COD Students Participate in Prestigious Summer Internships

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By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage students Ray Addi (Westmont), Xinjie Wu (Bolingbrook) and Tony Yang
(Streamwood) are participating in prestigious summer research internships made possible
through a National Science Foundation grant.Addi is at Argonne National Laboratory, while both Wu and Yang are at Northwestern
University.The internships were made possible through the College’s S-STEM Student Success program. The S-STEM program’s funding is provided by a National Science Foundation grant
promoting STEM Student Success through Individualized Coaching and Interdisciplinary
Community, through the Division of Undergraduate Education.Addi is spending the summer working within a research team from the Material Science
Division at Argonne under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Petford-Long. The team is
studying the behavior of magnetic lattices consisting of micron size magnetic bars
arranged in a quasicrystal pattern. His task at the lab is to calculate and analyze
the energy at different nodes of the lattice using Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework
(OOMMF) software to see how that energy changes under different external energy.“This internship is giving me the opportunity to apply what I have studied so far
at COD, keeping me curious in learning more scientific topics and craving more advanced
studies,” he said. “I’m trying to learn everything I can about this specific project
by reading related books and scientific articles. I’m also exploring different scientific
research projects here at Argonne Lab by attending conferences and seminars.”Addi said he developed a passion for electronics while still a teenager. He plans
to transfer to the University of Illinois at Chicago and study electrical engineering.“Since I started my studies at COD, my primary goal was to eventually earn a bachelor’s
degree in engineering,” he said. “COD is offering me all the elements to achieve that.
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