02-11-94 Two Faculty Members Receives Sloan Fellowships

TWO OHIO STATE SCIENTISTS AWARDED $30,000 SLOAN FELLOWSHIPS

     COLUMBUS -- An astronomer and a computer scientist at The
Ohio State University have been awarded the Sloan Research
Fellowship for outstanding young scientists and economists.

     They are among 100 recipients in the United States and
Canada who will each receive $30,000 over two years to fund their
research.  Seventeen former Sloan Fellows have gone on to receive
Nobel prizes, according to the Sloan Foundation, which is based
in New York.

     Andrew Gould, an assistant professor of astronomy at Ohio
State, was one of 23 physicists and astronomers who were awarded
the Sloan this year.  Feng Zhao, an assistant professor of
computer science, was one of 10 computer scientists selected.

     These fellowships are meant to encourage scholars near the
beginning of their careers, at a critical time when support may
be difficult to obtain.  Fellows are free to pursue whatever
research interests them.

     Gould, 44, of UPPER ARLINGTON (43220), is an astronomer who
develops methods to search for 90 percent of matter in the
universe that is unaccounted for.  He joined the Ohio State
faculty last October and, in addition to his research, teaches an
undergraduate course called "Introduction to Astronomy for Non-
Scientists."  He received his both his bachelor's degree in
mathematics and his  doctoral degree in physics from Stanford
University.

     Zhao, 31, of UPPER ARLINGTON (43220), is a computer
scientist who designs "intelligent partners" (computers with
"artificial intelligence") to help scientists and engineers do
their jobs.  An Ohio State faculty members since October 1992,
Zhao has taught a senior-level course called "Introduction to
Artificial Intelligence" and, this quarter, is teaching juniors
and seniors "Introduction to Numerical Analysis."

     Zhao received his bachelor's degree with honors in
electrical engineering from Chiao Tung University in Shanghai,
China, and his master's and doctoral degrees in computer science
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Contact:  Andrew Gould, 292-1892
          Feng Zhao, 292-1553

Written by Sarah Williams Scherrer


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