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Deadlines
Housing: September 18, 2007
Symposium: September 24, 2007

 

 

technical program

Graduate Student Award Recipients

2007 TOP-LEVEL STUDENT FINALISTS

There are five (5) top-level named graduate student awards, described below, and the recipient of each is determined after a general competition with the graduate research awardees (listed below) and a presentation to the Scholarship and Awards Committee at the International Symposium. The award consists of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium.
The top-level students are:

  • Suresh Donthu, Northwestern University

  • Jianguo Fan, University of Georgia

  • H. Lee Mosbacker, Ohio State University

  • Thomas Mullen, Pennsylvania State University

  • Andrea Munro, University of Washington


DOROTHY M. AND EARL S. HOFFMAN AWARD
The Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award was established in 2002 to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. It is funded by a bequest from Dorothy M. Hoffman, who was president of AVS in 1974 and held many other responsibilities in the Society. The award consists of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium.

Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award

The Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award was established in 1989, in the spirit of Nellie Yeoh Whetten, to recognize and encourage excellence by women in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. A fund to support the award was established by Timothy J. Whetten, friends and family of Nellie Yeoh Whetten, and AVS. The award consists of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium.

Russell And Sigurd Varian AWARD

The Russell and Sigurd Varian Award was established in 1982 to commemorate the pioneering work of Russell and Sigurd Varian. It is presented to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. The award is supported by Varian, Inc. It consists of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium.

DOROTHY M. AND EARL S. HOFFMAN SCHOLARSHIPS

The Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarships were established in 2002 to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. They are funded by a bequest from Dorothy M. Hoffman. The scholarships consist of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium

2007 GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS

The Graduate Research Awards were established in 1984 to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate studies in the sciences and technologies of interest to AVS. Each consists of a cash award, a certificate, and reimbursed travel support to attend the International Symposium. The Graduate Research Awardees are:

  • Abhishek Agrawal, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Daniel Killelea, Tufts University

  • Stephan Koev, University of Maryland

  • Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla, Univ. of Central Florida

  • Elena Loginova, Rutgers University

  • Michael Seman, Colorado School of Mines

  • Nathan Yoder, Northwestern University

MAJOR Symposium Sponsors
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