The Ben and Elaine Whiteley Endowment for Materials Research, established in 2007, provides support for materials research in the College of Science. In particular, it provides fellowship support for students to work full time during the Summer in a research laboratory, working on materials research related topics.<\/p>\n
Application procedure<\/p>\n
Students submit an application to the chair of the chemistry or physics department by March 15. The chairs of the chemistry and physics departments will select one or two recipients and announce the decision before March 31. Students should submit the following material:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Personal statement: short statement of advocacy why you should be awarded a fellowship<\/p>\n
\u2022 Curriculum Vitae<\/p>\n
\u2022 Research proposal: short description of research plans for Summer<\/p>\n
\u2022 Letter of support from adviser<\/p>\n
\u2022 Copy of transcript<\/p>\n
Previous recipients<\/p>\n
Year\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Recipient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adviser\u00a0 Work area<\/p>\n
2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whitney Shepherd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oksana Ostroverkhova\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organic semiconductors<\/p>\n
2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adeniyi Adenuga\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vince Remcho\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carbon nanotubes<\/p>\n
2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jason Francis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Janet Tate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Electronic materials<\/p>\n
2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tosapol Maluangnont\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Lerner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Graphite chemistry<\/p>\n
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