Oats Receives DeVlieg Foundation Fellowship

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Renee C. Oats, PhD candidate in civil engineering and DeVlieg Foundation Fellow.

HOUGHTON, MI (06/12/2013)(readMedia)-- The Graduate School at MichiganTechnological University is pleased to announce the awarding of two DeVlieg Foundation Fellowships. The DeVlieg Foundation supports graduate students pursuing research in engineering, wildlife, and biology.

Renee C. Oats, PhD candidate, in civil engineering from Baltimore, is a recipient of the DeVlieg Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship for Engineering students. 

Of her award, Oats says, "This financial support furthers my career goals of engaging in and managing highly technical quality research in highway bridges' assessment procedures and policies."

Anthony Matthys, a PhD candidate in biological sciences, also was awarded a fellowship.

The DeVlieg Foundation grew from the desire of DeVlieg Machine Company founder Charles B. DeVlieg and his son Charles R. "Bud" DeVlieg to help encourage young people to achieve an education that would allow them to reach their life goals.

The DeVlieg Company was formed in 1943 in Royal Oak, Mich. With the invention of the machine tool industry's first bed-type milling machine, and later the first jigless boring and milling machine, the DeVlieg JIGMIL. Today, the company is an international leader in precision machine tools with a reputation for their attention to detail.

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.