Two graduate students from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics have received 2013 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Congratulations to Beth Bimber and Amber Black on their accomplishments.

In total, eleven graduate students from the College of Engineering have received fellowships. To view the entire list click here.

The NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The NSF received more than 13,000 applications for graduate fellowships and made 2,000 award offers.

Dr. Patrick Lenahan and his students, Mark Anders, Mike Mutch, Thomas Pomorski and Liam Young, attended the 55th Electronic Materials Conference and the Device Research Conference at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana on June 25-29, 2013. Mark Anders presented on "Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Study Comparing 4H SiC n- and p- MOSFETs." Thomas Pomorski presented on "ESR and SDT Studies of BEOL (Low-K) Dielectrics and Etch Stop Layers." Dr. Lenahan presented a paper on "Zero Field and Low Field Spin Dependent Transport in MOS Devices: A New Tool for the Study of Dielectric/Semiconductor Interface and Dielectric Defects," and chaired a session on "Oxide Thin-Film Integration—Alternative Dielectrics, Epitaxial Oxides, Multifunctional Oxides, Superlattices and Metal Gates."