Masters Student Fellowship
2012 IEEE EDS Masters Student Fellowship
Masters Fellowship Application Form
Description:One-year fellowships awarded to promote, recognize, and support graduate Masters level study and research within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest.
Three fellowships will be awarded each year, with the intention of at least one fellowship being given to eligible students in each of the following geographical regions: Americas, Europe/Mid-East/Africa, Asia & Pacific. Only one candidate can win per educational institution.
Prize: US$2,000 and a plaque to the student, to be presented by the Dean or Department head of the student’s enrolled graduate program.
Eligibility: Candidate must: be an IEEE EDS student member at the time of nomination; be accepted into a graduate program or within the first year of study in a graduate program in an EDS field of interest on a full-time basis; and continue his/her studies at a graduate education institution. Nominator must be an IEEE EDS member and preferably be serving as the candidate’s mentor or faculty advisor. Previous award winners are ineligible.
Basis for Judging: Demonstration of his/her significant ability to perform research in the fields of electron devices and proven history of academic excellence in engineering and/or physics as well as involved in undergraduate research and/or supervised project.
Nomination Package:
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Nominating letter by an EDS member who served as candidate’s mentor or faculty advisor.
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Two-page (maximum) statement by the student describing his or her education and research interests, accomplishments and graduation date. This can include undergraduate, graduate and summer internship research work.
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One-page biographical sketch of the student (including student's mailing address and e-mail address)
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One copy of the student’s transcripts/grades
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A letter of recommendation from an individual familiar with the student’s research and educational credentials. Letters of recommendation cannot be from the nominator.
Timetable:
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Nomination packages are due at the EDS Executive Office no later than April 15, 2012
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Recipients will be notified by June 15, 2012
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Monetary awards will be presented by the Dean or Department Chair of the recipient's graduate program at the beginning of the next academic term.
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Nomination packages can be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail, but a hard copy must be received at the EDS Office.
Send completed package to:
IEEE Operations Center
EDS Executive Office
EDS Masters Student Fellowship Program
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
For more information contact: edsfellowship@ieee.org
| 2011 Winners | |
| Haowei Zhang |
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Qian Zhang | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| 2010 Winners | |
| Oguz Hanoglu |
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
| Desmond Chek Chang Yih |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia |
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Shimeng Yu |
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| 2009 Winners | |
| Bin Gao |
Peking University |
| Carlos Polanco | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
| Nuo Xu | University of California, Berkeley |
| 2008 Winners | |
| Blerina Aliaj |
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA |
| Daniel Camacho | Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA |
| Jiale Liang | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| JianQiang Lin | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2007 Winners | |
| Anuj Madan |
Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Ovidiu George Profirescu |
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania |
| Andrew P. Warren |
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA |
| Li Wei |
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Xu Zhao | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
Although the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) is pleased to invite all individuals and groups in the OFAC embargoed countries to submit nominations for IEEE EDS Awards, the IEEE EDS cannot provide any award monies to members from such countries at this time.