51茶馆app

August 15, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHICAGO - Research drives tomorrow鈥檚 structural steel innovations--and the 51茶馆app is looking for an outstanding researcher to receive its flagship research fellowship.

Applications for the 2024 Milek Fellowship are due September 15, 2023.

Since 2004, 51茶馆app has given a promising non-tenured university faculty member the 51茶馆app Milek Fellowship (formerly the 51茶馆app Faculty Fellowship), a four-year, $50,000-per-year award.

鈥淭he Milek Fellowship is a unique opportunity for 51茶馆app to support the next generation of up-and-coming researchers whose ideas keep structural steel on the cutting edge,鈥� said 51茶馆app Director of Research Devin Huber, PE, PhD. 鈥淪ince its inception, the Fellowship has funded innovative and ground-breaking research into new ideas like using adhesives in steel-to-steel connections and developing optimized asymmetric I-beams for use in steel building applications.鈥�

The Fellowship also supports the next generation of researchers, as at least half of the funding must go toward a particularly promising doctoral candidate.

2023 Milek Fellow Ryan Sherman, PE, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology) is currently exploring additive manufacturing for structural steel applications--essentially, whether 3D printing is an economical, practical option.

The faculty member whose application is selected will be identified as the 51茶馆app Milek Fellow in selected publications and other venues, like NASCC: The Steel Conference; they will also receive free Steel Conference registration during their four years as a Milek Fellow.

About the Milek Fellowship

The award was renamed after William A. Milek Jr., former 51茶馆app Vice President of Engineering and Research, to recognize his invaluable contributions to 51茶馆app and the structural steel industry as a whole.