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Nanoscale Energy-Fluids Transport Research
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Boston University Engineering Internship, <i>Summer 2016</i>
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Working with a wonderful team under the direction of Professor
Duan in Boston University's College of Engineering, I worked to
further understand and characterize the behavior of flow of
water through nanochannels. The relationships I cultivated with
the people that I encountered have helped me develop into who I
am today.
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The challenge of delving into concepts I never had at such depth
before was an amazing challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed. After
being taught the general premise for the project that I would be
contributing to, I was assigned the task of comparing the flow
of water through silica nanochannels with that of water through
graphene coated nanochannels. First, I earnestly studied the
existing theory to better grasp the conceptual foundation on
which my work would be based. Then, in a clean room, I helped
design and manufacture silica and graphene-coated silica
microchips with nanochannels with which to conduct my
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Next, I used a high-speed microscope camera to film the flow of
the water through the silica and graphene-coated nanochannels.
Then, manipulating the video frames with a MATLAB program and
produce plots of the water progress allowed me to apply our
knowledge of the existing theory to characterize the differences
in the interactions between water and silica interfaces and the
water and graphene interfaces. Wrapping up all my observations and
conclusions, I presented my work at a research symposium.
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