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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); ">Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates at Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Northwestern University offers a 9-week, paid summer research experience for undergraduates. The students are paired
up with some of the leading research professors in science and engineering fields. Research areas include ceramics, nanocomposites, photonics, nanoparticles, and molecular electronics. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">While
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">If you have any questions, please contact Ashley Walter at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:mrc-reu@northwestern.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">mrc-reu@northwestern.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
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