A $1 million grant from Tokyo-based Nippon Electric Co. -- NEC -- has been made to Yale to establish the NEC Graduate Engineering Fellowship Fund, which will support the education of several highly qualified graduate students in microelectronics each year.
"Fellowship awards such as this play an important role in furthering the education of students capable of making important technological contributions," says D. Allan Bromley, dean of Yale engineering. "This commitment is a testament to the productive relationship that our two organizations have shared over the years, a partnership which will continue to grow."
NEC has supported a number of Yale programs dating back to 1973. This latest grant follows eight years of close collaboration, during which time Richard C. Barker and Tso-Ping Ma, professors of electrical engineering and applied physics, have conducted numerous research projects with NEC engineers. The professors also hosted NEC researchers at Yale and made annual trips to meet with them and academic colleagues in Japan.
Founded in 1899, NEC is a leading international supplier of communications systems and equipment, computers, and industrial electronic products and systems.