The REU participants will be mentored by a multi-disciplinary team of faculty members in the Colleges of Engineering and Science at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The faculty mentors along with the proposed research topic are given in the table. The REU Participants will be assigned to one or more mentors for a research project. REU participants’ interest will also be taken into account during selection process.
| Faculty member | Department | Research Project |
| Chris Brigham | Bioengineering | Microbial valorization of lobster shell chitin |
| Patrick Cappillino | Chemistry & Biochemistry | ÂDesign of flow battery active material for Redox Flow Batteries
Booster Materials for redox-targeting flow batteries |
| Wei-Shun Chang | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Plasmonic Materials for Tunable Optical Camouflage |
| Vijaya Chalivendra (PI) | Mechanical Engineering | Damage sensing in repaired intra-ply laminated composites
Dynamic fracture characterization of 3D printed polymer composites |
| Hangjian Ling | Mechanical Engineering | Fabrication and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces by 3D Printing
Understand The Longevity of Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Marine Environment for Next-Generation of Anti-Biofouling Materials |
| Maricris Mayes | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Accelerating Materials Discovery for Energy Storage Applications |
| Kihan Park | Mechanical Engineering | Cost-effective Elastic Filament Velocimetry (EFV) Sensor for Small Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) |
| Caiwei Shen | Mechanical Engineering | Novel bi-functional composite materials for structural energy storage in marine systems |
| Milana Vasudev | Bioengineering | Bioinspired Photonic Materials Based on Iridescent C. Lytica Bacteria |
| Sivappa Rasapalli | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Development of eco-benign marine natural products based antifouling coatings |