Blair Dowling, (math & CS) has been awarded a three year graduate
fellowhship, which she will use at Princeton University, Mathematics.
Blair has been an outstanding student at Georgia Tech, with a long list of
honors and accomplishments. We wish her very well in the next stage of her studies.
The Department of Homeland Security has created undergraduate and graduate fellowships. The undergraduate fellowships are for rising juniors and seniors.
There were 51 graduate awards this year. The graduate awards come with
a monthly stipend [and a supply of duct tape ;-)].
This is the 5th graduate fellowship award received by a GT undergrad in the 2002-03 academic year. There werem, in addition to Blair's award, 3 NSF Graduate Fellowships to Nick Bronn, David Vener, and Andy Wand. And 1 Fulbright Fellowship to David Eger.
Quoting from the web site of the DHS, " These awards are intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. DHS realizes that the country’s strong science and technology human resource base provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures. This education program is intended to ensure a diverse and highly talented science and technology human resource base to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Areas of study include: physical, biological, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, and computer science. "
This is an opportunity that GT undergrads and grads will want to keep in mind for the future.