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2009 FeMET and StEEL Initiative Scholarships and Grants Awarded

AISI and the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) have selected the 2009 “Ferrous Metallurgy Education Today,” or FeMET Initiative, and “Steel Engineering Education Link,” or StEEL Initiative scholarship and grant recipients.

Thirteen individuals have been selected for the scholarships, including Robert M. Rettig (Missouri University of Science and Technology), the recipient of the AISI/AIST Foundation Premier Scholarship – awarded to the candidate ranking highest of all FeMET and StEEL applications received. FeMET and StEEL scholarships are aimed at attracting top talent to the North American steel industry. The programs award two-year scholarships and summer internships to students pursuing metallurgy, materials science and engineering degrees.

In addition, a team of mechanical, electrical, computer graphics and research students and their professor from Purdue University-Calumet have been selected as the FeMET Design Grant recipients for their proposal titled, “Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Virtual Reality Visualization for Iron and Steel Making Processes.” The Design Grant Program challenges North American University teams (students and professors) to submit proposals for grant funding in the theme area selected by the steel industry. The number of awards granted depends on the funds available, with the maximum grant per award being $50,000.

Finally, eight FeMET Curriculum Development Grants, in the amount of $5,000 each, were issued to professors of ferrous metallurgy or materials science. Of those eight, seven grants represent renewals from 2008. Proposals for the Curriculum Development Grant are solicited from North American universities for funding of a curriculum development assistant to enhance or update industry curriculum in ferrous metallurgy programs. The number of grants depends on depends on fund availability, with the maximum grant awarded being $5,000 per year for five years for a total of $25,000.

The 2009 FeMET and StEEL scholarship recipients are:

AISI/AIST Foundation Premier
Robert M. Rettig, Metallurgical Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology

FeMET
Reuben W. Brooks, Materials Joining Engineering, LeTourneau University; David M. Cole, Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati; Erin E. Diedrich, Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University; Lucas C. Jaster, Metallurgical Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kalen L. Jensen, Materials Engineering, University of Alberta; Ryan C. Morrison, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah; and Jonathan D. Stein, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Alabama

StEEL
Melissa A. Brooks, Civil Engineering, Auburn University; Joseph R. Junkin, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama; Mark J. McGinley, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher J. McKelvey, Welding Engineering, Pennsylvania College of Technology.

The 2009 FeMET Curriculum Grant recipients are:

• Dr. Robert H. Wagoner, The Ohio State University (Year 5 of 5)
• Dr. Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet (Year 5 of 5)
• Dr. David P. Field, Washington State University (Year 5 of 5)
• Dr. Thomas J. Balk, University of Kentucky (Year 4 of 5)
• Dr. Sivaraman Guruswamy, University of Utah (Year 3 of 5)
• Dr. Thomas E. Graedel, Yale University (Year 3 of 4)
• Dr. Alan P. Druschitz, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Year 2 of 2)
• Dr. S. Komar Kawatra, Michigan Technological University (Year 1 of 5)

For more information, contact BV Lakshminarayana.