Former Summer Projects


     We have had some great undergraduate students participate in our research through the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, run through the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM). We also encourage Princeton undergrads to join our group for the summer to get a taste for research. Here are the students who have contributed to our work over the years, and a list of their publications.

  • 2013

Erin Scott: Consolidation of marble and limestone with hydroxyapatite

  • 2012

David Ascienzo

Erin Scott

  • 2010

Chun (Tracy) Liu

  • 2008    

Joshua Muketha            

Elaine Ngo           

Emily Weissinger            

Kathy Whitaker

     “The chemomechanics of sodium sulfate crystallization in thenardite impregnat-ed limestones during re-wetting”, R.M. Espinosa-Marzal, A. Hamilton, M. McNall, K. Whitaker, and G.W. Scherer, J. Mater. Res. 26 [12] (2011) 1472-1481

  • 2007    

David Feliciano            

Megan McNall            

Jane O’Sullivan

  • 2006    

Megan McNall

     “Controlling crystallization pressure by surface modification”, John J. Valenza II, Megan R. McNall, and George W. Scherer, presented at the 7th Int. on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, Orléans, France, June 6-8, 2007

Kelly Rich

  • 2005    

Erin Donohue            

Angela Wylykanowitz

     “Controlling stress from swelling clay”, Timothy Wangler, Angela Wylykanowitz, and G.W. Scherer, pp. 703-708 in Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Prop-erties, ed. M.S. Konsta-Gdoutos (Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2006) 

  • 2004    

Kavita Raghavan            

Leonidas Stellakis            

Gregory Simmons

     “Thermal Expansion and Viscosity of Confined Liquids”, S. Xu, G.C. Simmons and G.W. Scherer, pp. 85-91 in Dynamics of Small Confining Systems, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 790, eds. J.T. Fourkas, P. Levitz, M. Urbakh, K.J. Wahl (Materials Res. Soc., Warrendale, 2004), P.6.8.1-7

  • 2002    

Eric Correa            

Jean-Paul Ciardullo

  • 2001    

Pamela Charles

     “Rheology optimization of Particle Modified Consolidants”, E. Aggelakopoulou, P. Charles, M.E. Acerra,  A.I.  Garcia, R.J. Flatt, and G.W. Scherer, pp.15-20 in Materials Issues in Art & Archaeology VI, MRS Symposium Proc. Vol. 712, eds. P.B. Vandiver, M. Goodway, and J.L. Mass (Materials Res. Soc., Warrendale, PA, 2002)

  • 2000    

Ana Garcia

     “Rheology optimization of Particle Modified Consolidants”, E. Aggelakopoulou, P. Charles, M.E. Acerra,  A.I.  Garcia, R.J. Flatt, and G.W. Scherer, pp.15-20 in Materials Issues in Art & Archaeology VI, MRS Symposium Proc. Vol. 712, eds. P.B. Vandiver, M. Goodway, and J.L. Mass (Materials Res. Soc., Warrendale, PA, 2002)                        

Nick Tsui

     “Crystallization damage by sodium sulfate”, N. Tsui, R.J. Flatt, G.W. Scherer, J. Cultural Heritage 4 (2003)109-115

  • 1999    

John Valenza

     “Method of protecting concrete  from freeze damage”, G.W. Scherer, J. Chen, and J. Valenza, U.S. Pat 6,485,560 (Nov. 26, 2002)

  • 1998    

Tennyson Maliro            

John Valenza

  • 1997    

Justin Dumouchel            

Chris Wargo

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