August 21, 2007

Two students receive International Chorafas Foundation award; 9 other graduate students honored by College of Engineering

Tengfei Zhang, of Jiangxi, China, and Arijit Raychowdhury, of Calcutta, India, were selected for the monetary prize. Jay P. Gore, the Vincent P. Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering, said the prize money is intended as co-funding for the students' advanced studies and/or research.

The Chorafas Foundation was created in 1992, and prizes are awarded to students at more than 20 universities around the world for exceptional doctoral research projects and to help stimulate research among young doctoral candidates, Gore said. Candidates must be planning to graduate between May 2007 and August 2008. Their research should be in the advanced stages, according to the foundation's rules.

Dimitris N. Chorafas is an internationally recognized consultant who has advised financial institutions and industrial corporations on strategic planning, risk management, computer and communication systems, and internal controls since 1961. He has authored more than 100 books.

Purdue's College of Engineering also recognized nine other students with cash prizes and certificates for their dissertation proposals selected from nominations for the Chorafas competition. These prizes were given by the College of Engineering, Gore said.

James Sisco, of Smithfield, R.I., received a prize for the Top Dissertation Award from the college. Additional outstanding dissertation prizes were given to Baratunde Cola, of Pensacola, Fla.; Nathaniel Pettis, of Fayetteville, Ark.; Jung Eun Oh, of Seoul, South Korea; Silas Leavesley, of Tallahassee, Fla.; Watcharapol Chayapraser, of Bangkok, Thailand, Mihidhar Rayasam, of Chennai, India; Alok Joshi, of Pune, India; and Yu-Sung Wu of Hsin Chu, Taiwan.

Writer: Clyde Hughes,(765) 494-2073, jchughes@purdue.edu

Source: Jay P. Gore,  (765) 494-2122, gore@purdue.edu

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