UB Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship
By Brian Peters
Release Date: June 9, 2011 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Claire Lochner, who graduated from the University at Buffalo this spring with a degree in electrical engineering and mathematics, has been chosen to take part in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship.
Lochner, who will be attending the University of California Berkeley in the fall, will receive a three-year $30,000 annual stipend, a $10,500 cost-of-education allowance, access to the TeraGrid supercomputer network and international research and professional development opportunities, including exchange programs in Norway, Finland, Denmark or Sweden.
Lochner researched micro-wind power and organic photovoltaic devices at UB, and has also studied at the University of California Los Angeles and ENSEA, an engineering school near Paris. She also completed a summer internship with Moog Inc., which designs and manufactures control systems for aerospace, defense, industrial and medical device markets.
Lochner has served as internal vice president of UB's chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the foremost national engineering honor society, and is a member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Engineers for a Sustainable World.
Lochner also received a 2011 SUNY Chancellor's Award and a 2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Two other UB students were given honorable mention: Daniel Mufaletto, an electrical engineering graduate student researching energy storage and power management systems, and Erin Jacklin, who graduated this spring with a degree in electrical engineering and mathematics.
The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, a flagship institution in the State University of New York system that is its largest and most comprehensive campus. UB's more than 28,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.