Middlesex Resident Matthew Bandelt Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

VILLANOVA, PA (05/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Villanova University is pleased to announce that Matthew Bandelt (Middlesex, N.J.) has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He is one of two recent Villanova graduates to receive the fellowship this year.

Bandelt will be pursuing an M.S. Degree in Civil Engineering at Villanova University to be completed in May 2011. He will be working on a continuing research study on the Girder-Slab System, a composite steel and precast concrete flooring system. Bandelt will also be looking into PhD programs where he plans to use the NSF funding to study the structural performance of bio-based composite materials.

The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the U.S. and abroad.

For more information about the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, please visit: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/