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Robert A. Ellis Scholarship in Physics
| Scholarship Provider: | National Society of Black Physicists |
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| Application Deadline: | 01/08/2010 |
| Description: | Bob Ellis earned his doctorate at the University of Iowa. Upon obtaining his Ph.D., he was a professor at Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee State University) where he had taught before leaving for Iowa to earn his doctorate. In 1956 he began working with a group in Princeton working on Project Matterhorn, which was studying magnetic confinement and heating of plasmas in stellarators for controlled fusion. He quickly became a key member of the team. From 1956 until his death in 1999, Robert Ellis was head of experimental projects at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. He was internationally recognized as a pioneer in modern experimental plasma physics. This scholarship is supported the friends and colleagues of Dr. Ellis at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. |
| Scholarship Amount: | $1000 |
| Scholarship Website: | http://www.nsbp.org/scholarships/ |
| School Type Requirement: | Four Year College or Research University |
| Applicant Class Requirement: | Junior or Senior |
| Minority Status Requirement: | African American |
| Awards Given: | 1 |
| Length of Award: | One Time Award |
Scholarship Opportunity Contact Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Scholarship Committee Chair National Society of Black Physicists 6704G Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22205 Email: scholarship@nsbp.org Phone: 703-536-4207 Fax: 703-536-4203 |
