Twelve USC students have been selected for prestigious national scholarships and fellowships—seven as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship winners and four as Goldwater Scholars.

Winners of the NSF fellowships are: John Angelos, chemical engineering; Andrew Frassetto, geophysics; John Felkel, civil engineering; Joshua Spurgeon, chemical engineering; Heather Wake, computer engineering; Patrick Warren, economics; Melanie Timmons, chemical engineering; and Theodor Richardson, computer science and engineering.

Each student will receive a $27,500 annual stipend and $10,500 for tuition expenses for each of three years of graduate study. The fellowships also include a $1,000 international travel grant.

Each of USC’s four undergraduates nominated for 2004 Goldwater Scholarships received the award. They are: Jae Kim, physics/mathematics; Matt Elder, mathematics/computer science;

Matt Wilkinson, arts and sciences; and Jason Owens, chemical engineering/mathematics.
Goldwater Scholars receive up to $7,500 for undergraduate study.

Seven USC undergraduates also were named Honorable Mentions in the NSF fellowship competition. They are: Marcus Alexander, computer information systems; Elizabeth Enlow, chemistry; Ashley Jones, chemistry; Marion Lawrence, chemistry; Brian Mayer, chemical engineering; Loren Edwin Rodgers, biology; and Joyce Stuckey, marine science.

USC’s Goldwater Committee is chaired by Doug Meade, a mathematics professor, and includes faculty members Scott Goode, chemistry; Leslie Sargent Jones, Honors College, David Reisman, biological sciences; and James Ritter, chemical engineering.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Committee includes faculty members Jay Coleman, chair, psychology; Michael Amiridis, chemical engineering; Erin Connolly, biological sciences; John Dawson, chemistry; and Helen Power, geography.

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