{"id":7540,"date":"2022-03-07T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=7540"},"modified":"2022-03-07T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:16:31","slug":"uw-platteville-electrical-engineering-students-selected-to-present-carbon-nanotube-research","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-platteville-electrical-engineering-students-selected-to-present-carbon-nanotube-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Platteville electrical engineering students selected to present carbon nanotube research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/88TZOySMzBg\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nTwo University of Wisconsin-Platteville\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwplatt.edu\/program\/electrical-engineering\">electrical engineering<\/a>\u00a0students will showcase their research project, \u201cCarbon Nanotube Electronics\u201d at this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/research-in-the-rotunda\/\">Research in the Rotunda<\/a>\u00a0held on March 9 in the state Capitol. Devon Lee, a junior from Madison, Wisconsin, and Eliot Driessen, a sophomore from Kimberly, Wisconsin, are assisting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwplatt.edu\/profile\/evensenh\">Dr. Hal Evensen,<\/a>\u00a0professor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwplatt.edu\/department\/engineering-physics\">engineering physics<\/a>, with his research in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwplatt.edu\/department\/engineering-physics\/material-fabrication-and-nano-characterization-lab\">nano lab.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing is turning carbon nanotubes, which are small tubes that are like sticks made up of carbon, into transistors,\u201d said Driessen. \u201cIt\u2019s like an electronic switch that can turn on and off. It\u2019s the basis of our computers and many of our electronics today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast semester, we made two different devices. Only one of them worked,\u201d added Lee. \u201cThe biggest question now is why the other one didn\u2019t. It\u2019s great we have results, but we want to first make sure we can replicate them, and from there based on what we see will determine our next path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee and Driessen will present their findings to legislators, state leaders and peers from across the UW System. Both students have been working on the project for nearly two years. They both state they\u2019re excited to share their findings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope lawmakers learn undergraduate research is important \u2013 we are making real discoveries,\u201d said Lee. \u201cWe are learning skills that will make us valuable in the industry. It really shines well on UW-Platteville and what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driessen emphasizes the importance of undergraduates getting the exposure to share their results. Currently, the ongoing project involves 17 different steps in their process. This spring, Driessen said they will focus their attention to increase the efficiency of the transistors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing specifically is we are adding a vertical field effect instead of horizontal; it\u2019s the big goal we are trying to accomplish,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are trying to get it to work as best as we can in our laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the students prepare to present next month, they echo the importance of having the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m taking the concepts from my classes and using them in real-life situations,\u201d said Lee. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of problem solving. It\u2019s research. There\u2019s not a given answer in the book. It\u2019s exciting to piece things together and make different conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou learn so many things,\u201d added Driessen. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. I would recommend it to anyone. It\u2019s so much fun and you get so much good experience with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by Ruth Wendlandt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two University of Wisconsin-Platteville\u00a0electrical engineering\u00a0students will showcase their research project, \u201cCarbon Nanotube Electronics\u201d at this year\u2019s\u00a0Research in the Rotunda\u00a0held on March 9 in the state Capitol. Devon Lee, a junior from Madison, Wisconsin, and Eliot Driessen, a sophomore from Kimberly, Wisconsin, are assisting\u00a0Dr. Hal Evensen,\u00a0professor of\u00a0engineering physics, with his research in the\u00a0nano lab. \u201cWhat we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":7544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[93],"story_category":[],"class_list":["post-7540","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-platteville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/7540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=7540"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=7540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}