{"id":65410,"date":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/cranston-resident-named-a-goldwater-scholar\/"},"modified":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","slug":"cranston-resident-named-a-goldwater-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/cranston-resident-named-a-goldwater-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranston resident named a Goldwater Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tResearch, academic success earns 溏心vlog免费B站 student prestigious science scholarship<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 8, 2007 \u2013 It would be easy to assume that Cranston resident Elana Viola can\u2019t make up her mind about what career to pursue. After all, she is majoring in four different disciplines at the 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013 chemistry, mathematics, electrical engineering, and German.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut she actually knows exactly what she wants to do, and those four majors are going to help her get there.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI want to conduct research in the field of nanotechnology, probably research on something with national defense implications,\u201d said the 2004 graduate of Cranston West High School. <\/p>\n


\n\tViola\u2019s exemplary academic and research success has earned her a $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious national scholarship for students interested in science and engineering careers.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe scholarship is a really big deal, though I think my mom was even more excited about it than I was,\u201d Viola said. \u201cEverybody is pretty proud of me, especially the chemistry department. It\u2019s going to go a long way toward helping pay my college expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tViola said she has always had a knack for math and science, which she demonstrated as part of her high school robotics program.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI just love building things, and in the robotics program I was grouped with other girls to build remotely operated vehicles (ROV),\u201d she explained. \u201cIn our junior year we were invited to participate in a competition where we were the only high school team and the only all-female team. Even though our vehicle was damaged in shipping to the competition, we still won an award for the best ROV design.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring her first three years at 溏心vlog免费B站, Viola conducted extensive research on carbon nanotubes, long thin cylinders of carbon that have unique physical properties that make them potentially useful in extremely small scale structures and technologies. Using scanning electron microscopes and other instruments not typically used by undergraduates, she is investigating the efficiency of carbon nanotubes in optical devices like switches, motors and sensors.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cElana has been extraordinarily productive in the research lab. She contributes her own ideas and is meticulous in carrying out her experiments,\u201d said Chemistry Professor William Euler. \u201cIf she continues at her current pace, I fully expect that she will have her name on between three and five research papers before she graduates from 溏心vlog免费B站. Elana is majoring in an extraordinary combination of majors that will prepare her exceptionally well for graduate school.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDespite her busy academic and research schedule and the knowledge that she has a great deal of education still ahead of her \u2013 she plans on earning a Ph.D. in chemistry and perhaps a master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering \u2013 Viola still finds time for extracurricular activities. She is a classical and jazz guitar player and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do who placed first in forms and third in sparring at the 2005 Rhode Island Tae Kwon Do Tournament and third at the 2004 Grand Nationals in forms. A former gymnast, she is a member of the Theta Tau engineering fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. <\/p>\n


\nThe Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation is a federally endowed agency honoring the late Arizona senator and was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Foundation awarded 317 scholarships for the 2007-08 school year from a pool of 1,110 applicants.<\/p>\n

Return to view other stories<\/a><\/b> about our 2007 scholars.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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