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Show Page 4 Answers To Today’s Crossword Puzzle! CampusNews Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 Looking at nature through the lenses of students GILBERT ROWLEY, senior in fisheries and aquatic science, peruses entries in the College of Natural Resources nature photo contest in the TSC International Lounge. Rowley said he entered a few of his pictures in the contest and was impressed with the other entries. He said the other contestants “just captured some real unique images of scenery and wildlife.” The deadline is Thursday for students to vote for their favorite three photos. Contest winners will be announced and given prizes Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Natural Resources Building. RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN photo Nuclear Regulatory Commission awards education grants to Utah State University investigator for the faculty BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS ing,” Smith said. “It will also allow students to perform development grant. nuclear-related research in NRC Chairman Gregory Utah State University has mechaniB. Jaczko said, been included in the instical and “As directed by tutions to receive funding aerospace the Congress, from the Nuclear Regulatory “This scholarship this funding engineerCommission in 2009. The grant will put ing labs provides broad funding, provided to the NRC with MAE benefits to the via Congress, will be used USU students faculty. nuclear sector to boost nuclear education front and center The grant rather than and expand the workforce in in the nuclear means that solely benefitnuclear and nuclear-related the NRC ting the NRC, renaissance disciplines. sees USU These grants Of the $2.9 million distribcurrently help develop uted by way of 102 scholarship as a good underway in the source of a workforce grants, USU was awarded U.S.” nuclear capable of $199,341. Associate professor engineers the design, Barton Smith in the departfor the ment of mechanical and – Barton Smith, construction, future, and operation and aerosapce engineering was the associate professor in regulation of leading researcher, or principal our department sees investigator, for the education mechanical and nuclear facilinuclear and the grant. aerospace engineering ties research safe handling “This education grant will as a major of nuclear provide 12 $10,000 scholararea of focus over the next materials.” ships this year and six more This year the agency next year to students interested decade.” USU faculty will also benexpanded the number of instiin a career in nuclear engineerefit from the $449,574 granted tutions receiving grants from for faculty development. 60 to 70 and increased the Mechanical and aerospace number of grants to minority engineering department head serving institutions by 67 perByard Wood is the principal cent. The NRC awarded 102 grants for scholarships ($2.9 million) fellowships ($5.4 million), faculty development ($4.8 million), trade and community college scholarships ($1.8 million) and nuclear education and curriculum development ($4.8 million). Recipients are located in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The proposal limit was $200,000. USU received awards at the upper limit, ranking among other prestigious schools such as Texas A&M University and Pennsylvania State University. “The fact that we are listed alongside other prestigious universities is an indication of the visibility that USU’s MAE program has attained in the nuclear area,” said Smith. “The department has received a total of $2 million this year alone in nuclear related funding. This scholarship grant will put USU students front and center in the nuclear renaissance currently underway in the U.S.” |