John R. Waldeisen, Engineering Science junior, has been awarded a $5,000 Soozie Courter Sharing a Brighter Tomorrow Hemophilia Scholarship by the Hemophilia Federation of America. John is one of 16 undergraduate awardees nationwide. Congratulations!

Mr. Ying Shan, doctoral student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has won the 2005 American Society for Composites (ASC) Ph.D. Research Scholarship. The award consists of $1,000 to support Mr. Shan's research program, and $750 for travel expenses to attend the 20th Annual Technical Conference hosted by Drexel University in Philadlephia, Pennsylvania, September 7-9, 2005. Mr. Shan will receive a plaque at the conference banquet on Thursday evening, September 8th, at which time the announcement and presentation of his award will be made.

Mr. Shan's doctoral work is being conducted under the direction of Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

The mission of the American Society for Composites is to provide a communication forum for the engineering and scientific community in composites materials, and to provide the growth of knowledge from interdisciplinary engineering and scientific research in composite materials.