FULBRIGHT POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Sponsored by BHP Billiton

This Fulbright Scholarship is for applicants who wish to engage in research relevent to an Australian higher degree or undertake an approved course of study for a U.S. higher degree or its equivalent in science and engineering.

BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified resources company, formed in 2001 through the merger of BHP, a natural resource company and one of Australia's oldest and largest companies, and Billiton, one of the world's premier mining companies.

The Fulbright Scholarship in Science and Engineering was established with BHP Billiton in 2000. Fulbright BHP Billiton Scholars will have the potential opportunity for professional exchange with BHP Billiton staff.

For further information on BHP Billiton please refer to the BHP Billiton website.

For more information, read the story of the current 2010 Fulbright Postgraduate Science and Engineering Scholar, Elizabeth Jens.

For general information and applications please refer to Application Information.

Previous Fulbright Science and Engineering Scholars

Year	Name	Home Institution	Program
2009	Mr Jeremy Wykes.	ANU	PhD experimental research into the geochemical behaviour of lead and sulphur in subducting tectonic plates.
2008	Natalia Galin	University of Tasmania	Research on geophysics and radar engineering to develop an airborne radar capable of measuring the depth of snow cover on Antarctic sea ice (Aust. PhD research)
2007	Robin Brimblecombe	Monash University	PhD research into the development of catalysts that, with solar energy, can create hydrogen in order to facilitate the sustainable production of hydrogen for fuel, Princeton University.
2007	Karel Hartlieb	The University of Western Australia	Conducting PhD research on the process intensification strategies for the synthesis and encapsulation of metal and semiconductor nanomaterials, Clarkson University.
2005	Joshua Cantone	Kellogg Brown & Root Ltd and University of Adelaide	Undertook an Engineering Masters specialising in environmental hydraulics and hydrology, University of Illinois, U.C.