Graduate Fellowships

 Applications for the SUMMA Graduate Fellowships in Advanced Electromagnetics

 Summa Fellowship Recipients 1996-Present

Purpose/Goals

• For exceptionally creative contributions to the advancement of EM theory and applications.
• Basically EM theory (conceptual, new ideas), but with apparent potential applications (antennas, scattering, propagation, other EM devices).
  - not just mathematical oddities.
• Might borrow concepts form other areas of science (physics, math, etc.), which have not been significantly applied to electromagnetics.
  - but the primary emphasis must be results in electromagnetics (e.g. not quantum mechanics, biochemistry, etc.)
• There is a parallel between electromagnetics and acoustics/elastodynamics, but the emphasis should be electromagnetics.

Awarded To

• Graduate students studying electromagnetics to pursue Ph.D. - may be currently candidate for M.S. or early in Ph.D. work.
• Expect primary interest to students in electrical engineering specializing in electromagnetics, but occasionally students in physics, mathematics, (and geophysics) may be appropriate.
• Scope: International - except in cases where legal problems raise difficulty.

Conflict of Interest

• Persons related (immediate family members) or close associates of any members of the evaluation committee or SUMMA officers/board members are ineligible.

Stipend

• The award is now set as a one-time grant of $15,000. This amount is to be spent in development of the ideas described in prorposal in pursuit of the Ph. D. (or equivalent degree) at a schedule to be determined by the student and the university.
• If in the judgment of the committee there is no proposal of sufficiently high quality, no fellowship award need be made.
• It is anticipated that one such award will be given each year.

Proposal

• At least 5 double-spaced pages (in Enlish and standard EM symbols and units), but no more that 20 pages. Explain the concepts, originality and potential applications.
• Due to the chairman of the evaluation committee by the announced due date (usually Feb 1).
• Must be endorsed by the student's faculty advisor and supported by the university department or subdepartment (e.g. antenna laboratory). (same schedule).
• The faculty advisor should submit (same schedule) an evaluation of the student's progress to date including the student's graduate history and plans toward the Ph. D.
• Require 3 other recommendations.

Evaluation committee

• Chairman: Local person appointed by SUMMA President or designee.
• Chairman recruits members (say 6 or so, but exact number unimportant) with concurrence of president or designee. Members must be eminent in EM field, typically, but not always, university professors (including retired).
• Proposals and supporting material sent by chairman to other committee members within a few days of due date.
• Opinions (votes) of members to chairman no later than 2 months before award date.
• Chairman tallies votes and consults with, if necessary, (phone/fax) to obtain consensus. Reports decision to SUMMA (president) for concurrence.
• Notifies winner (if any) of award. Committee may decide no award if not impressed with proposals. Decision of the foundation is final.
• Chairman may request additional information from candidate and supporting faculty.