Electrical Engineering Students Receive Newly-Established Scholarships

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Top from left: Yuheng Wu and Paulo Vargas; below: Asma Mahar and Hao Chen.

Four electrical engineering graduate students were the first to receive scholarships from a newly formed 100-for-100 Scholarship Fund. Yuheng Wu received a scholarship honoring the memory of research professor Mike Glover, and Asma Mahar received a scholarship honoring the memory of Hung Phi Hoang. Hao Chen and Paola Vargas also received scholarships. 

The 100-for-100 scholarship fund was launched by Alan Mantooth, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and the Twenty-First Century Research Leadership Chair in Engineering, and is funded by past students. The name "100-for-100" was chosen to acknowledge, and continue to engage, the now more than 100 alumni graduate students from the Mixed-Signal Computer-Aided Design Laboratory, each annually contributing a minimum of $100 toward the support of current students. The funds are available to sponsor and support graduate and undergraduate students of the MSCAD Lab in power electronic packaging, power electronic circuit design, computer-aided design, device modeling and integrated circuit design. Two annual scholarships supported by this scholarship fund have been given in memory of Mantooth's former students: Glover and Hoang.

Glover, an integrated circuits design student, earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 2013, a Master of Science in 1995 and a Bachelor of Science in 1993 — all from the University of Arkansas. He was a researcher in electrical engineering and a longtime staff member at the High Density Electronics Center (HiDEC) in electronic manufacturing and power electronic packaging. He was an invaluable mentor to many undergraduate and graduate students who benefited significantly from his dedication to his alma mater. Glover was an outstanding team member and had an infectious jovial personality.

Hoang, an integrated circuits design student from Vietnam, earned his Doctor of Philosophy posthumously in 2008 from the University of Arkansas. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, University of Technology. Hoang worked on extreme environment technology for NASA and was recognized for his contributions by his colleagues and peers. He was pleasant, humble and an excellent team member.

"The reason we are giving these scholarships in memory of these individuals, is because they embodied all the good things that we try to instill in the young people that come through our program," Mantooth said. "In addition to superb technical expertise and communication skills, the qualities of teamwork, hard work, resourcefulness and dependability are what differentiate them from others."

This year's selection committee consisted of professors Jia Di, Shannon Davis, Yue Zhao and Fang Luo.

For more information on the 100-for-100 scholarship fund, contact Jamie Stafford, stafford@uark.edu.