We had a great turnout of REACT students volunteering for NanoDay@Penn 2017 on October 3, 2017. Not all of them were caught on camera, but the below photos give a sense of the energy that they brought to the event.
Ben Paren and Natalie Gogotsi put “nano” into perspective.
Nadia Krook and Katie Rose out nano materials in everyday items.
The Winey/Composto lab table asks visitors to get creative with polymers.
Nadia Krook presenting at the Winey/Composto shape memory polymer demo table.
Dr. Russell Composto designing a Shrinky Dink.
David Ring invites students to discover fabrication.
David Gordon, Griffin Murphy and Mauricio Alvarez discuss the challenges and rewards of figuring out how to make a tent collect water.
Natalie Gogotsi demonstrates how nitinol changes shape with temperature.
On May 30, visiting French students from Grenoble, in the REACT program, and American undergraduates in the Singh Center REU program met their research mentors at a lunch on their first day at the University of Pennsylvania.
Grenoble students with some of their Penn mentors, which include graduate students, postdocs and faculty. REACT Fellows Emily Lin, Ben Paren, and Melissa Vettleson are part of the pictured mentoring team.
REACT Fellows participate in various outreach events through the year. Melissa Vettleson and Ted Trigg shared their expertise and passion for science at Philadelphia Materials Day on February 4, 2017.
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