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\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Mihai E. Vaida
\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

Resume<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Keith Blackman<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/h2>\n

Physics<\/p>\n

\"\"Aakash Gupta<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/h2>\n

\"\"Rebecca Reddin<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/h2>\n

\"\"Alejandro Rodriguez<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

\"\"Eric Segrest<\/strong>
\nHigh School Student<\/h2>\n

Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando<\/p>\n

\"\"Micah Hall<\/strong>
\nREU Student<\/h2>\n

Tuskegee University<\/p>\n

\"\"Luther Davis<\/strong>
\nPhysics & Astronomy Teacher<\/h2>\n

Lake Mary High School<\/p>\n

\"\"Steve DeSanto<\/strong>
\nPhysics Teacher<\/h2>\n

Lake Mary High School<\/p>\n

Alumni<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Corine M Smith<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

Physics, Photonic Science & Engineering<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>George Turner<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

Physics, Directed research (2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Laura Killingsworth<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

Materials Science and Engineering (2022-2023)<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Awan<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Postdoctoral Scholar<\/h2>\n

(2021-2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Janis Rusu<\/strong>
\nHigh School Student<\/h2>\n

Eijkhagen Charlemagne College, Landgraaf, Netherlands (2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Roman Kooler<\/strong>
\nHigh School Student<\/h2>\n

Eijkhagen Charlemagne College, Landgraaf, Netherlands (2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"Brian Madondo<\/strong>
\nHigh School Teacher<\/h2>\n

Olympia High School, Orlando (2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"Chad K Hobby<\/strong>
\nHigh School Teacher<\/h2>\n

Timber Creek School, Orlando (2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Emily Martinez<\/strong>
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Materials Science and Engineering (2021-2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"Ariel Tarago<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

Mechanical Engineering (2021-2022)<\/p>\n

\"\"ChristopherSSweatman<\/strong>
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\nPhysics<\/h2>\n

Directed research (2021)<\/p>\n

\"\"Afjal Pathan<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/h2>\n

(2017-2021)<\/p>\n

\"\"Nikki Marrow<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/h2>\n

(2019-2021)<\/p>\n

\"\"Trong Nguyen (Hieu)<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student
\nMechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/h2>\n

(2018-2021)<\/p>\n

\"\"Cody Jordan<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student
\nPhysics major<\/h2>\n

(2018-2019)<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Wasuwanich<\/strong>
\nResearch Assistant
\nTimber Creek School<\/h2>\n

(2017-2019)
\nSince Aug. 2019 at the University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

\"\"Bryan Laurie<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student
\nSpring 2017 EXCEL\/COMPASS undergraduate research program<\/h2>\n

\"\"Nick Honickmann<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student
\n2017 EXCEL\/COMPASS undergraduate research program
\nFall 2017- Spring 2018 Duke Energy<\/h2>\n

\"\"Josh Kalinec<\/strong>
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\nValencia Community College<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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