorption and wetting on nanostructured material surfaces |
1 | David Riasetto |
| Robert Tannebaum | Growth and structure of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films based on chitosan |
2 | Thomas Boudou / Catherine Picart |
| Edward “Ted” Trigg | High proton conductivity in a self-assembling precise sulfonic acid polyethylene | 3 | Patrice Rannou / Manuel Marechal / Hakima Mendil-Jakani |
Videos from Grenoble
Introduction to Neutron Reflectometry (slides from Dr. G. Fragneto, ILL)