SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowships

2003-2004
The SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to 6 students this year:

Douglas Kern was awarded $2500.
Mark Gingrich was awarded $2500.
Jennifer Bogard was awarded $1250.
Eftihia Vlahos was awarded $1250.
Sophia Vlahos was awarded $1250.
Thomas Spence was awarded $1250.

Congratulations Doug, Mark, Jen, Eftihia, Sophia, and Tom.

2002-2003
The SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to 2 students this year:

Benjamin Copeland was awarded $5000.
Jonathan Snively was awarded $5000.

Congratulations Ben and Jonathan.

2001-2002
The SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to 3 students this year:

Stan Briczinski, an MSEE candidate in Remote Sensing, was awarded $2,500.
Eric Kiss, an MSEE candidate in Linear Circuit Design, was awarded $5,000.
Michael Jacobs, a PhD candidate in RF/Microwave Engineering, was awarded $2,500.

Congratuations Stan, Eric, and Michael.

2000-2001
The SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to 1 student this year:

James Ross, an MSEE candidate in Image Processing, was awarded $5,000.

Congratuations James.

1999-2000
Congratulations to EE graduate student Tony Skraba for receiving this year's $1,500 SPSEE Fellowship! He won the Outstanding Senior EE Award, was President of the EE Honor Society (HKN), and had a GPA over 3.8. He will be working with Jeff Schiano.

1998-1999
We are proud to announce that a $3,000 SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship has been awarded to Christopher D. Nordquist. Chris works with Dr. Theresa Mayer in the areas of electronic materials and devices. Chris is a PhD student in EE, is married and has a website at www.personal.psu.edu/cxn140. Congratulations Chris!

1997-1998
With SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship maturing (going over $100,000) in the MIDDLE/END of the last academic year (Fall 1996 to Spring 1997), we were not able to give out any of the $5,000 of fellowship money (Annually 5% of the $100,000 is avaliable for fellowships per academic year). Thus, for THIS academic year (Fall 1997 to Spring 1998), TWO sets of $5,000 (or $10,000 total) were available to disperse to highly qualified students!

We are proud to announce that $8,000 was awarded to the first recipient of the annual SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship -- Kathleen Muhonen.

Kathy is a Ph.D. student in EE working in the area of microwave power amplification of wireless communications systems. She has worked for Hewlett Packard in California, and received her Masters in EE from Syracuse University. To learn more about Kathy, you can visit her website at www.personal.psu.edu/kjm189. Congratulations Kathy!

In addition, we are also proud to announce that a:
$1,000 SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to -- Jose G. Colom, and a
$1,000 SPSEE Graduate Student Fellowship was awarded to -- David M. Acker.
Both are highly qualified students in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Congratulations Jose and David!

Also receiving support through the SPSEE Graduate Fellowship Fund were:
$6,000 to Victor Emeli, and
$2,300 to Nathan Miller, and
$2,300 to Michael Zugger.
Congratulations Victor, Nathan and Michael!

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