OSU
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING E-BULLETIN
Issue #26
Week of April 24,
2006
Holocaust
Memorial Week at OSU
The week of April 24-28 is Holocaust Memorial Week at
OSU. This is our
20th annual program, and as always
the organizers have attempted to provide a variety of offerings that will have
broad appeal throughout our campus community. We hope that you can attend
some of the events. The main events on campus are listed in the calendar below.
All events on campus are free and open to the public. More details on the
Holocaust Memorial Program are available at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/holocaust
GOOD LUCK to
OSU HPV Team!
Good luck to all
OSU Human-Powered Vehicle Team members who will be competing in this year’s
ASME HPV Western Regional Championships. The competition takes place this
Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30,
at California Polytechnic Institute in San
Luis Obispo. For more information about the
competition, visit http://studentsections.asme.org/calpoly/HPV/
ME
Advising Sign-Ups…
…will be
available starting Monday, April
24th, in Dearborn 102. It is very important that
you schedule a 15-minute appointment with your advisor during the upcoming
3-week advising period, which runs
from Monday, May 1, through Friday,
May 19. Why is it so important to get
advised? Because if you don’t get advised,
you will not receive a PIN, which
you have to have for course registration!
NOTE: Advisors have changed. If you are not sure who your advisor is, please check on the ME Bulletin Board located just
outside Dearborn
102. (If you plan to graduate anytime between Fall 2006 and Summer 2007, your advisor is Dr. Walker.) If you
have questions please come to Dearborn
102, which is where all the advisors
are located. We’ll look forward to seeing you soon!
UPCOMING EVENTS
This Week...
Monday, April 24: “Investigating
Semi-Rigid Panels for Orbital Apertures and Other Space Structures.” Presentation
by Jonathan Black (University
of Kentucky), ME Mechanics tenure-track faculty candidate.
9 am,
Rogers 226. See
announcement in “Faculty/Graduate Seminars” section.
Monday,
April 24: Formula
SAE group meeting, 6 pm, Rogers
132.
Monday, April 24: “Never Again? Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in a Genocidal World.” Talk by James E. Waller,
Psychology Dept. Chair, Whitworth College, Spokane 7:30 pm,
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center. The twentieth century, far more than any that preceded it, was studded with genocidal campaigns, and the new century has already witnessed
extensive violence prompted by ethnic,
national, and religious hatred. In
this talk, Waller will analyze the causes of genocide and suggest measures
that help to reduce the bloodshed,
as well as lead to the reconstruction of post-genocidal societies.
Tuesday, April 25: LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE in order to
participate in the May 16th Primary Election. You can register to vote in
Student Involvement, Snell Room 149.
If you have questions or need information about voter registration, contact the Benton County Elections Department:
766-6756, http://www.co.benton.or.us/elections/. If you
would like information about registering in another county in Oregon,
this link will connect you to elections offices in all 36 Oregon
Counties: http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/clerk.htm
Tuesday, April 25: Oregon WAVE/Grand Challenge Team
meeting, 12 noon,
basement of Graf. This is the new weekly meeting time
for Spring term. All students (graduate and undergraduate) welcome.
Tuesday, April 25: SAE Mini Baja Senior
Design meeting, 5–6 pm,
Rogers 230. Note:
Senior Design meetings will be focused on senior design member
presentations and vehicle design and testing. Everyone is welcome, and all students interested in working on the Baja
car for their senior project should definitely attend.
Tuesday,
April 25: “Buried by The Times —The Holocaust and America's
Most Important Newspaper.” Talk by Laurel Leff,
Journalism professor, Northeastern University. 7:30 pm,
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center.
Almost as soon as mass killing of the Jews began in mid-1941, reports of massacres began to spread in the
west. Within a year, various
sources were providing allied governments and the media with strong evidence
and eyewitness testimony detailing the killing campaign and the death
camps. But while the genocide continued and even after the defeat of Germany
brought this campaign to a close,
the Holocaust was consistently under-reported in the western media. The
tendency to ignore or minimize the evidence that a campaign of genocide was
underway extended even to the New York Times,
the most prominent and influential newspaper in the United States. In her talk, Leff will discuss why the Times devoted so little
coverage to reports that the Jews of Europe were being systematically
annihilated.
Wednesday, April 26: “To Live Again -- Memories
of Destruction and Renewal.” Talk by Jack Terry,
7:30 pm, Austin Auditorium, LaSells
Stewart Center.
As a child, Jack Terry, then known as Jakub Szabmacher, experienced the Holocaust in its full fury.
He lost his parents, siblings, relatives,
and friends. In the camps of Budzyn and Wieliczka,
in his native Poland, and Flossenbürg,
in Bavaria, he regularly witnessed officers kill prisoners on
a whim, and he himself narrowly
escaped death on several occasions. But he also saw the other side of
humanity, and the support and
protection of fellow prisoners was a major reason why he was able to
survive. After the war, he
came to America.
He now lives in New York City, where he is a practicing psychoanalyst, and many of his patients are,
like himself, Holocaust
survivors.
Thursday, April
27: SAE Mini Baja team meeting,
5–6 pm, Rogers 230 or SAE
shop (Rogers
132). Note: These are more general meetings that will focus on organization for
the spring competitions and other upcoming team events such as sponsor trips
and driving days. All OSU students are encouraged to attend.
Thursday, April
27: OSU Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) meeting, 5:30 pm in MU 211,
and SVT Machine Shop time, 6
pm in WNGR 404.
Thursday, April 27:
“Humility and Chutzpah – The Making of a Holocaust Memoir.” Talk by Daniel Asa Rose, 7:30 pm,
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center.
In 2000, Daniel Asa Rose
published Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family's Escape
from the Holocaust. In this highly innovative contribution to
Holocaust literature, Rose recounted
a trip that he had taken with two young sons,
to retrace the route that a cousin had taken during World War II to escape
Nazi-occupied Europe (the cousin did in fact escape,
but his twin daughters were killed). As recounted in
Hiding Places,
Rose’s journey addressed not only a harsh episode of family history but also
his relationship with his sons and the issue of his own identity. In his
appearance at OSU, Rose will discuss
the making of Hiding Places.
Friday, February 28: “The Continuous Sensitivity Equation Method and some of its
Applications.” Presentation by Lisa Davis,
Montana State University.
3:30 pm, Rogers 226.
Plan Ahead...
Tuesday, May 2: Computer Science
Workshop: “Accessible HTML/CSS design.” 7–7:50 pm,
Milne 201.
Wednesday, May 3: Workshop on State of Oregon Internships and
Employment. 4–8:30 pm, Career Services (Basement of Kerr Administration
Building). Presenter: Dr.
Kia A. Smith, PHR, Senior State Recruitment Consultant, State of Oregon.
The workshop provides step-by-step guidance to help you become competitive
applicants for career-related internships and employment with state agencies.
For more information, contact Career
Services at 737-4085 or visit www.oregonstate.edu/career
Friday, May 5: “What Are We Doing at
the Industrial Assessment Center?”
Presentation by Joe Junker, IAC
Assistant Director, 4 pm, Rogers
226.
Friday, May
5–Sunday, May 7. ASME
HPV Eastern Regional Championships,
Charlotte, NC.
Tuesday, May 9: Computer Science
Workshop: “Scalable PHP.” 7–7:50
pm, Milne 201.
Thursday, May
11–Saturday, May 13: 2006 SAE Mini Baja
West Competition, Portland, OR (May 11) and Washougal,
WA (May 12-13).
Thursday, May 18: Annual ME Spring Picnic
and Awards Ceremony for current and incoming
pro-school students, graduate
students, faculty, and staff. Avery Park,
start time around 5:30 pm.
Details forthcoming.
Friday, May 19: OSU Engineering Expo, 2–5
pm Kelley
Engineering Center.
Wednesday,
May 24: CoE
faculty meeting with President Ed Ray and Provost Sabah Randhawa, 2:30-4 pm in Owen 101. All CoE faculty, including professional faculty, are invited to attend. See Announcements section
(below) for details.
Wednesday, May
24–Saturday, May 27. 2006
SAE Mini Baja Midwest Competition,
Walworth County, WI.
Saturday, June 17: ME
Graduation Ceremony, This
ceremony will be held at 4–6 pm in the Lasells Stewart Center, and will include individual recognition of
each graduate. Caps and gowns are required.
FACULTY/GRADUATE SEMINARS
Monday,
April 24, 9 am,
Rogers 226:
“Investigating Semi-Rigid Panels for
Orbital Apertures and Other Space Structures.” Presentation by Jonathan Black
(Dynamic Structures and Controls Laboratory,
University of Kentucky),
ME Mechanics tenure-track faculty candidate.
Abstract:
The success of the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories has created a
demand in the United States
for larger and more powerful space telescopes. Ultra-lightweight and/or
inflatable gossamer space structures have the potential to significantly
enhance the performance of space telescopes and other satellites, but nonlinearities in their behavior present many
barriers to implementation. Semi-rigid thermal-formed Kapton panels are
investigated here as a means of addressing some of the prohibitive challenges
of more traditional gossamer structures. To determine the fundamental structure
governing its structural response,
compression tests on several different components of the tessellating geometry
of the panels revealed nonlinear behavior consisting of multiple regions of
unique, linear stiffnesses and one
region of nonlinear, negative
stiffness. A form of hybrid modeling was then applied in which test data was
used to define model parameters,
enabling several variations of the original,
geometrically accurate finite element model to be generated, some with very significant reduction in complexity
(order) over the original model. The reduced hybrid models also performed much
better computationally than those which accurately represented panel geometry, and the reduced hybrid models very closely matched
the experimental data.
Friday, April 28,
3:30 pm, Rogers 226: “The Continuous Sensitivity Equation Method and Some of
its Applications.“ Presentation by Lisa Davis,
Montana State University.
Abstract:
This presentation includes a short overview of the recent history of the
continuous sensitivity equation method,
a description of the essential mathematical theory behind the method, and practical applications for the technique.
Examples are provided to illustrate the technique and to point out various
mathematical and computational issues that can arise,
and an ongoing project that uses sensitivity analysis in combination with
optimal control techniques for the optimal placement of sensors and actuators
is also discussed.
Note: The most current ME Seminar schedule and other OSU seminar
information is available on the Rogers Hall bulletin boards near the ME main
office or at http://me.oregonstate.edu/seminars/.
MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Department-wide…
Congratulations to ME juniors David Meeker, Tesfalem Zewdneh,
Paul Stuart, and Kyle Zirschky
on creating the “breath-controlled” fishing rod that took first place in this
year’s ASME Student Design Competition,
North American Pacific District,
held on April 7-8 at Boise State. You can check out their winning design at the
Engineering Expo on Friday, May
19th!
The OSU WAVE lab
is looking for a new PAID education and outreach assistant for approximately 10
hours a week. Pay $10/hour. Ideal candidate is a freshman or
sophomore ME or CE student who is interested in outreach and education. If you
are interested in this paid position,
contact Alicia Lyman-Holt at: lymanhal@engr.orst.edu
The OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTER
(IAC) is currently recruiting student employees. The minimum commitment for
involvement is two summers & one school year,
10-20 hours/week during school, full
time in summer. The IAC offers small and medium-sized manufacturers
comprehensive on-site energy, waste
and productivity assessments. Student teams led by engineering faculty visit
Northwest manufacturers and seek ways to increase profits by increasing
productivity and reducing energy use and waste. To learn more about the Center
and its activities, visit the IAC
web site at http://me.oregonstate.edu/iac/. To apply for IAC
employment, download the application
at http://me.oregonstate.edu/iac/downloads/Job
Application.doc and return your completed form to Joe Junker, 344 Batcheller Hall,
737-5034, JunkerJ@engr.orst.edu.
WANT TO HELP WITH K-12 ENGINEERING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES? The College of Engineering
has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities available for engineering
students interested in working with K12 students and sharing the excitement of
engineering. Twice a month, we will
be sending out a newsletter of upcoming outreach events. If you would like to
receive this outreach newsletter,
please email Ellen Momsen at ellen.momsen@oregonstate.edu and you will be added to
our distribution list. (In your email response,
please include your name, year, and major.) You will then be able to sign up for
events that interest you and fit your schedule. It's a great way to polish
leadership skills, and a lot of fun!
SUMMER 2006 ENGINEERING CLASSES at Linn Benton
Community College:
ENGR 201: Electrical Fundamentals: DC. June
26-July 28 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 10:00-12:00
(BENTON CENTER: BC-244). Recitation
UH 9:00-10:00 (BC 244). Lab UH 10:00-12:00
(BC-234)
ENGR 202: Electrical Fundamentals II: AC. July 31-September 1 (5
weeks). Lecture MWF 10:00-12:00
(BENTON CENTER: BC-244). Recitation
UH 9:00-10:00 (BC-244). Lab UH 10:00-12:00 (BC-234).
ENGR 211: Statics. June
26-July 28 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 1:00-3:00
(BENTON CENTER: BC-244). Lecture UH 2:00-3:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH 1:00-2:00 (BC-244).
ENGR 212: Dynamics. July
31-September 1 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 1:00-3:00 (BENTON
CENTER: BC-244). Lecture
UH 2:00-3:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH 1:00-2:00 (BC-244).
ENGR 213: Strength of Materials. July
31-September 1 (5 weeks). Lecture MWF 3:00-5:00 (BENTON
CENTER: BC-244). Lecture
UH 4:00-5:00 (BC-244). Recitation UH 3:00-4:00 (BC-244). Open enrollment for
summer classes starts: June 5. Contact: Linn Benton
Community College or John
Sweet, 541-917-4624, john.sweet@linnbenton.edu.
BUILDING/EQUIPMENT SECURITY ALERT. The ME department
buildings and others in the college have been the recent targets of many
thefts. The state police have indicated that these recent thefts have
been directed at laptop computers,
which according to them are marketable for identify theft. In many of
these cases, the thieves have
spotted a laptop through an office or lab window and have then broken it out to
get at the items. Many of these occurrences have happened in the Thursday
night to Sunday period. Please be aware of anything unusual and report it
to campus security. Do not prop doors open after hours, and if you see doors propped open, please report it to the ME office. Be vigilant
about keeping doors locked and secure.
Grad Students/Faculty/Staff…
THE OFFICE
OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH COMPLIANCE is offering the following workshops during the remainder of
Spring term:
April 25,
2:30-3:30
Subawards
April 28,
10:00-11:00
Grants.gov for NIH
May 4,
2:30-3:30
Budgets 101
May 11,
3:00-4:00
Grants.gov for NIH
May 23,
2:00-3:30
Conflict of Interest
For workshop descriptions and registration
information, visit http://oregonstate.edu/research/osprc. To
register, send an e-mail to osprc@oregonstate.edu or call
541-737-9525 (Toshie Gordon) or 541-737-0673 (Stephanie Balagot).
INTEL GRANT FOR SUMMER FUNDING OF UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCHERS. The COE has received a grant from INTEL to provide up to 5
undergraduate research experiences for women and minority engineering students.
Projects can begin in the spring and continue through the summer, or can be strictly summer projects. Each student
can earn up to $4000 during this project. End date is Sept 2006. Criteria for
projects: Intel has targeted specific areas for this REU. projects may be in
EECS, and specific areas of ChemE, IME, ME, Chemistry,
or Physics. If you would like to participate,
please contact Ellen Momsen (Director of the OSU Women & Minorities in
Engineering Program) as soon as possible at 541-737-9699 or
ellen.momsen@oregonstate.edu. If you already have an undergraduate student
(female or minority) identified,
indicate that; we also have many students who are interested and can select
students for you to interview. There is no cost to the researcher (except your
time!). Goals of this program are to encourage a greater number of women and
minority students to obtain a graduate degree in engineering. Thank you for
assisting COE diversity efforts!
UPCOMING COE FACULTY MEETING WITH OSU PRESIDENT AND PROVOST President Ed Ray and Provost Sabah
Randhawa will meet with the faculty of the College of Engineering on
Wednesday,
May 24, 2:30-4 pm,
in Owen 101. Ray and Randhawa will make a few general introductory comments, then spend the rest of
the time listening to CoE faculty comments,
taking questions, etc. You are
welcome to submit a question or suggestion for discussion.
Please do so via an e-mail message to Gigi Bruce in the Provost's
Office gigi.bruce@oregonstate.edu, and she will make sure
that President Ray and I are both aware of that input. All CoE faculty,
including professional faculty, are
invited to participate in this discussion.
WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY FOR
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS: How to Engineer Engineering Education. July 17-19, 2006, at Bucknell University.
For the fifth consecutive year,
faculty from Bucknell University are proud to offer this hands on workshop for
engineering and science faculty and graduate students to enhance their skills
in course design by: Writing clear instructional objectives; Using active, cooperative,
& problem-based learning; Teaching teamwork and problem solving skills;
Assessing learning outcomes; and Sharing experiences about what works and what
doesn't work. Workshop Tuition and Meals: $600 Before May 15th, $650 After May 15th. (Tuition is
non-refundable after May 30.) On-campus room ($120) is available but
optional. Apply for the workshop online @ www.bucknell.edu/Engineering/ProjectCatalyst on or before May 30.
Accepted applicants will be notified on or before June 15. Late
applicants will be considered depending upon availability. QUESTIONS? Contact Professor Michael
Prince, Chemical Engineering
Department, Bucknell
University,
Lewisburg, PA 17837. Telephone:
570.577.1781, email: prince@bucknell.edu
FACULTY RESEARCH GRANT OPPORTUNITY: The Human Frontier Science
Program has issued a Call for Letters of Intent for Research Grants for
Interdisciplinary Research. This program is encouraging collaborative
research across a wide range of disciplines including engineering, life sciences and physical sciences.
Link to program information: http://www.hfsp.org/about/AboutProg.php.
Link to application instructions: http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php.
ENGINEERING COMPUTING SERVICES FACT SHEET now available. For the
convenience of engineering faculty who need information on our computing and
networking facilities for proposals,
the College has put together a "fact sheet" that lists all our
capabilities. The information is available at http://engr.oregonstate.edu/it_boilerplate and will be updated as the
CoE CS facilities improve.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME)
Want to know why you should become a student member of the
ASME? Find out the 10 Top Reasons for joining at http://www.asme.org/jointoday/. You can apply for
membership online, or pick up a
paper application form from Murty Kanury,
OSU ASME chapter advisor, Rogers 324. You are also
invited to join the ASME mailing list (go to lists.oregonstate.edu group: ASME)
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
OSU (EWB-OSU) is a student chapter of EWB-USA with a mission to
implement sustainable engineering projects in developing countries while
developing responsible engineering students. We are currently working on
developing and implementing a potable water delivery system for a small
community in rural El
Salvador. We have many opportunities to
participate in this multi-disciplinary group (currently,
about 30 academic majors and programs are represented!) and on the project. If
you would like more information,
please contact EWB-OSU at ewb_osu@yahoo.com. To see pictures taken by
EWB-OSU members on a recent trip to El Salvador,
go to the new EWB-OSU forum at http://ewbosu.bbfunplus.com/?mforum=ewbosu. (Please register as a
user.)
The OREGON WAVE (WILLAMETTE
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ENTERPRISE) is a group of OSU students, professors,
and industry partners who have modified one of the SAE MiniBAJA racers for
autonomous control. We’re working on getting it ready for the next DARPA Grand
Challenge, tentatively set for
2007–08. If you’re a graduate and undergraduate ME,
EECS, or IME student interested
in helping to make our robot the best in the world,
please come to our weekly meeting in the basement of Graf Hall. The term, our meetings are Tuesdays at noon. Add yourself to the group’s
mailing list at http://lists.oregonstate.edu (grandchallenge).
HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE TEAM
The HPV team is affiliated with the OSU chapter of ASME and
shares a similar role in the College
of Engineering as the
Mini Baja and Formula One teams. Members of the HPV team bring experience from
many different areas including exercise science,
biomechanics, manufacturing, aviation,
composite structures, and automotive
repair. Many of our team members are dedicated cyclists and athletes. If you’re
interested in joining the team this term and helping us build this year’s
vehicle, come to on of our weekly
meetings (Tuesdays, 4:45 pm in Graf
210) or contact team advisor Dr. Brian Bay or team captain Heidi
Wolfe. Team web site: http://groups.engr.oregonstate.edu/hpv/index.htm.
MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT TEAM
Want to work on a research project for NASA? Want to develop
something that will help put a person on Mars? You like engines, why not work on a prototype nuclear engine that
powers a plasma rocket? Do you want to conduct an experiment in zero gravity at
26,000 ft? If you answered yes to
any of these questions, come check out the OSU Microgravity Flight Team! We meet in
the basement of Graf (look for the DARPA Sticker,
we’re in there), Wednesdays at 2–3 pm. For more information, contact Adam Reiner at adamreiner@hotmail.com.
SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (SAE)
Formula SAE group meets every Monday at
6 pm in
Rogers 132.
During Spring term, the Baja
SAE group will have two weekly meetings. Senior Design Testing
Meetings will be on Tuesdays at 5-6pm
in Rogers
230. These meetings will be focused on senior design member presentations and
vehicle design and testing. Everyone is welcome,
and all students interested in working on the Baja car for their senior project
should definitely attend. Team Meetings will be on Thursdays at 5-6pm in either Rogers
230 or the SAE shop (varies from week to week). These are more general meetings
that will focus on organization for the spring competitions and other upcoming
team events such as sponsor trips and driving days. All OSU students are
encouraged to attend. Also,
2006 Baja competition dates and locations are as follows: 2006 SAE Mini
Baja West Competition: May 11, Portland, OR / May 12-13,
Washougal,
WA; and 2006 SAE Mini Baja Midwest
Competition: May 24-27, Walworth County,
Wisconsin.
OSU SOLAR VEHICLE TEAM (OSUSVT)
OSUSVT is currently designing a solar powered vehicle to
compete in the 2007 American Solar Challenge and the 2007
World Solar Challenge in Australia. This
is a university-wide project and interested people may still join in. Spring
term meetings are on Thursdays,
5:30 pm, in MU 211,
for planning and business stuff and Thursdays,
6 pm in WNGR 404 for
machine shop work. For more information,
see the team web site at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/solar/ and/or email one of the
team leaders—Hei Yue Han (hanh@onid.orst.edu) or Kathy VanWormer (paphorchid@hotmail.com). You might also talk with
ME seniors Nathan Lentini, Jim Byrne, and Cory Loomis,
who are working on an OSUSVT-related senior project.
SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS
The AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MECHANICS is pleased to
announce the availability of two FOUNDER PRIZES AND GRANTS to be awarded
in September 2006 to doctoral candidates in the field of Mechanics.
Funding has been arranged by the Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation
by Professor Haythornthwaite,
founder and first President of the Academy. The award(s) will be made on the
recommendation of an AAM committee. The Prize consists of a Certificate and
$1000 that will be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy, usually held in November. The Grant will be made
to that same person in two installments,
$6,000 in September 2006 and up to
$3,000 in January 2007, the latter dependent on the size of the approved
budget and receipt by the AAM committee of an acceptable progress report. In
order to encourage contestants to think constructively about the impact of new
and pending developments, they will
be asked to compose an original essay of no more than a thousand words under
the title “Progress through Mechanics”. The winning essay will be published in
the Academy’s journal Mechanics. The award is open to those who, as of July 1,
2006 are registered as graduate students at a degree granting institution
within the Americas, have completed
at least one year of full-time graduate study at that institution, have been assigned a thesis advisor at the
institution and have had a doctoral thesis topic emphasizing mechanics approved
by the institution following candidacy or equivalent procedures. There are no
restrictions with regard to citizenship,
residency, race, religion or sex. Letters of support will be
required of the thesis advisor and in addition one from either a Member or a
Fellow of AAM. Contestants will be judged on the basis of the essay, plans,
references and academic history. The intent of the Grant is to support the
research of the student through an approved combination of equipment purchases, information access,
travel, etc.,
but not routine living expenses or fees. For further information, see the Entry Ru
