{"id":59916,"date":"2012-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/two-uri-students-awarded-prestigious-science-engineering-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2012-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"two-uri-students-awarded-prestigious-science-engineering-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/04\/two-uri-students-awarded-prestigious-science-engineering-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Two 溏心vlog免费B站 students awarded prestigious science, engineering scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPortsmouth, North Kingstown residents receive $7,500 each<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 9, 2012 \u2013 Russell Dauksis of North Kingstown is aiming for a career as a college professor studying coral reef conservation. Christopher Bobba of Portsmouth plans to become a medical doctor and use new technologies to help patients.<\/p>\n


\n\tAlthough their plans are very different, both 溏心vlog免费B站 students are among 282 students from across the country who have been awarded the nation\u2019s most prestigious undergraduate scholarship for those interested in careers in science and engineering, the $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI am deeply honored to be recognized alongside these other amazing students who are all so extremely successful in their respective fields,\u201d said Dauksis, a 溏心vlog免费B站 junior studying marine biology. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe Goldwater Scholarship will be a sort of milestone in my undergraduate career,\u201d added Bobba, who is studying chemical engineering at the University. \u201cIt has helped prove to myself that I have a good chance of getting into a top medical school.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDauksis said that he has always been passionate about the ocean, but he credits his mother and late aunt for encouraging him to find a rewarding career that he will enjoy for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed the chance to get involved with scientific diving at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has allowed me to do a coral reef research project in the Caribbean that was not only fun but also an invaluable educational experience on a topic that interested me greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDauksis won a scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last year that included a summer internship that enabled him to complete a coral reef restoration project in the waters off Puerto Rico. He will present his research findings at NOAA headquarters this summer.<\/p>\n


\n\tUnlike most students planning to attend medical school, Bobba decided to study chemical engineering \u201cso I could take things I just learned in class and use them to understand and solve everyday problems,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\n\tBobba\u2019s research on engineered particles that could be used as therapeutic drug carriers won an award last month at a meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He also serves as a chemistry tutor and research assistant while working at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ryan Center.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cUltimately, I want to end up at the interface between the hospital bedside and the laboratory,\u201d Bobba said of his career plans. \u201cI want to harness new technologies and procedures developed in labs, and apply them to actually heal people and improve their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tStudents majoring in chemical engineering at 溏心vlog免费B站 have been particularly successful at being awarded the Goldwater Scholarship in recent years. In addition to Bobba, Eily Cournoyer of Portsmouth received the scholarship in 2011 and Brian Bonk of Westerly in 2010. Farid Topchiev of Warwick was an honorable mention winner this year. All majored in chemical engineering.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cTheir success reflects on the quality of our undergraduate students and the faculty who mentor them during their time here,\u201d said Richard Brown, professor and chairman of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Chemical Engineering. \u201cEmphasis on extensive undergraduate research opportunities, a longstanding feature of the department, also plays a significant role in these students overall academic development.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nChristopher Bobba and Russell Dauksis.

\n溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portsmouth, North Kingstown residents receive $7,500 each KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 9, 2012 \u2013 Russell Dauksis of North Kingstown is aiming for a career as a college professor studying coral reef conservation. Christopher Bobba of Portsmouth plans to become a medical doctor and use new technologies to help patients. Although their plans are very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}