Cory Rupp has been a Keck Undergraduate Research Fellow at the CBE since May
2001. His work on Biofilm Viscoelasticity has
been a successful and important contribution to biofilm research. Among
the many scholarships and recognition he has received over his undergraduate
career, below are his most recent:
2003 Internship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory - Dynamics Summer
School Program
Cory works for Dr. Paul Stoodley and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering
and Physics.
Award for Excellence
CBE undergrad researcher and chemical engineering major, Katie Dawson,
was one of forty MSU students tapped for the Award for Excellence and will be
recognized at the 19th annual Awards for Excellence Banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 19
sponsored by the Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce. Dedicated to excellence, the
evening is designed to recognize seniors who have outstanding records of
achievement in academic, and extracurricular activities and service to MSU and
the local community. The Awards for Excellence program also recognizes the
outstanding students and campus mentors. The Awards for Excellence Program is
made possible through campus and community sponsorships. Campus sponsorships are
$75, which includes two seats/dinners at the banquet, as well as name
recognition in the annual program. The sponsorships also help pay for the cost
of the student and faculty honorees of the evening.
Katie works for Mark Pasmore.
Don G. Willems Scholarship
Graduate students, Kristin Van Andel and Elsa Meiser, were both winners of
the Don G. Willems Scholarship. The Donald G. Willems Scholarship was presented
to the two MSU students at a state meeting of the American Water Works
Association and the Water Environment Association. Elsa and Kristin were awarded
$500 in memory of Don Willems, a Montana wastewater professional. As the
scholarship certificate indicates "... Don recognized worth and ability in other
people, and did not so much rule over people as work with them. He gave
people chances to prove themselves and was responsible for giving many young
people in Montana the career opportunities they desired." Ms. Meiser
recently began her graduate studies with Drs. Joel Cahoon and Al Cunningham
while Ms. Van Andel is finishing her M.S. degree with Dr. Anne Camper.
Marine Biological Laboratory Scholarship
Robin Gerlach was the recipient of a Marine Biological Laboratory scholarship to
attend a seven week Microbial Diversity course at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in the summer of 2001. The MBL is one of
the leading training facilities for aspiring young scientists.
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Laura Jennings was one of the 2001 winners of a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one
of the top undergraduate scholarships in the nation for students studying
engineering, math or science.
The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board
up to a maximum of $7,500 per year of undergraduate schooling. MSU numbers among
the top institutions in the country for the number of students who have received
the scholarship, according to Goldwater Foundation officials. MSU's 2001
Goldwater recipients were among 302 winners selected from 1,164 applicants.
Congress established the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship program in 1986 to
support outstanding students in mathematics, the natural sciences and
engineering.
Jennings, 21, completed a semester-long internship at 3M in St. Paul,
Minnesota and has set a goal of earning a Ph.D. in environmental engineering,
a career researching bioremediation and also possibly teaching. In summer 2000
she received an internship to the University of California, Berkeley. She has been
involved in a Center for Biofilm Engineering research project investigating ways
to clean up solvent from groundwater.
A native of Mantua, Ohio, Jennings moved with her family to Utah for her last
two years of high school, ran track and worked for a veterinarian in addition to
maintaining exemplary grades. Her family moved to Helena and Jennings received a
Presidential Scholarship to MSU, where she also enrolled in the University
Honors Program.
Thomas
Charles Haggerty Memorial Scholarship
Melanie Nowlin was the 2000-2001 recipient of the Thomas
Charles Haggerty Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $2,300 and is
given to a civil engineering undergraduate whose focus is on an education in
water resources.
During Melanie’s time as a student, she has been working at the Center for
Biofilm Engineering with Chris Wend (Ph.D. candidate in environmental
engineering) assisting him in studies of the biological treatment of water, with Judel Buls (M.S. candidate in
civil engineering) studying oxidation techniques
for increasing bioavailability fractions of natural organic matter in a water
source, along with an internship in the Biofilm Systems Training Laboratory (BSTL)
developing a standard method for quantifying biofilm.
Currently, she is writing a report incorporating the research of Chris Wend
and Judel Buls on optimizing biological treatment using oxidation.
Melanie is majoring in civil engineering with a minor in
English.
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