DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY DEPS Graduate Scholarships for 2008 Graduate Directed Energy Scholarships in High Energy Laser (HEL) & High Power Microwave (HPM) Technologies The Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) is the premier organization for the exchange of information on the development and application of directed energy (DE), which includes both high energy lasers (HEL) and high power microwaves (HPM). DEPS fosters research and development of DE technology for national defense and civil applications through professional communication and education. The traditional academic disciplines involved in DE research include, but are not limited to, physics, electrical engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials sciences, optical sciences, optical engineering, and aerospace engineering. This program offered partial scholarships of $10,000 for the 2007-2008 school year. The number and amount of 2008-2009 scholarship awards will depend on available funding, which is provided by the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office and by DEPS. Requirements DEPS is seeking qualified scholarship candidates for the 2008-2009 school year. Students must be full-time graduate students at a U.S. school for the term of the scholarship, and expected graduation for initial applicants must be no earlier than the end of the 2008-2009 school year. No more than one award will be made to students of any individual graduate advisor. Candidates are expected to be interested in pursuing or currently studying the DE technology areas of HEL or HPM. The technical scope of acceptable research is the same as that of the Journal of Directed Energy and of DEPS meetings. Scholarship students have published in the Journal and made presentations at these technical meetings. Students applying for this scholarship must be U.S. citizens or have demonstrated interest in becoming citizens. Citizens of other countries may apply, if they provide with the application package a letter of intent to become a U.S. citizen. The term of the Scholarship is one year. Scholars may apply for support in the next year, but they have no advantage over other applicants. The requirement that a student have a year or more remaining before award of the degree is waived for current Scholars who are reapplying. An award made to a current Scholar graduating before May 2008 will be proportionately reduced. Application Process To apply for this scholarship, please send the following items to DEPS Scholarship Program, Directed Energy Professional Society, 2600 Yale Boulevard SE, Suite 139, Albuquerque, NM, 87106. This DEPS scholarship application, Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work, sent directly from the school to DEPS, Letter of interest in a specific DE technology and statement of proposed research, Letter of reference from a potential or current graduate research advisor including an assessment of the student's potential and description of facilities to be employed for the research, and Letter of intent to become U.S. citizen, if applicant is not a citizen. The deadline for applications is 1 April 2008. Applications will be reviewed by the DEPS Board of Scientific and Engineering Advisors (BSEA) for potential scholarship award. The awards will be announced during the summer of 2008. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Sam Blankenship, DEPS Executive Director, at sam@deps.org. Previous Scholarship Awards 2007-2008 Scholars Thomas Fitzgerald, Air Force Institute of Technology William Hagerman, University of Central Florida Brad Hoff, University of Michigan Michael Holloway, University of Maryland Paul Larsen, University of Maryland Alice Nightingale, University of Notre Dame Edward Nissen, University of Northern Illinois Ryan Shea, University of Minnesota Donald Wittich, University of Notre Dame Sheldon Wu, University of California San Diego 2006-2007 Scholars Thomas Fitzgerald, Air Force Institute of Technology Brad Hoff, University of Michigan John McCorkindale, University of Illinois at Chicago Alice Nightingale, University of Notre Dame Edward Nissen, University of Northern Illinois Daniel Roskey, University of Arizona Donald Wittich, University of Notre Dame 2005-2006 Scholars Brad Hoff, University of Michigan John McCorkindale, University of Illinois at Chicago Nathan Moody, University of Maryland Alice Nightingale, University of Notre Dame Jason O'Daniel, University of Central Florida Daniel Roskey, University of Arizona Jed Simmons, University of Central Florida Donald Wittich, University of Notre Dame 2004-2005 Scholars Jeremy Ellis, University of Central Florida John Harris, University of Maryland Brad Hoff, University of Michigan Kyungbum Kim, University of Central Florida Jonathan Neumann, University of Maryland Daniel Roskey, University of Arizona   Copyright 2005 Directed Energy Professional Society   DHTML/JavaScript Menus by OpenCube

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