On November 11, representatives Hitachi High Technologies Americas joined faculty and leadership from the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences to celebrate the 2016 Hitachi High Technologies Electron Microscopy Fellowship recipient, Monsur Islam, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering.
Hitachi established this fellowship endowment with a $100,000 commitment in 2014, awarding one $20,000 fellowship to a graduate student in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences for the next five years. Hitachi Fellows must use Hitachi’s super-magnifying microscopes, located at Clemson’s Electron Microscopy Lab, in their research. Monsur Islam’s research uses renewable resources instead of coal and petroleum to create carbides that are used in a wide range of products.
Phil Bryson, vice president and general manager of the Nanotechnology Systems Division at Hitachi High Technologies America, says about the fellowship: “We are pleased to see that Hitachi microscopes have played an integral role in Monsur Islam’s research. The fellowship that he is receiving is part of Hitachi’s long, mutually beneficial collaboration with Clemson.”
Thank you, Hitachi, for supporting our exceptional graduate students!
