CNS Summer Interns

Every summer, CNS-UCSB offers an 8-week intensive internship program to undergraduate students at UC Santa Barbara and California community colleges in the region. Interns are mentored by CNS Graduate Fellows. They assist in research, and at the end of the program, they make formal presentations and prepare posters about their work. Currently all CNS interns are part of the INSET (Internships in Nanosystems, Science, Engineering and Technology) program at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCSB. INSET is funded by the National Science Foundation as part of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

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    Gianna is a marine biology major currently finishing her transfer prerequisites at Santa Barbara City College. She comes from Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Archipelago where she developed a...

  • Kelly Landers

    Kelly just finished her last semester at Santa Barbara City College and will be transferring to UCSB this coming fall. She is  a Statistical Science major and is specifically interested in...

  • Bryan Phillips

    Bryan Phillips is a physics student at Santa Barbara City College. He is working with Zach Horton to research open source software and hardware development, and how open sourcing as an efficiency...

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    Eddie Triste is a Mescalero Apache, a veteran and recent graduate of Allan Hancock College. In the fall of 2012 he will be attending California Sate University, Sacramento where he plans to pursue...

Former CNS Summer Interns

  • Brent Boone

    Brent Boone was a CNS-UCSB summer intern in 2010. He worked with CNS Graduate Fellows Meredith Conroy and Erica Lively, and Professor Bruce Bimber in IRG 3, looking at the effects of...

  • Sergio Cardenas

    Sergio was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. After completing his education at College of the Canyons, Sergio transfered to the University of California, San Diego in the fall of 2011 to pursue a...

  • Simone Jackson

    Simone Jackson graduated from Allan Hancock College with Associate Degrees in several disciplines including physics, chemistry, and mathematics. She transferred to San Jose State University to...

  • Alexander Lyte

    Alex was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. He transfered from Santa Barbara City College to the University of California at Santa Barbara in Fall, 2011 to study Economics. He has worked in China...

  • Srijay Rajan

    Srijay Rajan was an INSET summer intern in 2010 He studied Chemistry at Moorpark College. Also interested in Physics and Medicine, he planned to transfer into a Chemical Engineering program....

  • William Reynolds

    William was a CNS-INSET Summer Intern in 2011. He transfered from Ventura College to the University of California, San Diego in Fall, 2011, where he will pursue a Bachelors of Science degree in...