In an article recently published by the UC Office of the President (UCOP), UC Irvine undergraduate Kaustubh Simha (third-year electrical engineering and applied physics double major) was highlighted for his outstanding STEM research and the positive impact that engaging in research has had on his university experience.
Undergraduate researchers are right in the thick of STEM research at UC, helping advance science, engineering and medicine. Kaustubh Simha, a third-year electrical engineering and applied physics double major at UC Irvine, works with a team that is creating a new two-dimensional material that could eventually replace silicon in computers and smartphones, bringing smaller and more powerful computers to our daily lives.
Simha’s experience in the Quantum Materials and Devices Lab under associate professor Luis Jauregui has completely transformed his college experience.
“It has definitely been the defining factor of my time at UC Irvine,” says Simha. “I’ve met all my mentors and all my people that I really connect with and care for through research. It has shown me that anything is possible. I’d say it’s the reason why you’d want to go to a UC versus any other school. We are an R1 institution. We have some pretty rare equipment, like a fridge that goes down to 0.3 Kelvin. We can do some very cool physics in those systems. I’ve had opportunities here that I don’t think I would have anywhere else.”
Interested in learning more? Read the full article by Apollonia Morril on the UCOP website.