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Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a host of challenges for Rice research as well as for every other endeavor. Thanks to the support of AMPT Center corporate member ConocoPhillips and Rice Engineering Alumni, the AMPT Center has established the AMPT Resiliency Awards recognize Rice graduate students in AMPT-related fields who have demonstrated exceptional resilience in research in the face of challenges posed by COVID-19.
Each award is $1500. Up to four awards will be given.
Eligibility
- The nominee must be a graduate student under the direction of a Rice faculty member who is doing work related to the AMPT Center research areas of additive manufacturing, advanced materials, tribology, dynamics, performance modeling and characterization.
- The nominee should have a current GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Nomination Process
- Nominations should be submitted by the nominee’s Principal Investigator, as a single PDF document.
- The document should include a nominating letter (1-2 pages):
- The nominating letter should describe how the student has demonstrated exceptional resilience in contributing to research productivity in the face of challenges posed by COVID-19 in the year 2020.
- Examples of resilience might include: expansion of outreach efforts, new ways of engaging undergraduate researchers, initiatives to address inequity and encourage diversity, pivoting research towards addressing pandemic-related issues, or developing novel solutions to further the research group’s efforts during these times.
- Additional supporting materials/evidence are acceptable, but optional.
- Submit the nomination via email by Friday, December 4, 2020 to George Webb, AMPT Center Industry Liaison, gwebb@rice.edu
- Please use “AMPT Resiliency Award First Last” (where “First Last” is the name of the nominee) as both the name of your PDF document and the subject of your email.
Selection Process
- Selections will be made based on nominations submitted.
- The selection committee includes:
- Sergio Kapusta, Professor in the Practice of Engineering Leadership, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL), and Executive Director, Rice Energy & Natural Resources Initiative (ENRI).
- Carlo De Benardi, Additive Manufacturing Industry Lead, ConocoPhillips, and Chair, API 20S Task Force.
- Joanna Nathan, Manager of New Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Center for Device Innovation, and President-Elect, Rice Engineering Alumni.
- Winners will be announced and recognized at the AMPT Symposium in January 2021.
About the Resiliency Award sponsors
- ConocoPhillips, an inaugural corporate member of the AMPT Center, is an American multinational energy company with its headquarters in the Houston Energy Corridor. It is the world’s largest independent pure-play exploration and production company and ranked No. 93 in the 2020 Fortune 500 largest US corporations by total revenue. ConocoPhillips is a leader in the energy industry in developing standards for qualifying additively manufactured materials and components for critical service and extreme environments.
- Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) is the alumni organization of the School of Engineering at Rice University. Founded in 1938, it is Rice’s oldest alumni organization.
About the AMPT Center
Following its successful launch in 2019, the AMPT Center at Rice University is on pace to be the leading multi-disciplinary research center in the United States on the problems of:
- advanced additive manufacturing
- materials performance and characterization
- tribology and tribomechadynamics
- and the application of data, machine learning, and other innovative techniques to drive engineering solutions.
Questions?
Please contact George Webb, AMPT Center Industry Liaison • (713) 348-2704 • gwebb@rice.edu
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