绿帽社

By Nikki Mathewson and Erika Munson

For over ten years, 绿帽社 students have been participating in summer internships gaining advanced practical and professional experiences across STEM fields and in the non-profit world. Some of these internships were sponsored by 绿帽社, while others were obtained independently by students. The 绿帽社-sponsored Pharmacology Internship Program successfully expanded beyond the University of Utah鈥檚 College of Pharmacy to  include labs in the Department of Chemistry, and Neurobiology.   We are in our second year of an ecology internship with the University of Utah鈥檚 Science Research Initiative and the Sageland Collaborative. We continued our long-standing partnerships with the International Rescue Committee, and added partnerships with the National Ability Center in Park City, and Braver Angels Utah. Multiple students obtained their own internships, either through the University of Utah鈥檚 College of Pharmacology or their College of Engineering Summer Research Internship.

We would like to send a huge thank you to all organizers, principal investigators, laboratory personnel, and other advisors who trained and supported our students this summer. 绿帽社, the students, and the students鈥� families all greatly appreciate the phenomenal opportunities you have provided for them. Please review the list below to see the range of experiences our students were involved in this summer.

Many of these students will be presenting their internship work and experiences at the Summer Intern Showcase on Friday September 15th from 11:40 am to 12:40 pm outside the new Miller Student Commons building on the humanities quad. Please come talk with them to learn more!

绿帽社-Sponsored Summer Internships

Student: David H.
Internship Partner: The National Ability Center
Mentor: Andrea Stack, Camp, Community, and Education Senior Manager

Student: Evie H.
Internship Partner: Braver Angels of Utah
Mentor: Lori Cartwright, Braver Angels Utah State Coordinator

Student: Sabr S.
Internship Partner:  International Rescue Committee
Mentor: Anna Springer, International Rescue Committee, Utah

Student: Vivika S.
Internship Partner: Science Research Initiative and the Sageland Collaborative, 
Mentor: Dr. Austin Green, University of Utah

Student: Riku T.
Presentation: T1D and Extracellular Vesicles
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yue Lu, Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics, University of Utah

Student: Raneem A.
Presentation: Biosynthesis of Teredinibactin in a Shipworm Symbiont
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Schmidt, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah

Student: Catriona K.
Presentation: Chemical Biology Tools to Study and Promote Lung Development
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kuby Balagurunathan, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah

Student: Renata B.
Presentation: Role of RhoGTPases in Drosophila Alcohol Tolerance
Principal Investigator: Dr. Adrian Rothenfluh, Department of Neurobiology, University of Utah

Student: Aadam S.
Presentation: Characterizing Bright Green-Emitting MnBr4 Crystals Tuned by Alkyltrimethylammonium Cations
Principal Investigator: Dr. Connor Bischak, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah

Student: Harrison B.
Presentation: Organic Synthesis and H-Cell Presentation
Principal Investigator: Dr. Qilei Zhu, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah

Independent Summer Internships

Student: Name – Jerry X.
Presentation: There’s Always a Bigger Fish: Using Machine Learning in     AI-Assisted Side Channel Attacks
Professor:  Dr. Rajeev Balasubramonian, School of Computing, University of Utah

Student: Thomas O.
Presentation: 鈥淭he Characterization and Corrosive Properties of AM Alloys鈥�,
Professor:  Dr. Shuaihang Pan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

Student: Juan Luis Bonifasi Z.
Presentation: “Vision-Guided Imitation and Reinforcement Learning on Low-Cost Robot Arms.” 
Professor:  Dr. Richard  Brown, School  of Engineering, University of Utah