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The New Mexico Section has established a scholarship program funded by the proceeds of the Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials.
Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship
The Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship competition is open to all full-time undergraduate students who have completed a sophomore or junior level science or engineering curriculum at a New Mexico college or university. One $500 scholarship will be awarded. Click here
for the application form with instructions that can be printed from your browser.
Winners of the Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship:
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Essay Topic:
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2004/2005
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Louis Tribby
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Summary of Work at Sandia's Advanced Materials Lab |
2004/2005
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Jason Kooi, NM Tech
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Beauty in Broken Glass |
2003/2004
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Leigh
Anna Ottley, UNM
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Ferroelectric Properties of
PLNZT Thin Films: Synthesis and Characterization of Ln(OR3) |
2002/2003
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Brad Cash, University of
New
Mexico student and intern at Sandia National Labs in the Thermal Spray
Laboratory (TSL)
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Essay topic was on work
being
done in the TSL.
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2001
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Stephanie Smith, NMIMT
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Why I Chose Materials
Engineering
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2000
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Summer Rhodes, New Mexico
Tech.
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Role of ceramics in medical
applications. |
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Nathan Berg, NMIMT |
Investigation of slurry design for fabrication of biomimetic bone composites |
Graduate Student Research Award
The Graduate Student Research Award is open to all
full-time
students who are currently in a masters or doctorate program in a
physical
science or engineering field at a New Mexico university. One $500 award
will be made. Click here
for the application form with instructions that can be printed from
your
browser.
Winners of the Graduate Student Research Award:
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Research Topic:
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2003/2004
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Oleg Prokopiev, NM State
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Microstructure and Elastic Properties of
Hydroxyapatite Ceramics
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2003/2004
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Nanguo Liu, UNM
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Photoresistive Nanocomposite Materials
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2002/2003
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Was not awarded
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2001
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Mary Sandstrom, NMIMT
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Chemical Control of the
Texturing in Layered Perovskite Sol-Gel Films
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2000
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Chad Watson,
New Mexico Tech.
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Controlled strengthening of
glass using field-assisted ion exchange. |
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Melissa V. Collins, NMIMT |
Study of
combustion synthesis and effects of processing
parameters
on the physical properties of alpha-alumina |
For pictures of the 1999 award ceremony held on January 21, 2000
click here
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