Elizabeth has officially graduated from Michigan Technological University and has returned there this fall to complete an accelerated Masters program. She advanced our knowledge of battery systems and membranes/barriers and did valuable research on redox batteries this summer. Thank you Liz!
Kate Hoegeman is also studying at MSU for her last year of undergraduate study. She worked on synthesizing a promising new donor thianthrene compound. Enjoy your final year at MSU Kate! Thank you for working so hard for us this summer!
Nicholas is a senior at MSU for the 2020/21 year. His project involved oxygen/carbon dioxide catalyst on nitrogen doped graphene. He was out of the lab on the day I actually took pictures, but believe me, he was a very important part of our group this summer. Enjoy your last year at MSU Nick!
Abby is a rising senior at Lee University. Her project involved carbon dioxide catalysis with electropolymerized cobalt phthalocyanine. Ask her about it sometime. Thank you for spending the summer with us, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed having you here!
Summer 2020 is in the books and it was UNUSUAL, but productive. The summer of Covid-19 began with a few weeks of off-site research and literature study, and progressed into the lab with much PPE and personal precaution. The feedback from our students was generally good though. They were grateful to be in the lab and there was research progress made toward their projects. To all of our interns this summer, thank you for spending your summer with us and thank you for working so hard toward your (and our) goals. We want you to stay safe as you return to your studies. Be smart and always keep in touch. Stay tuned for highlights of each project.
Please note: Masks were removed for picture, and all researchers stayed Covid negative. What a great group!
What have we been doing for the last six months of no updates? The answer is we are still here and we are still going strong!
There are currently 5 summer interns working in the lab (yes, IN the lab). We are fortunate enough to have the support of Michigan State University to bring our interns into the lab for wet lab work the beginning of June. We are taking all of the precautions we can take to protect our interns and our researchers from the spread of COVID-19, and we have been able to keep our summer program working. We even have one Jolt intern working with us this summer.
Katherine Hoegeman: MSU Senior Chemistry major
Elizabeth Hoekstra: MTU Chemical Engineering graduate
Isabella Purosky: Jolt intern: GVSU Senior Biochemistry and Music major
Nicholas Quebbeman: MSU Senior Chemical Engineer
Abigail Snay: Lee University Senior Chemistry major
Isaac Spackman: Calvin University Junior Chemistry/Mechanical Engineering major
I will have updates on each of them and their work as the summer progresses. Also, updates on our full time researchers and their futures. Stay safe everyone and…
Our summer program was featured in an article in MSUToday recently!
We are extending the summer internship application deadline to February 15 due to some extended publicity and some extended vacations. Please apply for consideration…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Congratulations to Korey Cook and Mike Seymour, our 2019 reindeer games champions!
Below is the flyer for the 2020 summer internship program. Also included is a graphic depicting the kinds of projects available here at the OESL.
If you are interested in applying please provide:
1) Resume
2) Cover letter indicating area of research of greatest interest to you
3) Minimum of one reference
4) List of college level science courses you have completed
Please email applications to Laura Ives at iveslaur@msu.edu.
I am looking forward to receiving your application!