2 at UB Receive Fulbright Scholar Grants

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an assistant vice provost at the University at Buffalo have been awarded Fulbright Scholar Grants.

Stuart S. Chen, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is lecturing on developments in bridge engineering design and construction at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. His award, which began in September, runs through June 2006.

Joseph J. Hindrawan, assistant vice provost for international education and director of international enrollment management, was a Fulbright scholar grantee to the U.S.-Japan International Education Administrators (IEA) Program. He was one of six grantees who participated in a three-week program in Japan this summer that offered an intensive exploration of the country's educational system and culture.

UB also is hosting two visiting scholars this academic year as part of the Fulbright program. Edgar Avalos Hernandez, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics at Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City, is conducting research at UB on the use of impulse acoustics to probe shallow soil properties. Shou-Min Tsao, associate professor in the Department of Business Administration at National Central University in Chung-li, Taiwan, is conducting research on ownership structure and management forecast errors.

Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.

Founded in 1945 by Sen. J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program is America's flagship international educational exchange activity, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.