Nabila Tanjeem, assistant professor of physics, is directing the research project, funded by a nearly $200,000 National Science Foundation grant. Jose Lopez-Ceja works on microbot research with faculty adviser Nabila Tanjeem, assistant professor of physicsCo-authors of the paper are Tanjeem; Meng Shen, assistant professor of physics; alumni Shirlaine Juliano ’23 (B.S. Lopez-Ceja’s research experience helped him secure a summer internship at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, near Cleveland, Ohio. At NASA, he’s working 40 hours a week through early August, focusing on high-pressure combustion research for rocket propulsion. Nabila Tanjeem, assistant professor of physics“Jose’s technical skills are already at the level of a Ph.D. student.