Environmental Engineering Student Awarded NSF Fellowship
March 28, 2007
Rachel Wagner has been selected to receive
fellowships from NSF’s Graduate
Research Fellowship Program. She is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in environmental engineering
and is working with Bruce Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, on microbial fuel
cells.
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.