The Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant Program, named in honor of Penn State's seventeenth president, supports undergraduate student engagement in original research, scholarship, and creative work under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Three MatSE students awarded Erickson Discovery Grants
Three MatSE undergraduate students were among the sixty-four Erickson Discovery Grant recipients awarded for summer 2020. The grants fund undergraduate student research, scholarship, or creative processes. The students are:
- Leonardo Batista Capaverde Silva: "Studying the Propulsion of Particle Adsorbed Emulsion systems”
- Makarand Wadagave: “Studying Oxidation of WSe2 in Ambient Conditions via Raman Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence Imaging, and Scanning Electron Microscopy”
- Xianqing Li:“Effect of Strain and Surface Energy on the Phase Formation of 2-D Electronic Materials”
Leonardo Batista Capaverde Silva
"Studying the propulsion of particle adsorbed emulsion systems.”
Makarand Wadagave
“Studying Oxidation of WSe2 in ambient conditions via Raman Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence imaging, and Scanning electron microscopy.”
Xianqing Li
“Effect of Strain and Surface Energy on the Phase Formation of 2D Electronic Materials.”
About the Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant Program
The Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant Program, named in honor of Penn State's seventeenth president, supports undergraduate student engagement in original research, scholarship, and creative work under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Each year, students from all academic fields can apply for Erickson Discovery Grants to cover project costs like supplies, materials, books, specialized software, and travel for the purpose of data collection, and living expenses to make research possible. The grant can be used for all facets of scholarship and the creative process, including conceptualization, proposal writing, identification and implementation of methods, and communications of results. All projects are conducted under the supervision of faculty. While the project should be primarily the student’s own work, it can be a part of a faculty member’s larger research.
Applications typically open in October and are due in late January.
For more information visit Erickson Discovery Grant Program.