Announcements and Recent News
April 19, 2012
2004 ISP graduate CPT Igor Dubinsky is working in Washington, DC this summer as a Congressional Fellow. Igor recently finished up a Masters Program at George Washington University in
Legislative Affairs and is currently working for Senator Saxby Chambliss
and advising him on military and defense issues during 2012. More information about the Congressional Fellowships program can be found at http://ocll.hqda.pentagon.mil/
April 16, 2012
ISP students Nick Boffi, Eric Jiang, Jonathan Kernes, Charlie Manzoni, Robert Porter, Bo Qin, Louis Shekhtman, and Brad Solomon recently earned Summer Undergraduate Research Grants from Office of the Provost and the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee to work on their independent research projects this summer.
April 10, 2012
ISP 2011 graduate Yuri Malina, co-founder of Design for America and current Segal Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, was recently featured in the busines section of the Chicago Tribune along with his business partner and fellow Segal Fellow, Mert Iseri. Yuri and Mert's company, SwipeSense was awarded $50,000 in seed capital to develop their business plan to manufacture and market their new hand-sanitation device.
April 1, 2012
2011 ISP graduate Lu Yao was recently awarded two NSF Fellowships for 2012. Lu was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship as well as an NSF EAPSI (East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes) Fellowship. Lu will travel to China where she will CT scan fossil macaque skulls.
March 30, 2012
Jennifer Mills has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most desirable undergraduate awards. Three Goldwater Scholarships were awarded to Northwestern students. The purpose of the Goldwater Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields. More information about the scholarship can be found at www.act.org/goldwater.
March 12, 2012
November 22, 2011
Felix Richter (EC09) was recently awarded a Chemistry of Life Processes Undergraduate Research Grant and the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Fellowship Travel Award.
Congratulations Felix!
October 24, 2011
Our 35 Year Reunion was a great success. We had many alumni return during homecoming to share their stories. You can find an image gallery of pictures taken over the reunion weekend here: http://photobucket.com/isp35reunion
The Integrated Science Program will be holding its 35 Year Reunion During Homecoming Weekend 2011. We will have events on Friday, October 21 and Saturday October 22nd. All current and past students, faculty, and staff are cordially invited to attend. Please follow this link for more information: http://tinyurl.com/isp35year or see below.
ISP 35 Year Reunion
October 21 and 22, 2011
The Integrated Science Program will be holding its 35 Year Reunion During Homecoming Weekend 2011. We will have events on Friday, October 21 and Saturday October 22nd. All current and past students, faculty, and staff are cordially invited to attend.
This should be a really great couple of days with lots of opportunities to network with past ISP alums and catch up with current students.
Schedule:
Friday October 21
AM: Option for early-arriving alums to attend ISP classes at 616 Noyes Street. Spouses, significant others, etc. can go downtown for shopping, tours, or other activities. Please see http://tinyurl.com/ispthingstodo for sightseeing information around Evanston and Chicago.
5:00-6:30 pm: ISP Networking session at ISP House 616 Noyes Street.
This will be held outside under a tent if the weather is good and includes pizza at 6:00 PM.
6:30 pm: NU Homecoming Parade
Saturday October 22
Please note location change. All of Saturday’s morning activities will take place in Silverman Hall.
10:00-1:00 pm Continental breakfast/brunch followed by faculty talks in the CAMI conference room and posters presentations by current ISP students in the lobby of the first floor of the brand-new Silverman Hall (2170 Campus Drive) East Tower
ISP students will present their posters starting at 10 am.
At 10:45, Professor Thomas J. Meade from the Department of Chemistry will present a talk entitled "Seeing is Believing" on his research into biological imaging and theranostic agents. In addition, he will give a tour and demonstration of the fabulous CAMI facility. See:
New York Times articles on Meade and CAMI:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/business/science-to-art-and-vice-versa-prototype.html?_r=3
Visualization World's article:
http://www.vizworld.com/2011/10/northwestern-university-centers-molecular-imaging-center/
Northwestern News's article:
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2011/06/silverman-hall-imaging-center_mobile.html
At 12:00, Earth and Planetary Science Professor Emile Okal will give a talk entitled "Tsunami investigations: Interfacing Science and Society". This talk concerns his research on the major earthquakes and tsunamis that occurred over the last few years (Sumatra and Japan).
1:00-2:30 pm: ISP Reflective session + Career session in the lobby of Silverman Hall
2:30-4:30 pm: Tailgate at ISP House lawn (Ribs, pulled meat, salad, etc. before the game). During the tailgate we will have a fun demonstration (weather permitting) by Professor Seth Stein of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at 3:30 pm. More information about the demonstration: http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/seth/lakefillseismic/
6:00 pm: Game vs. Penn State at Ryun Field (1601 Central Street)
Directions
If it’s been a while since you’ve been in town, here are some driving directions. and information about airport transportation.
http://www.northwestern.edu/campus-life/evanston-campus/driving-directions-evanston.html
http://www.northwestern.edu/uservices/transportation/commuter/airport_transportation.html
Parking
http://www.clp.northwestern.edu/sites/default/files/Parking-%20Silverman%20Color%20Coded.jpg
Note: There is some construction in the lot nearest to Silverman. The best place to park for access to Silverman hall will be the lots south of the Sports and Aquatic Center and east of Campus Drive near the Allen Center. After 4 pm on Friday and all day Saturday, you may park in the Northwestern parking lots unless otherwise posted. Be sure to check on this, because there are some parking slots on campus that are enforced 24/7.
June 22, 2011
Congratulations to our 2011 Graduates!
We had 16 students graduating this spring: Fourteen from EC07 and two from EC08.
They are (EC07): Kuan-Ying Fang, Akilesh Honasoge, Andrew Loveridge, Brett Margolis, Michelle Miller, Zachary Moy, Matthew Nubbe, Gina Piscitello, Saravanan Raju, Danwen Song, Anil Wadhwani, Alexander Wright, Lu Yao, an Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy. The EC08 Graduates are Asna Ansari and Yuri Malina. Andrew, Gina, Saran, Anil, and Asna all graduated with honors in ISP. Andrew also received the ISP Distinguished Thesis Award. Anil, Alex Wright, and Zack received the ISP Student Service Award. We're very proud of all of you!
Spring 2011 Graduates above. From left to right, Matthew Nubbe, Michelle Miller, Bret Margolis, Saran Raju, Alex Wright (on sign), Zack Moy, Gina Piscitello, Kuan-Ying Fang, Alex Zhukhovitskiy (on sign), Aki Honasoge, Lu Yao, ISP Director SonBinh Nguyen (kneeling), Andrew Loveridge, ISP Professor Indira Raman (kneeling), and Anil Wadhwani. Not pictured: Danwen Song, Asna Ansari, and Yuri Malina.
May 23, 2011
Liuchuan Tong (EC08) was recently selected as a 2011-12 Katherine L. Krieghbaum Scholar. Katherine L. Kriegbaum Scholarships provide research grants for senior-year research projects. The scholarships are awarded by the Weinberg College Committee on Superior Students and Honors to those Weinberg College students who, in the judgment of the Committee, best demonstrate promise of distinguished research in their major.
May 14, 2011
Ethan Coffel, Jennifer Mills (both EC09), and Matthew Nubbe (EC07) along with Katie Jaycox (Materials Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences) and Johnny Sun (Electrical Engineering) received $5000 from Weinberg College to support the Northwestern Microgravity Group. The student group, which was founded last year, was selected to participate in Microgravity University. The NU Microgravity Group will travel to Houston conduct an experiment by invitation of NASA on a microgravity aircraft this July.
April 25, 2011
ISP Senior (EC07) Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. NDSEG Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in an areas of DoD interest.
April 7, 2011
Our students and alums have had a banner year so far with fellowships and scholarships.
Four ISP alumni have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: David Ackerman (EC06), Dane Holte (EC05), James Kath (EC05), and Thomas Wytock (EC04).
Three current students have been awarded NSF Fellowships as well: Dennis Hu, Michelle Miller, and Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy (All EC07).
NSF Honorable mentions: James Hebden (EC03) and Lu Yao (EC07).
Three of our students have been awarded Ernest F. Hollings Scholarships from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Ethan Coffels Allegra Mayer, Jenny Mills (all EC09).
November 10, 2010
Please join the Office of the Provost, the URG Committee, and ISP in congratulating the following ISP student who has just been awarded an Academic Year URG!
Ryan Jasinski, “The Nearest Cold Interstellar Clouds” (Advisor: David Meyer, Physics & Astronomy)
The Undergraduate Research Grants (URG) program offers Academic Year Grants of up to $1000 and Summer Grants of $3000 in support of independent undergraduate projects. For more information go to http://undergradresearch.
October 22, 2010
Please join us in congratulating Derek Kiebala (ISP & Chemical Engineering), who is among our first Academic Year URG winners of the year!
Derek has received $1000 in support of his project, “Optimizing a Self-Assembling Catalytic Membrane for Light-Driven H2O Splitting” (Faculty Advisor: Samuel Stupp, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemisty).
The Undergraduate Research Grants (URG) program offers Academic Year Grants of up to $1000 and Summer Grants of $3000 to support independent undergraduate projects. The next deadline for Academic Year URG submissions is Tuesday, November 2nd. For more information go to http://undergradresearch.
October 18, 2010
Two of our students recently received awards from the Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NU-MRSEC). Marc Giesener (EC08) and Michelle Miller (EC07) both received Academic-Year Undergraduate Research Internships. You can read more about the award at http://www.northwestern.edu/mrsec/content/educational_programs/uri.htm
Another ISP student, Jennifer Mills (EC09), received a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) award from the Northwestern Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC). Go to http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/REU.htm for more information about this award.
Congratulations to Marc, Michelle, and Jenny for their excellent research accomplishments!
June 23, 2010
Congratulations to the 2010 Graduating Class!
Left to right:
EC06 Graduates: Alan Wong , Jessica Kunke, Emery Goss, Qiyun Cai, Daniel Burgener, Nicole Kravis, Amy Danks, Ben Levinson, Brian Mikolajczyk, David Ackerman, Jeremy Schifberg, William Lotter, William Bae, Alex Jeffers, Zack Nicolaou. Not Pictured: Byungmin Lee, Bogdan Petre, Deandra White, Teresa Wong (EC05).
More photos here.
June 9, 2010
The following students in the Integrated Science Program have been awarded a 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Grant from the Office of the Provost. We congratulate them on their awards and wish them much success with their work this summer!
Asna Ansari (EC08), “Evolution of IC 10 X-1: A Computational Investigation into the Origins of the X-Ray Binary System” (Advisor: Vicky Kalogera)
Anil Wadhwani (EC07), “Determination of Specific Receptor Involvement in ADDL-induced Dysregulation of AMPAR Trafficking” (Advisor: William Klein)
Marc Giesener (EC08), “Multiple, Successive Post-Synthetic Modifications on Metal-Organic Frameworks” (Advisor: J. Fraser Stoddart)
Andrew Groves (EC08), “Treatment of Epileptic Seizures through the Inactivation of GABA-Aminotransferase” (Advisor: Richard Silverman)
Ruilong Ma (EC09), “Synthesis of Monodisperse Gold Nanospheres Below the 9-nm Domain” (Advisor: Teri Odom)
The Undergraduate Research Grants Program, funded by the Office of the Provost, offers Academic Year Grants (up to $1000) and Summer Grants ($3000) to undergraduates pursuing independent research projects. More information is available on at http://www.northwestern.edu/undergrad-research/.
May 25, 2010
Danwen Song and Dennis Hu (both EC07) were recently selected as 2010-11 Katherine L. Krieghbaum Scholars. Katherine L. Kriegbaum Scholarships provide research grants for senior-year research projects. The scholarships are awarded by the Weinberg College Committee on Superior Students and Honors to those Weinberg College students who, in the judgment of the Committee, best demonstrate promise of distinguished research in their major.
May 10, 2010
ISP Freshman Adviser and former ISP Director Professor Michael Stein of the NU Math Department was recently honored with the Weinberg College Community Building Award. The award recognizes faculty who foster a sense of community both inside and outside the classroom and who make students feel valued as members of the Northwestern intellectual community.
ISP Freshman Adviser and Biological Science 311 (Neurobiology) instructor Professor Indira Raman was awarded a Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence.
The professorship is awarded to those individual faculty members who have consistently demonstrated outstanding performance in classroom teaching, or who have developed significant innovations which have also influenced the methods and teaching effectiveness of other faculty.
May 6, 2010
At the recent 6th annual Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS) ISP junior
Dennis Hu received the Award for Top Oral Presentation. Dennis is majoring in ISP, Chemistry, Math, and Biology. His research advisor is Regan Thomson. ISP junior
Lu Yao received the award for Top Overall Presentation. Lu's majors are ISP, Anthropology, and Chemistry. Her research advisor is Robert Martin (Field Museum).
April 19, 2010
James Kath (EC05) was recently awarded the prestigious James Mills Peirce Fellowship from Harvard University for incoming students in the natural sciences and engineering. James will be entering the Biophysics graduate program at Harvard this fall.
April 12, 2010
Three past and present ISP students were granted National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Todd Levin (EC02), Swati Patel (EC05), and Zack Nicolaou (EC06) all received Fellowships. Ben Rolfs (EC05) received an honorable mention. According the the NSF website, "The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow exceptional funding with 3 years of graduate support worth thousands of dollars." Visit www.nsfgrfp.org for more information.
April 1, 2010
Three ISP students, Dennis Hu (EC07), Marc Giesener (EC08), and Andrew Groves (EC08) all received Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 2010-2010 academic year. All three ISP's who were nominated for the award received this honor and ISP's received three out of the four Goldwaters granted to Northwestern students. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most desirable undergraduate awards. More information about the scholarship can be found at www.act.org/goldwater.
Feb 15, 2010
Our students are busy submitting summer research applications. They had great sucess over the last few years in obtaining funding for research. Some examples:
Northwestern Research Grants Winners 2008-2009
Ryosuke Kita (EC05), “An experimental and modeling study for the role of NaV2.4 in action potential firing in cerebellar granule cells”
Advisor: Indira Raman, Neurobiology and Physiology
Dane Holte (EC05), “Lewis Acid promoted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed γ-Lactam Synthesis and Applications to the Clausenamide Family of Natural Products”
Advisor: Karl Scheidt, Chemistry
Gene Lee (EC05), “Understanding the Student Teaching Experience”
Advisor: Michelle Reininger, HDSP and Learning Sciences
Rohan Kumthekar (EC05), “Synthesis of Organic Surfactants for Self-Assembly into Nanoscale Faceted Vesicles”
Advisor: Samuel Stupp, Chemistry
Northwestern Travel Grant Winners 2008-2009
Eric Kramer (EC05)
Paper Title: “The Effects of Parameter Variation on Reactant Concentration”
Presented at RECOMB Regulatory Genomics, Systems Biology and DREAM3 Conference
Advisor: Sonbinh Nguyen, Integrated Science Program
Rebecca Fischer (EC05)
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Phase Diagram of Wustite at High Pressures and Temperatures
Presented at 2008 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union
Steven Jacobsen, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern Summer Grant Winners 2009
Dennis Hu (EC07), “Methodology Research Toward the First Total Synthesis of the Natural Antineoplastic Diterpenoid, Maoecrystal V”
Advisor: Regan Thomson, Chemistry
Benjamin Levinson (EC06), “Determination of the role of extracellular flavin mononucleotide secreted by Methylocystis sp. strain M”
Advisor: Amy Rosenzweig, Chemistry
Kuan-Ying Fang (EC07), “Radially Compressed Aerogel”
Advisor: William Halperin, Physics and Astronomy
Andrew Loveridge (EC07), “Determination of the Envelope-Structure Parameter from Detailed Stellar Models”
Advisor: Vassiliki Kalogera, Physics and Astronomy
Zachary Nicolaou (EC06), “Exploring Mechanical Networks for the Design of New Materials”
Advisor: Adilson Motter, Physics
Feb 2, 2010 -- Asna Ansari (EC08) has won a scholarship from the Illinois Space Grant Consortium for the 09-10 academic year.
Jan 29, 2010 -- Please join us in congratulating Brian Mikolajczyk (EC07), on his receipt of a Fall 2009 Undergraduate Research Grant for his project, “UNCD and parylene drug delivery device.”
The Undergraduate Research Grants Program, funded by the Office of the Provost, offers Academic Year Grants (up to $1000) and Summer Grants ($3000) to undergraduates pursuing independent research projects. Remaining deadlines for 2009-10: Feb 23 (for Academic Year Grants) and March 12 (for Summer Grants). More information is available on our website: http://www.northwestern.edu/undergrad-research/.
We have some exciting news about the Goldwater Scholarship that we can't reveal quite yet. Look for it in the near future. In related news, two current ISP students Zack Nicolaou and Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy (both EC07) were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most desirable undergraduate awards. More information about the scholarship can be found at www.act.org/goldwater.
ISP and Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) Field Trip
On October 24, EPS professor Seth Stein led a group of ISP and EPS students on a field trip to Glacial Park in McHenry County, IL. This park covers over 2,806 acres and has a rich biological diversity. In addition to learning many interesting facts about the topography of the park, everyone had a great time.
With the sun finally peaking through the clouds, ISP and EPS students and faculty gather for a group picture.
Seth Stein discusses global warming.
Congratulations to the 2009 Graduating Class!
Front Row (Left to Right): Samanta Brown, Heather Hoke, Swati Patel, Rebecca Fischer, ISP Director SonBinh Nguyen. Back Row: Dane Holte, Sharan Srinivasan, Jeff Andrews, Rene Boiteau, Rohan Kumthekar, Matt Bierbaum, Gene Lee, Ben Rolfs, Ryo Kita, James Kath, Eric Kramer, and Albert Kang (EC04). Not pictured: Daniel Dranove and Oliver Chen.
Sharan Srinivasan received our first-ever ISP Student Service Award, while Eric Kramer and James Kath shared the ISP Honors Prize. We also gave our first Faculty Service Awards to Professors David Buchholz, Indira Raman, and Michael Stein for the dedication to ISP.
See more photos here.
EC05 student Samantha Brown recently won a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG). The Department of Defense is committed to increasing the number and quality of our nation's scientists and engineers and it has created this fellowship, which is highly competitive and confers high honors upon its recipients. Visit ndseg.asee.org/ndseg_fellows/2009_awardees to learn more.
Sharan Srinivason (EC05) was awarded a spot in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Graduate Partnerships Program this spring. According to the NIH, "The Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP) was crafted to take advantage of the best of two worlds – the academic environment of highly respected universities and the breadth and depth of research at NIH. The goal is to create a different kind of graduate experience, one which purposefully focuses on skills of the future scientist and how discoveries will be made in the decades ahead." See gpp.nih.gov/Current/ for more details.
Two current ISP students Zack Nicolaou and Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy (both EC07) were recently awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most desirable undergraduate awards. More information about the scholarship can be found at www.act.org/goldwater.
Rene Boiteau (EC05) was recently awarded a Churchill Scholarship. The Churchill Foundation's Scholarship Program offers American students of exceptional ability and outstanding academic achievement the opportunity to pursue one year of graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences at Churchill College, the University of Cambridge. More information can be found at www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/Scholarships.html.
Rene also won a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. to carry out graduate studies in the Cambridge Earth Sciences department during the 2009-2010 school year. In addition, Rene won the Frank N. & Lee L. Corbin Prize from the Northwestern Weinberg College, which is presented to an outstanding senior attending graduate or professional school.
Ryosuke Kita (EC05) recently received a Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award from the NIH. More information about the award can be found at www.training.nih.gov/student/Pre-IRTA/irtamanualpostbac.asp .
Sam Brown (EC05) received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. According the the NSF website, "The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow exceptional funding with 3 years of graduate support worth thousands of dollars." Visit www.nsfgrfp.org for more information.
Swati Patel (EC05) was selected as a Fulbright winner. For her proposed Fulbright study, Swati proposes to carry out the genetic mapping of avian populations in South America. Visit http://www.cies.org/NewToFulbright.htm for more information on the Fulbright program.
Rebecca Fischer (EC05) recently earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. According the the NSF website, "The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow exceptional funding with 3 years of graduate support worth thousands of dollars." Visit www.nsfgrfp.org for more information.
Recent Research:
ISP alum James Hebden (EC03) working with Earth and Planetary Science faculty member Seth Stein recently published "Time-dependent Seismic Hazard Maps for the New Madrid Seismic Zone and Charleston, South Carolina Areas" in Seismological Research Letters (Seis. Res. Lett., 80, 12-20, 2009). See the full text here.
Past news:
Congratulations to the 2008 Graduating Class!
Left to Right: Jennifer Hobbs, Alessa Gambardella, Will Defliese, Brendan Neschke, Vivian Leung, Nicole Carlson, Tim Linden, Justin Lieber, Thomas Wytock, Mitch Bekritsky, Brian Radak, Joe Yelk, Jeff Chen, Seth Myers, Avinash Honasoge, Suraj Pradhan, Gabe Weil, and Yusuke Sakamoto. Not pictured: Ben Chartoff, Michael Clark, and Michael Kasa.
