John Rigueur (expects to obtain Ph.D. spring 2010)

Research area: Investigating carbon nanotube growth for future device applications.

Undergraduate degree from: Fisk University

Outside interests/activities: Sports, traveling, painting, drawing, music, skydiving

Why Vanderbilt: I was drawn to the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in materials science and engineering through the Fisk-Vanderbilt Ph.D. Bridge Program and the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Likes best about Vanderbilt Engineering: I am attracted by the productiveness and professionalism of the faculty and students, as well as the scope of interdisciplinary research in the field of nanotechnology.