COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6, 2008 – Tarun Bansal and Yeonshick Yoo, graduate students in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, each have been named a recipient of the Paul and Ellen Deisler Fellowship in Chemical Engineering.
These fellowships are awarded on the basis of scholarly productivity and excellence in graduate studies and include a $5,000 stipend.
A total of eight students were nominated for this year’s fellowships. The students’ applications were then ranked by a committee of faculty members from the department before a final determination was made based on the composite score of all faculty rankings for each candidate.
“We were delighted to receive notice from Dr. Michael Pishko that both of you had been awarded support for your studies from the Paul and Ellen Deisler Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,” stated Paul and Ellen Deisler in a letter to this year’s recipients.
“Congratulations to both of you on your success in passing the screening leading to making the award. We offer our best wishes to you for the successful completion of your studies and for success in your careers.”
The Paul and Ellen Deisler Fellowship in Chemical Engineering was endowed in 2000 by the Deislers as a means of promoting advanced studies in chemical engineering.
A World War II veteran, Paul Deisler completed his degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M in 1948. He earned his doctorate from Princeton in 1952 and then joined Shell Development Company where he led a successful career before retiring in 1986 as vice president for health, safety and environment at Shell Oil’s Houston headquarters. He is a distinguished alumnus of both the College of Engineering and the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. His wife, Ellen, is a graduate of the University of Colorado and fellow chemical engineer.
