Student-Centered Research
Dr. Elizabeth Podlaha has engaged both undergraduate and graduate students
in her projects. In the last couple of years, she has included the whole
spectrum of undergraduate students as researchers in the laboratory. Last
year, her student assistants were a senior, a junior, and a sophomore; the
year before, she had a freshman as a student research assistant. [picture
BNN1 11. Caption: Dr. Podlaha explains electrochemical techniques to graduate
student Jingying Gong.] She encourages "hands-on" training for all students.
The work of these assistants encompasses not only the "nuts-and-bolts" work
in the projects, but taking part in the co-authoring and co-presentations
of papers. Some of the recent student co-presentations include "Experimental
Kinetic Study of FeCoNi Ternary Alloy Deposition" and "NiCoFe Ternary Alloy
Deposition: I. An Experimental Kinetic Study" by Yun Zhuang, and "The Study
of Induced Codeposition of Ni-W Alloys," by Bruce Hubbard, presented at this
year's Electrochemical Society convention.
Presentations scheduled for next year's Electrochemical Society's convention
include "Development of Electrodeposited Tb Alloys" by Jingying Gong, and
"Induced Codeposition of Ni-Fe-W Alloys" by Shirlene Chew and Bruce Hubbard.
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