Distinguished Doctoral Fellowships
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Doctoral Academy Fellowships
The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Arkansas has two Distinguished Doctoral Fellowships and four Doctoral Academy Fellowships as well as graduate research assistantships available in several research areas in biological engineering.
FELLOWSHIPS:
2 Distinguished Doctoral Fellowships offer a stipend of $30,000 per year plus tuition for up to 4 years.
4 Doctoral Academy Fellowships offer a stipend of $18,700 per year plus tuition for up to 4 years.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
• Bioimaging for Monitoring Food Safety and Quality
• Bioinformatics
• Biomass Energy
• Biomedical Engineering
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Biosensors for Detection of Biological Agents
• Decision Support System Development for Natural Resource Management
• Ecological Engineering
• Extraction of Dietary Supplements
• Food Thermal Processing and Food Safety
• Micro/Nanobiotechnology
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control and Modeling
• Precision Agriculture
• Reducing the Occurrence of Bacterial Resistance to Medical Antibiotics in Environment
• Remote Sensing for Bioresources Monitoring and Management
• Water Management for Agricultural Production
REQUIREMENTS:
Distinguished Doctoral Fellows should have a master's GPA of 3.85 or B.S. GPA 3.65 or higher, a GRE verbal plus quantitative score at least 1300, and a GRE writing score of 5.5 or 6.0.
Doctoral Academy Fellows should have a master's GPA of 3.65 or B.S. GPA 3.5 or higher, a GRE verbal plus quantitative score of at least 1200 and a GRE writing score of 5.0 or higher.
TO APPLY:
Send a letter of application, a resume and transcripts of all college work, and three reference letters to:
Dr. Lalit Verma, Head and Professor
University of Arkansas, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 203 Engineering Hall
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-2351; Fax: 479-575-2846
E-mail: lverma@uark.edu, Website: http://www.baeg.uark.edu/
