Arizona State Students Receive NSF Fellowship
Posted by John Hunter | Under NSF Fellows Sunday May 20, 2007Graduate students earn National Science Foundation fellowships:
Graduate students from life sciences, anthropology and mechanical engineering at ASU are among the select applicants chosen nationwide to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research fellowships.
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Evans’ fellowship pursuits will actually take her back in time. As a graduate student in the School of Human Evolution & Social Change (SHESC), in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Evans has a background in civil engineering, and her fellowship research “Geotechnical Analysis of Identity” incorporates anthropological, archaeological and soil engineering methods; data about human remains (bioarchaeology) and burial goods; and information about styles of construction of earthworks and ceremonial centers. Her fellowship will allow her to investigate the alliance-making strategies among prehistoric peoples.
“Spriggs is also organizing a summer camp for middle school students focused on integrating science and computation. The camp, which will be offered for students at the UA-affiliated Wildcat School…”
“The NSF fellowship will enable Holst to conduct an ethnography on the ‘resource curse,’ a phenomenon where countries that are exporting primary commodities face an increased risk of armed conflict…”