Grad Student Receives Fulbright Award

By Marcia Goodrich, Michigan Tech News Service

APRIL 10, 2004 -- Michigan Tech Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Jaime Krull has been selected to receive a Fulbright Award.

Krull, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, will receive a Fulbright Grant for 2004-05. Krull will defend her MS thesis this spring and will begin doctoral studies this fall as a Fulbright scholar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

Krull received her undergraduate degrees from MTU in materials science and engineering and business administration, and when she returned as a graduate student, she knew she wanted to study abroad. "When I found the Fulbright U.S. Student program, I knew that I had to apply because it presented all the opportunities I have dreamed of."

She will consider what new technologies and applications are likely to drive the predicted growth of the Norwegian light metals industry, and how they can be applied in the U.S. to support global sustainable development.

The award "is a great honor, not just for me but for the university as a whole," Krull said. Bruce Rafert, dean of the Graduate School, agrees. "We are very proud of Jaime. She is a prototypical MTU student, and she reflects the high caliber and capability of all our students."

The Fulbright Scholar program is administered by the U.S. Department of State and promotes mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world. For more information on the program, or to apply for an award, visit http://www.cies.org/ .

Graduate students can contact Valorie Troesch, director of development for the Graduate School and Research Office, at 487-2906 for more information or for help in completing the application materials. Rafert encourages faculty to help identify potential candidates. He notes that "Jaime's award demonstrates that our students are highly competitive and capable of achieving this distinction."