Beckman Scholarship

Recipients of Beckman
Scholarships:
Robin Petroze....Garrett Spark
s
Established in 1987, The Beckman Scholars Program is an invited program for accredited universities and four-year colleges in the US. It provides scholarships that contribute significantly in advancing the education, research training, and personal devel-opment of select students in chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and medical sciences. The sustained, in-depth undergraduate research experiences and comprehensive faculty mentoring are unique in terms of program scope, content and level of scholarship awards. ($17,600 for two summers and one academic year).

British Marshall Scholarship

Recipient of a British Marshall Scholarship
Jennifer Kasten

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Jennifer is one of forty recipients nation-wide selected from 190 candidates and 13 states to study either at a graduate or occasionally an undergraduate level of a United Kingdom institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years.

Goldwater Scholarship

Recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship: Brandon D. Conley

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.

Truman Scholarship

Recipients of Truman
Scholarships:
Julie Murray, Conley Chaney

Recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education, or elsewhere in the public service; and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

William S. Sympson, Jr.
Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Senior,

Highest National award given to a Senior

Department of Agricultural Economics
Anthony Koch
Elected as an officer of the Student Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association
(AAEA)

One of only eight elected out of 120 undergraduates from 22 universities

Department of Agronomy
Michael Hayes
Past 2 years received an Astronaut Foundation
Scholarship

One of 17 awarded in the US

Department of Biosystems & Agricultural
Engineering
Timothy J. Greis
Frank Woeste Award

Monetary award given to the highest achieving Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Student

Natural Resource Conservation & Management Program
Jon Freeman
Bioscience technician position at Lassen Volcanic
National Park

Competitively selected

Diane Harrington
Oswald Research & Creativity Grant

To purchase native plants for the Mathews Garden Restoration. Non-native plants were removed & replaced by native species.

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Department of Chemistry

Jessica Call
Publication
- "Application for a Liquid Crystal Tunable
Filter to Near-Infrared Spectral Searches," Proc.SECTICon02, 18-22, 2002

Karen Dumstorf
Publication
- "A Planetary Probe with Hyperspectral
Vision for Detection of Blue-Grass Algae," Proc. SECTICon02, 57-61, 2002
Conference Presentation - "Using a Roving Robot with UV/Visible - Near IR/IR Imager for monitoring growth of Cyanobacteria Colonies," PittCon 2002 (New Orleans, LA), March 2002

Sarah Hamilton
Publication
- (Peer Reviewed) "Hyperspectral
Techniques in Analysis of Oral Dosage Forms," Journal of Biomedical Optics, in press, 2002
Publication - (Non-Peer Reviewed) "Hyperspectral Imaging Technology for Pharmaceutical Analysis," Proc. SPIE Symp. BiOS., 2002
Conference Presentation - "Analysis of Lysine Crosslinks in a single Gelatin Capsule at a Distance of One Mile," PittCon 2002 (New Orleans, LA), March 2002
Conference Presentation - "Hyperspectral Imaging Technology for Pharmaceutical Analysis," invited paper at the SPIE International Symposium on BiOS, Photonics West (San Jose, CA), January 2002
Conference Presentation - "Remote Hyperspectral Imaging in Pharmaceutical & Biological Applications," invited paper at the International Federation of Process Analytical Chemistry annual meeting - IFPAC (San Diego, CA) January 2002

Karmen Hennigan
Conference Presentation
- "Imaging Spectrometry and Foam Fractionation in Purification of Proteins," PittCon 2002 (New Orleans, LA), March 2002

Antonia P. Stoyanova
Merck Index Award

Recipient receives a copy of the Merck Index, an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs & Biologicals, with his/her name engraved on it.