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.
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.
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
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.