Two Michigan State University Honors College students have received honorable mentions for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Michael Bigelow, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, is an undergraduate research assistant for the Plasmas and Nanomaterials Laboratory where he develops procedures and experiments to deposit nanocrystals, which produces LED light in any color.
Bigelow is a Spalding Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; won first place for his research about gallium nitride at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum; and is active in leadership roles on campus as an event facilitator for the Leadership Advancement Program and a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Abigail Shotwell, a microbiology junior in Lyman Briggs College, is an undergraduate research assistant for professor Joan Rose’s Water Quality, Environmental and Molecular Microbiology Lab. She has experience in virology research from the University of Nebraska, where she analyzed epidemiological data of patients in Tanzania.
Shotwell is also the co-founder and co-president of the MSU Chapter of the American Society of Microbiology. She is pursuing a minor in Global Public Health and Epidemiology.
The National and International Fellowships and Scholarships Office, administered by the Honors College, helps interested undergraduate and graduate students to pursue major national and international opportunities by providing information and direct support throughout the competitive application processes.
Read more about Bigelow and Shotwell here.