2023 Summer Research Internship Positions for High School Students
High school students (at all levels with good chemistry background!) are strongly encouraged to apply this summer research and training internship positions.
Research and training areas: Semiconductor Surfaces with Water and Light for Renewable Energy Harvesting and Conversion
Application deadline: March 15, 2023
Start date: Anytime after May 31, but not later than July 15.
Benefits: each of the selected students will receive total $3408 stipend for the entire six-week program. Students can reimburse lodging and mileage at a rate of $35 per day.
Apply this program by sending your resume and a letter of recommendation to Dr. Pan (email: span1@ua.edu).
2016 Summer Research Internship Participants
Dr. Pan’s Outreach Activities
- Dr. Pan presented chemiluminescence education module at SECME summer institute sessions for MSP module demonstration for 6-8 grade teachers at UA, June 22, 2015.
![students seated at a table, conducting an experiment](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/SECME.png)
- Teachers training on education module “Clean Energy: Nanoparticles, Chemical Reactions, and Light”
![graphic illustrating material covered in teacher training module](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/module-1-300x233.jpg)
- Developed new educational modules “Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” during the Southeast Consortium of Minorities in Engineering 35th Annual Workshop
![graphic showing a solar cell](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/OPVs2.png)
- New module development for 7th grade classroom on “Plant’s Nanomachinery for Photosynthesis and Nanotechnology for Solar Energy Conversion”
![numbered diagram showing materials needed for an experiment](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/module-2-300x207.jpg)
- New module development on “Nano water Demonstration: Light Interactions with Dye Molecules and Nanomaterials”
![numbered diagram and graph depicting material from Nano Water Demonstration module](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/module-3-300x144.jpg)
- New module development on “Alternative Energy: Photoeffect of TiO2 in a Photoelectrochemical cell”
![schematic from the alternative energy module](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/module-4-300x167.jpg)
- New module on chemiluminescence
![diagram depicting material from chemiluminescence module](https://pangroup.as.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/module-5-300x159.jpg)