Laboratory for Nanotherapeutics Research

Department of Bioengineering

Outreach

Isis Trenchard (summer 2007) - undergraduate student

NSF REU in Cellular Engineering Interns

Mellonie Boyd (summer 2007) - high school teacher

IPC-NET Intern (through CBEN)

Erica Taylor (summer 2009) - undergraduate student

Batoul Abuharb (summer 2009) - undergraduate student

Texas Space Grant Consortium Award:  Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Nanotechnology

Erica worked with Kellie on optimizing virus plasmid library construction.

Isis was one of the first members of the Suhlab. She helped setup the lab and worked on designing viruses for optical imaging applications.

Batoul worked with Clive on designing novel biosensors.

Mellonie was immersed in our research lab and experienced firsthand the ups and downs of academic research.

Kshitij Desai (2007 - present) - high school student

Research Experience for High School Students

Kash did very well at the local and international Science & Engineering Fairs:

· 1st in Medicine & Health, Grand Prize in Life Sciences, Special Award recognition from U.S. Air Force and Houston Academy of Medicine & Harris County Medical Society: 49^th Science and Engineering Fair of Houston

· 2nd place Grand Prize award in category of Medicine & Health, 2nd place award from U.S. Air Force, Recognition from MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Atlanta, GA

· 3rd place in Medicine & Health, 50^th Science and Engineering Fair of Houston

NSF-funded ADVANCE program at Rice University

Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position Workshop

Come learn about how to get a job in academia. We hold an annual workshop for women to tackle all the issues involved in looking for and obtaining faculty positions.

Classroom lectures (summer 2007-present)

HHMI-funded Summer Undergraduate Internship in Bionanotechnology

Every summer, Dr. Suh gives two lectures on “The Cell as a Machine”.