http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:48:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The National Science Foundation (NSF) "has recently awarded Flordia State Univeristy-Panama City (FSU-PC) a $512,000 grant" that will provide two-year scholarships for "30 FSU-PC students enrolled in electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering." Florida's News Herald (7/21) noted that this is the first NSF grant FSU-PC has received. FSU-PC ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/07/22/fsu-pc-receives-512000-science-grant-from-nsf/ Joshua Atwood is a devoted traveler, he notes: “The world is too incredible to not be seen first-hand.” This love of traveling and the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, kayaking, and even skydiving, led him to his current research, Invasive Plant Ecology. He participated in an undergraduate study abroad ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/07/21/joshua-atwood/ European 2008 Anita Borg Scholars This scholarship program, originally established in the U.S. to honor the work of Anita Borg and to recognize outstanding young women scholars in computer science and related fields, expanded to Europe most recently. Nearly 300 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 31 countries applied for ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/07/18/european-2008-anita-borg-scholars/ UC Riverside Engineering Students Receive Research Funding Lindsay Yee, a graduating senior who has done worked at CE-CERT's Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory (APL), has won a highly competitive three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. ... “Lindsay has been a top researcher in our atmospheric processes lab for four years and is quite ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/07/10/nsf-fellow-lindsay-yee/ The Newton International Fellowship scheme will select the very best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offer support for two years at UK research institutions. The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society are the sponsor of the fellowships. The long-term aim ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/07/02/newton-international-fellowship/ Electrical engineering grad students earn prestigious NASA fellowships David Hoffman and Amin Nehrir, master's students in electrical engineering, both received $30,000 fellowships through NASA's Graduate Student Researchers Program. In addition to the money, which covers educational expenses, Hoffman and Nehrir will each spend a portion of the coming year as ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/06/25/montana-state-students-earn-nasa-gsr-fellowships/ UA Students Earn NSF Fellowships José Manuel Álvarez (in photo) and Joshua Holst, both anthropology students, along with linguistics student, Kara Hawthorne, have received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship... With his grant, Álvarez wil examine multicrafting within households by analyzing the variability in flaked stone tools from floor and trash mound contexts ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/06/24/uarizona-graduate-students-earn-nsf-fellowships/ NC State Students Receive Fellowships: Brandon [Cochenour - in photo] is currently an Electrical Engineer with the Department of Defense, and has been employed by the Navy at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station since 2004. There, he has been involved in the research and development of next generation laser-radar systems ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/06/20/nc-state-students-receive-ndseg-and-smart-fellowships/ Recently ASEE had the opportunity to visit The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to talk about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. While there ASEE meet with a hundred or so students who are part of an REU opportunity called (SURF) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship funded by the ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/06/17/asee-visits-the-surf-program-at-the-national-institute-for-standards-and-technology-nist/ Five Grinnell College Graduates Awarded NSF GRFP The five Grinnell graduates named NSF Fellows include: * Adam Booth '04, with a major in physics, is pursuing graduate study in geology at the University of Oregon. * Natalie Funk '07, with majors in biological chemistry and ... http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/2008/06/16/five-grinnell-college-graduates-awarded-nsf-grfp/