For the 12th year, the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research (NCESR) offered undergraduate students summer internships in energy sciences research in the amount of up to $6,000 for the summer of 2025. An additional $1,000 travel fund can be requested by the faculty sponsor to use for travel expenses for their sponsored student to present the research conducted during the summer internship at a relevant conference.
The nine recipients of the 2025 summer undergraduate internship were Noah Andersen, majoring in Mechanical Engineering; Octavious Gonzalez, majoring in Chemical Engineering; Tyson Klein, majoring in Electrical Engineering; Macey Moore, majoring in Microbiology and Forensic Science; Vladislav Prakapchuk, majoring in Mechanical Engineering; Yashraj Purbey, majoring in Computer Science; Seth Rogers, majoring in Mechanical Engineering; Cooper Swoboda, majoring in Mechanical Engineering; Braedyn Thompson, majoring in Electrical Engineering.
Each recipient prepared a poster about their research project to present at the Nebraska Summer Research Symposium on August 5, 2025. The symposium was sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, Graduate Studies, and Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Noah Andersen, Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Heat Exchanger Design for Molten Salt Small Modular Reactor
Octavious Gonzalez, Majoring in Chemical Engineering
Continuous Flow Polymerization: Energy Usage and Characterization of Functional Copolymers
Tyson Klein, Majoring in Electrical Engineering
Advancing MVAC-LVAC Power Conversion for Next Generation Data Centers
Macey Moore, Majoring in Microbiology and Forensic Science
Determining the Vitamin Supplementation Requirements of the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans
Vladislav Prakapchuk, Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Surface Evolution of Femtosecond Laser Processed Copper Subject to Hydrogen Annealing
Yashraj Purbey, Majoring in Computer Science
Developing a software tool to identify genotype-specific RNA splicing events in rice, maize, and sorghum populations to link them to the phenotype of oil accumulation and biomass
Seth Rogers, Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Controlling Liquid Metal Droplet Morphology for Thermal Interface Material Optimization
Cooper Swoboda, Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Pool Boiling of Femtosecond Laser Surface Processed Stainless Steel to maximize Critical Heat Flux
Braedyn Thompson, Majoring in Electrical Engineering
Surface Area and Porosimetry Measurements on Femtosecond Laser Surface Processed Copper Foils