Mikhail Dimentberg, a professor of mechanical engineering and Karen A. Lemone, associate professor of computer science have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture and conduct research abroad during this academic year according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Prof. Dimentberg will lecture and conduct research on nonlinear dynamics and vibrations at the University of Magedeburg, in Magedeburg, Germany.
Prof. Lemone lectured and conducted research on computer science and related fields at Kathmandu University in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The two WPI professors are part of a group of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to more than 140 countries for the 2002-2003 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 56 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have studied, taught or conducted research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the United States. They are among more than 250,000 American and foreign university students, K-12 teachers and university faculty and professionals who have participated in one of the several Fulbright exchange programs.
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.
