Student Scholarship Information
Scholarships to be awarded for the 2001 Quality and Productivity Conference are as follows:
Mary G. Natrella Scholarship (2 scholarships available)
Quality and Productivity Research Conference Scholarship
Mary G. Natrella Scholarship
The Quality and Productivity section of the ASA has established the endowed Mary G. Natrella
Scholarship to award two students with $1,000 each to attend the
yearly Quality and Productivity Research Conference.
Master's and doctoral students interested in Quality can apply for a Mary G. Natrella
scholarship to attend the conference in Austin. Women and master's level students are
especially encouraged to apply. In addition to the $1,000 award, the scholarship will
also cover conference registration, conference workshops, housing, meals, and
transportation.
To apply for a scholarship, a professor should nominate a promising student through an
email application to czitrom@agere.com. The student
should provide a resume, as well
as a short statement (approximately one page in length) describing professional goals and
courses that support interest in Q & P. The student's application should include a
paragraph from the supporting professor. Students from the Austin area are NOT eligible
for the Mary G. Natrella Scholarship, since they can apply for the scholarships provided
by the Quality and Productivity Research Conference.
The Mary G. Natrella Scholarship applications should be submitted on or before February
28, 2001. Scholarship winners will be notified by the end of March. For additional
information, please contact Veronica Czitrom at
czitrom@agere.com, or at (407) 371-7402.
The first two $1,000 Mary G. Natrella scholarships, as well as two honorable mentions,
were awarded at the conference held in Seattle last year.
The Mary G. Natrella Fund Committee members are Veronica Czitrom (chair), Karen Kafadar,
Carroll Croarkin, LeRoy Franklin (Q&P Treasurer), and Eileen Boardman.
Mary G. Natrella worked for thirty-six years as a statistican at the National Bureau of
Standards (now NIST) before retiring in 1986. She published a widely-used design of
experiments book, did consulting on applications of statistical methods in the physical
sciences and engineering, and participated on the team that produced sampling standards
used throughout the government (MIL-STD-105A).
Quality and Productivity Research Conference Scholarship
The Quality and Productivity Section of the ASA is offering a number of student
scholarships consisting of waiving of the conference
registration fee and $200 to defray expenses. To be eligible for
consideration for a scholarship, a student needs to have a professor send a
nomination letter or email to
Paul Tobias
International SEMATECH
2706 Montopolis Drive
Austin, Texas 78741
Email: Paul.Tobias@sematech.org.
Nominations should be submitted by April 18th.