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6/1/95             Mitch Emmons (emmonmb@mail.auburn.edu)

FIVE AU STUDENTS AWARDED NASA FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

      AUBURN -- Two Auburn University graduate students have each been 
awarded a $20,000 research fellowship, while three others have received 
$1,000 scholarships from NASA through the Alabama Space Grant Consortium.
      Scott Bounds of Huntsville, a doctoral student in physics, and 
Kenneth Hammett of Stone Mountain, Ga., a masters' degree student in 
electrical engineering, were among 37 students awarded $20,000 graduate 
research fellowships at ASGC award ceremonies May 19 at Marshall Space 
Flight Center in Huntsville.
      AU students receiving $1,000 NASA scholarships were Belma Ford of 
Auburn, a computer science and biology major; Damon Love of Montgomery, 
computer engineering; and Algeron Stanley of Huntsville, civil engineering.
      Each $20,000 graduate research fellowship includes a stipend, 
tuition support and money for research expenses. Each fellowship is 
co-sponsored by NASA and the student's university.
      AU is among six doctorate-granting university members of the 
consortium. Other member universities are Alabama A&M University; 
University of Alabama; UA-Huntsville; UA-Birmingham; and the University 
of South Alabama.
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            CONTACT: Joe Perez, 334/844-4264 (perez@physics.auburn.edu)