- INTENTIONALLY BLANK - Table of Contents 2009 SURF Summer Seminars and Tours...........................................................................................1 2009 SURF Summer Activities ...........................................................................................................6 2009 SURF Program Student Abstracts at NIST Gaithersburg, MD ................................................11 American University William Flynn..........................................................................................................................11 Appalachian State University Nicholas Pope..........................................................................................................................11 Boston University Eugenia Romantseva ...............................................................................................................12 Bucknell University Alyssa Okita............................................................................................................................12 California Institute of Technology Danil Kitchaev.........................................................................................................................13 Caifornia State University Fresno Kennedy Vu.............................................................................................................................14 Carnegie Mellon University David Jia..................................................................................................................................14 Ellen Tworkoski......................................................................................................................15 Centre College Scott Albertine.........................................................................................................................16 City College of NewYork Hunter Catherine Callo........................................................................................................................16 College of New Jersey Alexander Clark ......................................................................................................................17 Jason Krizan............................................................................................................................17 College of William and Mary William Ames..........................................................................................................................18 Brian Richards.........................................................................................................................18 i Colorado School of Mines Amanda Meier.........................................................................................................................19 John Rose................................................................................................................................19 Cornell University Eric Huang...............................................................................................................................20 Benjamin Strauss.....................................................................................................................20 Eastern Kentucky University Timothy Howarth....................................................................................................................20 Jillian Roberts..........................................................................................................................21 Craig Van Norman ..................................................................................................................21 Franciscan University Steubenville Stephen Nowak........................................................................................................................22 George Mason University Michael Atkins........................................................................................................................22 George Washington University Marian Ackun..........................................................................................................................23 Marjan Aslani..........................................................................................................................23 Sarah Bever.............................................................................................................................24 Nicole Messier.........................................................................................................................24 Gettysburg College Christine Kuhn........................................................................................................................25 Hamilton College Glenn Smith.............................................................................................................................25 Hampshire College Maryette Haggerty Perrault.....................................................................................................26 Harvey Mudd College Robert Hoyt.............................................................................................................................26 Benjamin Keller......................................................................................................................27 Haverford College Joseph Howard........................................................................................................................27 Hood College Kendall Dolly..........................................................................................................................28 Mara Levine............................................................................................................................28 Julie Nyman.............................................................................................................................29 Hilary Stauffer.........................................................................................................................29 ii Illinois Wesleyan University Mark Kaspercyzk....................................................................................................................30 Iowa State University Elizabeth Welch......................................................................................................................30 Johns Hopkins University Howard Joress.........................................................................................................................31 Ian Richter...............................................................................................................................32 Stephanie Chinnapongse .........................................................................................................32 Lehigh University Scott Olson..............................................................................................................................33 Loyola College of Maryland Natasha Hochlowski................................................................................................................33 Lisa Schneider.........................................................................................................................34 Miami University Ohio Ryan Bratton............................................................................................................................34 Megan Marshall.......................................................................................................................35 Grant Riley..............................................................................................................................35 Millersville University of Pennsylvania William Killian........................................................................................................................36 Montgomery College Andrew Dillon.........................................................................................................................36 Mount Saint Mary’s University Carly Geronimo.......................................................................................................................37 Christine Wroge......................................................................................................................37 New Jersey Institute of Technology Uyiosa Abusomwan................................................................................................................38 Fatima Fabara..........................................................................................................................38 New York University Michael Sharpnack..................................................................................................................39 Nathaniel Weinman.................................................................................................................39 North Carolina State University Daniel Marley..........................................................................................................................40 Courtney Taylor......................................................................................................................41 iii Ohio University Michael Lorek .........................................................................................................................41 Oklahoma State University Eric Kim..................................................................................................................................42 Olin College of Engineering Rhan Kim ................................................................................................................................42