Research Experiences for Teachers Program Alumni

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RET teacherSchool, Grade TaughtResearch TitleFaculty Mentor Years Participated 
Amber RiveraDearing Elementary School, Fourth GradeRepurposing Materials Catalytically to Generate FuelsHumphrey2023
Amanda Lengnick-Hall  Cunningham Elementary, Third GradeInvestigating Sequence Effects on the Biodegradation of Peptoid SubstratesRosales (2019) 2019, 2018
  Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystal Hyrdogel and Aerogels (2018)Korgel (2018) 
Arianna DialBagdad Elementary, Kindergarden - Fifth GradeOptical Phenomena from Nanoparticle Arrays (2021)Yu (2021)2021, 2020, 2019
  Area Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of Metals (2019)Ekerdt (2019) 
Ariel KayGovalle Elementary, Second - Fifth Grade  Bringing Chemistry and/or Computer Coding Concepts into Elementary School ClassroomsAnslyn2021, 2020
Ashika GangulyMathews Elementary, Fifth GradeModeling Lubricant Infused Surfaces with Multiscale RoughnessMangolini2019
Brenda WeathersCactus Ranch Elementary, K-5 GradeEffects of Light and Strain on Two-Dimensional MaterialsYu2022
Catherine JonesPurple Sage Elementary, K-12 LibrarianStructure of MaterialsTaleff (2021)2022, 2021
 Purple Sage Elementary, K-5 LibrarianEffects of Light and Strain on Two-Dimensional MaterialsYu (2022) 
Cecilia OsornioWilhelmina Delco Elementary School, Fifth GradeBringing Chemistry and/or Computer Coding Concepts into Elementary School ClassroomsAnslyn2021
Connie RodriguezRuth Barron Elementary, Second GradeStructural MaterialsTaleff (2022)2023, 2022
 Dearing Elementary School, Second GradeExtraction and Manipulation of AnthocyaninsAnslyn (2023) 
Danielle WashingtonSalyers Elementary School, K-5Synthesis of a Block Copolymer with High Electrostatic Charge Density to Form HydrogelLynd, Rosales2023
Danielle WoodsDeep Wood Elementary School, FifthCold-rollling and Annealing of AA1100Taleff2023
Dara ReederCallison Elementary School, Fifth GradeAnti-Reflective Moth-Eye StructuresYu2018
Diana GarciaDeZavala Elementary, Second GradeStructure of MaterialsTaleff2021
Elizabeth SchusterSpicewood Elementary School, Fifth GradeSynthesis and Analysis of Giant Unilameller VesiclesStachowiak2023
Irene HidalgoCasey Elementary, Fifth GradeArea Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultra-thin Sn(0)Ekerdt2021, 2020
Jennifer SladekBoone Elementary, Fifth GradeArea Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultra-thin Sn(0)Ekerdt2021, 2020
Katherine RogersWooldridge Elementary, Fifth GradeStudy of Optical Transmitting MediumWasserman2019
Lisette CruzRodriguez Elementary School, First GradeExtraction and Manipulation of AnthocyaninsAnslyn2023
Marianella GarzaMendez Elementary, Fifth GradeSelf-Assembled Thin Films of Uniform Spheres on Liquid InterfacesKorgel2021, 2020
Melissa SaldanaCaldwell Heights Elementary School, Fourth GradeLEAF CHROMATOGRAPHY: Separating Plant Pigments via TLCAnslyn2018
Monica SanchezHart Elementary School, Fifth GradeSelf-Assembled Thin Films of Uniform Spheres on Liquid InterfacesKorgel (2020, 2021)2022, 2021, 2020
  Structural MaterialsTaleff (2022) 
Olivia BarrowHart Elementary School, Fifth GradeNanostructures, Surfactant, & Antireflection PropertiesYu (2019, 2020)2022, 2020, 2019
 Hart Elementary School, K-1 GradeStructural MaterialsTaleff (2022) 
Patricia González-Villaseñor Bernice Hart Elementary, Third GradeInvestigating States of Matter using Computer SimulationsTruskett (2021) 
 Bernice Hart Elementary, Third GradeDesigning New Hydrophilic Peptoid Crosslinked HydrogelsRosales (2022)2022, 2021
Raianna MarkhamCunningham Elementary, Music K-5Exploring Porosity in Silica AerogelsKorgel2019
Rebekah SpillersPurple Sage Elementary, Fourth GradeFabrication and Characterization of Ultraflat Gold Substrates for 2D MaterialsYu2019
Sophia ChinLaurel Mountain Elementary, Third GradeLight Matter Interactions at the Nano ScaleLi2019
Stephanie EscalanteNorthwest Elementary School, Fourth GradeReducing the Environmental Impacts of Blue JeansAnslyn (2022)2023, 2022
 Northwest Elementary School, Fifth GradeSynthesis and Optical Characterization of Colloidal Gold NanoparticlesYu (2023) 
Wendilyn IlundCaldwell Heights Elementary School, First GradePrinted CuInSe2 Nanocrystal Solar CellsKorgel2018
Yvette DoddNorthwest Elementary School, 3-4 GradeCold-rolling and Annealing of AA1100Taleff2023
Yvonne RodriguezBowie Elementary School, 4-5 GradeSolar Cell/Light AbsorptionRoberts2023
Zachary WilbornRuth Barron Elementary, Fifth GradeOptical Phenomena from Nanoparticle Arrays Yu (2021)2022, 2021
  Spectroscopy and Morphology of Perylene DiimidesCullinan (2022)