- Sandra Sowah, class of 2005
- Scanning Probe Microscopy and Quartz Crystal Microbalance at Grinnell College.
Summer of 2003
Funding source: Research Corporation grant
- Development of Nanotribological Instrumentation
Summer of 2002
Funding source: Grinnell College
- Adam Booth, class of 2004
- Construction of an Ultrahigh Vacuum Sample Preparation and Analysis Chamber.
Summer of 2002
Funding source: Research Corporation grant
- Erin Manlove, class of 2007, Nanotribology: Writing a research manuscript for publication
- Studies of high-speed sliding friction in ultrathin lubricant films using combined quartz crystal microbalance and nanoindentation .
Summer of 2006
Funding source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to St. Olaf College
- An investigation of ultrathin lubricant films with integrated nanoindentation and quartz crystal microbalance
Summer of 2005
Funding source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to St. Olaf College