PhD Student Fellowship Program
Description: One year fellowships are awarded to promote, recognize, and support PhD level study and research within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest.
It is expected that three fellowships will be awarded, with the intention of at least one fellowship being given to eligible students in each of the following geographical regions every year: Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia & Pacific. Only one candidate can win per educational institution.
Prize: US$5,000 to the student and if necessary funds are also available to assist in covering travel and accommodation cost to attend the IEDM for presentation of an award plaque. The EDS Newsletter will feature articles about the EDS PhD Fellows and their work over the course of the next year.
Eligibility: Candidate must: be an IEEE EDS student member at the time of nomination; be pursuing a doctorate degree within the EDS field of interest on a full-time basis; and continue his/her studies at the current institution with the same faculty advisor for twelve months after receipt of award. Sponsor must be an IEEE EDS member. Previous award winners are ineligible.
Basis for Judging: Demonstration of his/her significant ability to perform independent research in the fields of electron devices and a proven history of academic excellence.
Nomination Package:
- Online application form
- Nominating letter by an EDS member
- Two-page (maximum) statement by the student describing his or her education and research interests and accomplishments
- One-page biographical sketch of the student (including student's mailing and email addresses)
- One copy of the student’s under-graduate and graduate transcripts/grades. Please provide an explanation of the grading system if different from the A-F format.
- Two letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the student’s research and educational credentials. Letters of recommendation cannot be from the nominator.
Timetable:
- Complete nomination packages are due at the EDS Executive Office no later than May 15, 2013
- Recipients will be notified by July 15, 2013
- Monetary awards will be given by August 15, 2013
- Formal award presentations will take place at the EDS Board of Governors Meeting in December 2013.
- Nomination packages can be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail, but a hard copy of the completed package must be received at the EDS Office by the deadline.
Send completed package to:Â Â Â Â Â
IEEE Operations Center
EDS Executive Office
EDS PhD Student Fellowship Program
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
For more information contact:Â edsfellowship@ieee.org
| 2012 Winners | School |
|---|---|
|   Bin Gao     | Peking University, Beijing, China |
| Jacopo Franco |         imec / Katholieke Universiteit, Lueven, Belgium         |
| Shimeng Yu | Stanford University, California, USA |
| 2011 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Sungsik Lee | London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, UK |
| Nagarajan Raghavan | Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore |
| Deblina Sarkar | University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| 2010 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Can Bayram | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Jing Zhuge | Peking University, Beijing, China |
| Guruprasad Katti | IMEC / Katholieke Universiteit, Lueven, Belgium |
| 2009 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Faisal Amir | The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Pierre-Yves Delaunay | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Ximeng (Simon) Guan | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
| Rinus Lee Tek Po | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2008 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Ahmed E. Islam | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
| Jay Mody | IMEC, Leuven, Belgium |
| Runsheng Wang | Peking University, Beijing, China |
| Jiahui Yuan | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 2007 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Tuo-Hung Hou | Cornell University, Ithica, NY |
| Danijel Dankovic | University of Nis, Nis, Serbia |
| Kah-Wee Ang | National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore |
| Chen Yang | Tsinghua Iniversity, Beijing, China |
| 2006 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Ravi Todi | University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL |
| Rimoon Agaiby | Newcastle, United Kingdom |
| Wen Wu | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Chi Yung Ng | Nanyang Technological University |
| 2005 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Christopher Morris | University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Elena Smotrova | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine |
| Sun-Jung Kim | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Tony Aik Seng Low | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2004 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| David Wesley DiSanto | Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| David John | Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Martin von Haartman | KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden |
| Hongyu Yu | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2003 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Javier Salcedo | University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA |
| Yu-Long Jiang | Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
| 2002 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Jack Chen | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA |
| Yung Fu Chong | National University of Singapore , Singapore |
| Ofir Bochobza-Degani | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
| David M. Fried | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
| 2001 Winners | School |
|---|---|
| Tushar Kanti Ghosh | Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom |
| Sergei Kucheyev | The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| Yee-Chia Yeo | University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA |
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