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Kansas State University achievements

2004 Students

 

* Three K-State students were selected as winners of up to $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. The students were among 159 winners selected from 859 applications, said James Hohenbary, scholar adviser. Winners include Kelley Hughes, Hutchinson, junior in industrial engineering, who will study in the Czech Republic, and Aaron Franklin, Iola, senior in psychology, who will study in Mexico. A third K-State winner requested no publicity. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers a competition for awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this congressionally funded program is administered by the Institute of International Education through its Southern Regional Center in Houston, Texas. December 2004

* Meredith Martin, junior in mechanical engineering at K-State, received second place in the Young Engineers Paper Contest sponsored by the Fluids Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. Martin, of Hanover, was one of five finalists to present her paper at the 2004 American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Nov. 13-19 in Anaheim, Calif. As a top three finalist, Martin received a cash award. Her final paper was also published in conference proceedings. December 2004

* K-State's student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers won the 2003-2004 Chapter of the Year award at group's annual meeting Nov. 7. K-State also placed sixth in the Sixth Annual Chem-E-Car Competition. Teams from 31 universities competed in the event. The competition challenges chemical engineering students to test their classroom knowledge by building shoebox-sized cars powered by controlled chemical reactions. The students from K-State's team include Tyler Selbe, senior in chemical engineering, Kansas City, Kan.; Tyler McGown, senior in chemical engineering, Tonganoxie; and Ashley Robertson, senior in chemical engineering and pre med, Wichita. Gina Mercurio, senior in chemical engineering, Salina, was the 10th consecutive member of K-State's student chapter to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Othmer National Scholarship. Walter Walawender, professor of chemical engineering, is the chapter adviser. November 2004

* Seven K-State entomology graduate students won awards at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Nov. 14-17, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The K-State students, who received first and second-place awards for the Entomological Society of America Presidential Prize, received the highest number of awards given to a single institution in the United States. November 2004

* K-State chemical engineering students placed sixth in the Sixth Annual Chem-E-Car Competition Nov. 7. Teams from 31 universities around the country competed in the event at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting. The schools that made it to this competition are those that placed best in regional Chem-E-Car events. The competition challenges chemical engineering students to test their classroom knowledge by building shoebox-sized cars powered by controlled chemical reactions. The small cars must transport a certain payload a specified distance -- this year's students were challenged to transport 400 milliliters of water 75 feet. Students don't learn until 60 minutes before the competition begins what the payload and distance will be. The college teams then make critical calculations and adjustments needed. The students from K-State's team include Tyler Selbe, senior in chemical engineering, Kansas City, Kan.; Tyler McGown, senior in chemical engineering, Tonganoxie; and Ashley Robertson, senior in chemical engineering and pre med, Wichita. Walter Walawender, professor of chemical engineering, is the chapter adviser. November 2004

* Debarchana Ghosh, K-State doctoral student in geography, won first place in a student poster competition at the 27th Annual Applied Geography Conference Oct. 20-24 in St. Louis, Mo. Ghosh received software from the Environmental Systems Research Institute for her first-place finish. The institute produces geography information systems mapping software. The title of her poster was "How the Electronic Mass Media Affects Knowledge and Awareness of HIV/AIDS in Indian Women ó A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis." November 2004

* K-State's Crops Team took first place for the 10th straight year at the Central Regional Collegiate Crops Contest, Oct. 22 in Stillwater, Okla. The competition included 18 students from five universities and community colleges. The competition included three parts: identification -- the ability to identify 200 different plants or seeds of crops or weeds; grain grading -- evaluating eight samples of seven different grain crops according to Federal Grain Inspection Service standards; and seed analysis -- determining whether seed samples contained impurities and identifying each contaminant. Team members include Barb Bremenkamp, senior in agronomy, Colby, third overall. Bremenkamp was first in grain grading. Mike Lanter, senior in agronomy, Everest, first overall. Lanter was first in seed analysis. Jeffrey Schmidt, senior in agricultural economics, Mount Hope, second overall. Schmidt received first in identification. The team is coached by Gerry Posler, K-State professor of agronomy. November 2004

* For the third consecutive year, a K-State University agronomy student has won the prestigious Hank Beachell Future Leader Scholarship awarded by the American Society of Agronomy, along with the American Science Foundation. Jennifer Chestnut, senior in agronomy, Abilene, will receive the award in November at the American Society of Agronomy's national meeting. The purpose of the Hank Beachell Future Leader Scholarship is to expand the agricultural knowledge of undergraduate students participating in activities that enhance their university studies. The scholarship was established in recognition of Beachell's life-long commitment to advancing the knowledge of agriculture through his work in rice breeding and development. Only one scholarship is awarded each year. Kyle Cott, a May 2004 K-State graduate, won the award in 2003; May 2003 graduate Jesse Poland was the 2002 recipient. September 2004

* K-State students won 13 percent of the Phi Kappa Phi study abroad grants awarded this year -- five of 38 in the nation. The $1,000 awards are designed specifically to recognize and assist undergraduates as they seek knowledge abroad. Winners, all studying abroad in summer 2004, are Amanda York, Garden City, senior in secondary education, studying in Grenada, Spain; Janie Hammerschmidt, Salina junior in painting and art history, studying in Arbroath, Scotland; Kristin Kiehnhoff, Wathena junior in modern language education, studying in Grenada, Spain; Chelsea Mueller, Wichita senior in psychology and family studies and human services, with a minor in leadership studies, studying in Australia; and Christina McAllister, Raytown, Mo., senior in architecture, studying in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. June 2004

* K-State's Wendy Griswold has received the National Security Education Program David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship. Griswold, a graduate student in educational leadership with an emphasis in adult education, Lawrence, is the first K-State student to be selected for the fellowship. Griswold, who is also a project manager for the K-State Center for Hazardous Substance Research, will receive $11,400. The Boren fellowship enables U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an international dimension to their education. Recipients are highly encouraged to pursue studies in one of the geographic areas, languages or fields of study identified by the program as critical to U.S. national security. Griswold, whose interests lie in the Altai Republic, an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, plans to pursue a combination of domestic and overseas study and research. She intends to complete graduate study, including Russian language instruction, in the United States, and perform independent study and research at Gorno-Altaisk State University with Tatiana Lukyanenko, chair of the psychology department there. June 2004

* Two K-State students received the Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate scholarship. Lisa Kitten, junior in mechanical engineering, Plains, and Mindy Koehler, senior in physics, Longmont, Colo., will each receive $18,000 per year for two years as they work toward their academic goals. The Clare Boothe Luce scholarship was established to encourage women to enter, study, graduate and teach in science, mathematics and engineering. Selection for the scholarship was based on the applicants' grade point average, honors and awards, membership in honor and professional societies, leadership roles, letters of recommendation, two essays submitted by the applicants and an in-person interview. Applicants were required to have approximately two years remaining in their academic program to be eligible. May 2004

* A K-State student was awarded a 2004-05 National Security Education Program Boren Undergraduate Scholarship. Seth Bridge, Buhler, a junior in political science, history and international studies, was among 181 winners from more than 860 applicants. These international scholarships support and encourage students who plan to work in areas of national security. This summer, Bridge will study in a Russian Language immersion program in Irkutsk, Siberia, at the School of Russian and Asian studies. Then in the fall, he will travel to Moscow State University and study international relations and Russian foreign policy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. May 2004

* MelEesa D. Lorett, a spring 2004 Kansas State University graduate in apparel and textiles from Scott City, won the $10,000 Perrier Bubbling Under Design Award at the Gen Art Styles 2004 fashion and awards show May 18. Gen Art is a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing emerging fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians and visual artists. The Bubbling Under award is designed to recognize an emerging fashion designer for excellence and originality in design concepts inspired by a theme. This year's theme was "The Elements: Water, Fire, Air and Earth." Gen Art received more than 600 entries from 25 states and 28 foreign countries including Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Korea, Mexico, France, India and Sweden in six competition categories. Lorett was among five finalists who displayed their design concepts for celebrity fashion judges to review and choose the grand prize winner. Lorett was the only student finalist; all others were emerging designers in the fashion industry working in New York under their own names. May 2004

* Grass was the name of the game at the recent Scotts Seed Quiz Bowl in San Diego, Calif., and K-State students claimed victory. The students, all members of the K-State student chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, competed together with other K-State supporters to win the quiz bowl and earn K-State a $2,500 scholarship. The quiz bowl was held at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America International Golf Course show. The association is a professional organization with more than 20,000 members employed in the area of golf course management and maintenance. The association is focused on serving its members, advancing their profession and enhancing the game of golf. Contestants in the bowl were quizzed on their knowledge of turfgrass biotechnology and golf trivia. The scores were then tallied under a total university score. April 2004

* Kansas State University's Brooklyn Lippelmann, a senior in political science and international studies from Lyons, has become K-State's 27th Truman scholar. K-State is first in the nation among public universities in producing Truman scholars - 27 and one alternate - since 1977. The Truman Foundation reports that K-State is seventh among all schools, public and private, behind private schools Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke and Brown. Among state schools, K-State leads the University of Michigan, the U.S. Military Academy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia. March 2004

* Ethan Baughman was selected to receive the $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The K-State junior in biology plans to eventually earn a medical degree or a doctorate in biology. His career goal is to conduct research to advance knowledge of human disease by studying the biochemical pathways leading to lipid compositional changes in tissues. Students who have at least a 3.0 grade point average, major in science, math or engineering and plan a career in research are eligible to apply. Baughman filled out an application form consisting of biographical information, four mini-essays and one 600-word essay explaining scientific research he has recently completed or is currently conducting. K-State students have won 49 Goldwater Scholarships since the program began in 1989. K-State is ranked first in the nation among state universities in the number of Goldwater winners. Among all colleges and universities in the nation, only Princeton, Harvard and Duke have produced more Goldwater scholars. March 2004

* A K-State postdoctoral fellow in physics was awarded one of Australia's top scientific awards. Michael Bromley won the Bragg Medal, awarded by Australian Institute of Physics for the best Ph.D. thesis. He attended Charles Darwin University in Australia. February 2004

* Four K-State students are winners of up to $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. John Harder and Lee Rivers are spring winners. (A third spring winner has requested no publicity.) Harder, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, is studying in Japan. Rivers, junior in kinesiology who plans to be a physical therapist, is studying in Australia. Kit Strecker, senior in mass communications, spent the fall semester studying in Greece. This national, highly competitive scholarship is a congressionally funded program offered through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education. One purpose of the Gilman Program is to encourage participation by students in a broad range of fields of study, including those not traditionally represented in study abroad. February 2004

* Lynn Schwarz, senior in animal sciences and industry with a minor in agricultural economics at K-State, won a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. According to Rotary International, the purpose of the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship is "to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries." Since 1947, it has provided the necessary support for more than 30,000 men and women from 100 different nations to study abroad. Schwarz, Gower, Mo., was notified of the award in fall 2003. Schwarz will use the scholarship for a yearlong study abroad experience at Lincoln University in New Zealand where she will be studying international agricultural policy and international dairy marketing. February 2004