Cosan Caglayan Receives Doctoral Research Award from IEEE-APS

Cosan Caglayan, a graduate student performing research at ESL to obtain his Ph.D. degree, receives a Doctoral Research Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S). His award comes with a $2,500 Ph.D. fellowship, which is given to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of electromagnetics. The awards are intended to support students involved in research directed by a faculty member at their institution, who is a member of the IEEE AP-S. Cosan is also one of the receipients of  OSU's Presential Fellowship, a highly prestigious award given by the Graduate School at OSU that recognizes the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project. Cosan is advised by Professor Kubilay Sertel.

Up-to 10 fellowships are awarded by the selection committee based on the following criteria:

• Creativity and quality of the proposed project and the thoroughness with which it is described.
• Discussion of the technical interests and skills of the student and how they relate to the proposed project.
• Quality of writing in the proposal.
• Recommendation letter, with particular emphasis on the items listed in the fourth bullet below.

The next round of applications are due on November 1, 2015. Please visit their website (click here) to learn more about the application process.