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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Vanderbilt's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) Department graduate fellowships through the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. Each fellowship covers full tuition and provides an annual stipend of up to $30,000.
The focus of the Vanderbilt ChBE GAANN is in the broad area of advanced materials, which involves the design, synthesis/fabrication, characterization, and/or simulation of molecular systems with new or unique functionalities, often targeted for specific applications. Faculty expertise encompasses hard and soft materials, including polymers and nanoparticles, for a wide range of applications in fields including microelectronics, energy, the environment and medicine. Examples of GAANN Research Projects include:
Molecular modeling of molecular electronics devices
Resorbable Composite Implants for Reconstruction of Large Cranio-orbital Defects
Surface-Directed Fabrication of Integrated Membrane-Electrode Interfaces
NanoCapillary Network Membranes for High Temperature, Low Humidity Fuel Cells
Adsorbent Media for Air Filtration: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance Modeling
Nanoscale Lubrication: Application to Micro-and Nano-Electromechanical Systems
The ChBE department and Vanderbilt University offers a world class graduate experience. ChBE faculty and students collaborate with others throughout the School of Engineering, the Sciences, and Medicine. With a highly ranked (15th nationally) medical center located on campus, the academic environment at Vanderbilt readily facilitates collaborations between doctoral students and faculty in the biomolecular area with some of the worlds top medical experts, and encourages convenient access to cutting-edge medical facilities. ChBE faculty also collaborate with faculty in the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), the Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology (VICB) and the National Cancer Institute funded Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center (VICBC) in the Medical School. VINSE offers centralized laboratory facilities, including the Biomolecular Nanostructures, Electron Optics, Nano-Carbon, Nano-Optics, Nanocrystal Fabrication, and Silicon Integration laboratories. VICB contains core laboratories devoted to small molecule NMR, monoclonal antibodies, high throughput screening, and chemical synthesis.
Vanderbilt University is one of the nations top universities. Ranked 18th among national universities in 2008 by the U.S. News and World Report and 20th in federal R&D funding, Vanderbilt is one of only 13 universities in the United States to rank in the top 25 in both of these important categories. The University is located on 330 park-like acres one and one-half miles from downtown Nashville - one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan mid-sized cities in the United States. The University has ten schools, which provide a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Vanderbilt attracts a diverse student body of approximately 6,200 undergraduates and 4,800 graduate and professional students from all 50 states and over 90 foreign countries.
Application Process
Candidates must be planning to pursue a Ph.D. in
Chemical Engineering with research interests in the materials area and
have an interest in teaching. To be successful, applicants should possess the following characteristics:
Must be either US citizens or Permanent residents of the US
Possess excellent GPA and GRE scores
Able to provide faculty recommendations supporting the nomination
Must demonstrate financial need by completing the free online FAFSA form
Women and minority students are
strongly encouraged to apply. We also invite applications from
non-chemical engineering bachelors students, with strong backgrounds in
chemistry and mathematics, who would like to make a transition to chemical engineering for their graduate studies.
How to Apply
Submit your application materials to the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department through the Graduate School. In your Statement of Background and Goals, please make it clear that you are interested in being a GAANN Fellow. Please also complete the short departmental form here.
Fellowship application deadline: December 15
Fellowship award notification: March 1
Student enrollment decision deadline: April 15
Please note that applications submitted online are free.
Additional Questions
Contact: GAANN Program Director
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville TN 37235-1604
Email:
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