CURI Academic Year Student Researcher - Cruz-Reyes

St. Olaf Student • Northfield, MN

27d • $13 • Onsite

About The Position

Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects. Project Title: Iron oxide synthesis with various microplastics Faculty Mentor: Maetzin Cruz-Reyes Project Description: Iron oxides have robust synthesis methods to simulate naturally occurring oxides. This project would take a look at the effects microplastics have on the nucleation and growth of goethite and hematite, two of the most abundant iron oxides, and akageneite, a metastable iron oxide at various points in the synthesis methods. The first couple of weeks would be spent setting up lab space, going over methods, and synthesizing the minerals. Next would be to decide different points in the synthesis methods to introduce microplastics as well as which type of microplastics (primary or secondary, PLA/PE/PS) and concentrations. The following weeks would tackle each of the minerals with the various parameters chosen and characterizing the minerals. This project would expose students to materials chemistry and the expansive methods to characterize solid materials, some of which are available to us at St. Olaf and Carleton (SEM, XRD). Please contact Prof. Cruz-Reyes ([email protected]) for more information or stop by her office (RNS 322) Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.

Requirements

• A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student.
• There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program, but a student’s academic record will be considered during the selection process.
• Skills are dependent on individual projects.
• If you don’t have a work award and select, No, to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.

Responsibilities

• Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks), as determined by the individual faculty mentor.
• See the CURI Digital Olaf database for individual project descriptions and details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed