DJIRE Summer Program

Are you interested in conducting groundbreaking research?

The DJIRE Lab at Texas A&M University is looking to recruit undergraduate students for a 10-week summer research education program.

  • Student will be provided the opportunity to network with individuals from other labs pertaining to research interests (https://djire-lab.engr.tamu.edu/research/)
  • Undergraduate will attend seminars pertaining to networking, presenting research, and the graduate school application process

Program dates and more information will be available around Spring semester.

 

2026 Members

Joshua Ferguson

Howdy, My name is Joshua a rising junior in Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. I’ll be working on the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia via Nitrogen Reduction Reaction.

Anthony Wiederkehr

I’m an incoming sophomore chemical engineering major in Engineering Honors. I’m an identical twin to 4 other siblings, and I grew up in Flower Mound, Texas. In my free time, I love to play ping pong with my friends or hop onto some competitive basketball runs at the Recreation Centers. I’ve also appreciated chemistry coming from a lineage of doctors and nurses, and I hope to, through research under Dr. Abdoulaye, get a deeper learning into the intricacies of chemical reactions.

Lauren Page

I am a rising Senior at A&M Consolidated High School, working as a summer intern in The Djire Lab. My research will focus on the quantification of ammonia and correction of the pH of MXenes produced during electrochemical experiments.

Saim Karim

My name is Saim Karim, and I am currently an 11th-grade student taking AP English Language & Composition, Advanced Pre-Calculus, AP U.S. History, AP Biology, and Advanced Spanish II. I also completed an advanced chemistry course during my sophomore year, which strengthened my interest in science and laboratory research.I am especially interested in dentistry and healthcare-related fields, and I am excited to learn more about scientific innovation through the DJIRE Lab’s work in ammonia production. I look forward to gaining hands-on experience and expanding my understanding of chemistry, sustainability, and research applications.

Faiaz Zubaer Hasan

I am a rising junior at College Station High School with a strong interest in chemical engineering, sustainability, and energy-related research. I am excited to join the DJIRE Lab this summer as one of the lab’s first high school research interns, where I will be working on the synthesis and application of MXenes for electrochemical ammonia production and other sustainable energy technologies. Outside of research, I am also passionate about filmmaking and scientific outreach, and I hope to help make advanced scientific research more accessible and engaging to broader audiences.

D Hariharan

College of Engineering International Research Internship Program 2026

I am a rising junior at College Station High School with a strong interest in chemical engineering, sustainability, and energy-related research. I am excited to join the DJIRE Lab this summer as one of the lab’s first high school research interns, where I will be working on the synthesis and application of MXenes for electrochemical ammonia production and other sustainable energy technologies. Outside of research, I am also passionate about filmmaking and scientific outreach, and I hope to help make advanced scientific research more accessible and engaging to broader audiences.

2025 Members

Nathan Mathews

I am currently a rising sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. This summer, I am conducting research in the DJIRE Lab, where I study the performance of metal-doped titanium and vanadium MXenes for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide.

Joshua Ferguson

I am a rising Sophomore in Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. My project is about the effect that MXenes have on ammonia production in NRR.

Kash Kalvakota

Howdy! My name is Kash Kalvakota and I am a junior at Texas A&M University pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Materials Chemistry, with great interest in energy and energy storage. I joined the DJIRE Lab in May 2025, and am researching the energy storage capabilities of titanium-based nitride MXenes in aqueous neutral multivalent electrolytes.  

2024 Members

Diya Mahesh

College of Engineering International Research Internship Program 2024

I am an undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering from IIT Gandhinagar, working as a summer intern in Dr. Djire’s Lab. My work here investigates the fundamental electrocatalytic properties of metal-doped nitride MXenes for different electrocatalytic reactions.

Dee Tadesse

I am an undergraduate student from Fayetteville State University. My work here investigates on nitride MXene (MNene) synthesis, particularly vanadium-based MNenes.

2023 Members

De’Zarae Guthrie

I am originally from Jamaica and currently I am pursuing an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering (BioE concentration) at Prairie View A&M University. My research at Texas A&M centers around the use of two dimensional Mxenes as a catalyst to stimulate nitrogen reduction reactions through a process known as the MvK mechanism.

2022 Members

Mark Lee

I am currently a rising Sophomore in the Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Blinn College and I hope to pursue a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. The research that I am working on focuses on the electrochemical process of the nitrogen reduction reaction, using metal nitride (MXene) catalysts.

Wilfried Zagre

I am currently a senior chemical engineering student at Prairie View A&M University. My research focuses on the effect of Ru-doping on the OER and ORR performance of Ti3CN MXene.

2021 Members

Cullan King

I am a currently a rising Sophomore, pursuing a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering along with a Minor in finance at Prairie View A&M University. My research in the Djire Lab at Texas A&M university focuses on spectroelectrochemistry, specifically the investigation of the application of metal nitride (MXenes) catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction.

Jevaun Christie

I am currently an undergraduate chemical engineering student at Prairie View A&M University, and will graduate in May 2022. My research at Texas A&M focuses on testing the energy storage capabilities of 2D nitride MXenes, by studying ion intercalation into electrodes.