Alumni Dollars at Work

Students that participated in the microgravity projects from 2000-2001 met with Richard DeLeo at a reception this past fall 2001.

Students have been able to participate in these excellent learning opportunities from financial sponsors of the student teams such as the AEM Richard and Shirely DeLeo Scholarship & Engineering Fund; the AEM Alumni Program Support Fund; The Minnesota Space Grant Consortium; and the University Undergraduate Research Opportunities. More information on the microgravity projects can be found at: News

Thanks to all of our Alumni who have been supportive of the needs of the Department. As many of you already know, these elements are key to the successful of any program:

• A department’s reputation often is measured by the caliber and success of its students, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Talented graduate students bring intellectual strength, dedication, a strong commitment to change, and intense curiosity to the resolution of real problems that have local, national, and international implications. They assist faculty in research and teaching, participate in field research and connect people and projects throughout the college departments. Undergraduate students are the basic core that is molded into the Foundation of strong talented faculty.
  
  
• A strong talented faculty is the lifeline of a great department. They attract top students, bring in valuable research dollars, and educate the leaders of the future. Our faculty are nationally known for their expertise.

By your support, you have given many of our students opportunities to participate in unique learning opportunites such as participating in the reduced gravity projects, and other student research projects.

Donations: You can make a difference

Donations can be made anytime during the year and sent to the University of Minnesota Foundation, McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota Gateway Center, 200 Oak Street SE, Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Just designate the fund you wish to support. Checks should be made payable to the University of Minnesota. If you have questions on donating, you can contact the University Foundation at phone: 612-624-3333 or 800-775-2187 fax: 612-625-4305. There are many ways to give to the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota to help create excellence in addition to contributing to your own personal and financial goals. More information on types of gifts (Outright Gifts, Planned Gifts, or Corporate & Foundation Gifts) can be found at the Foundation web site at: http://www.foundation.umn.edu/frameset_5.html

The funds to which you can contribute are as follows:

AEM Program Support:

Used as the main source of discretionary funds to support all funds. Fund No. 3739

Aeronautical Class of 1943 Wind Tunnel Fund:

Created by the Class of 1943 to defray costs of a new wind tunnel and instrumentation. Fund No. 3585

The Chester Gaskell Aeronautical Engineering Scholarship Fund:

Used for undergraduate scholarships for outstanding first-year aerospace students. Fund No. 2898

The John D. Akerman Memorial Fund:

Supports the Akerman Professor of Design of our year-long capstone senior design course. Fund No. 3191

The AEM Laboratory Equipment Fund:

Used to purchase instructional and research equipment. Fund No. 2500

The AEM Excellence Fund:

Used to sponsor lectureships by distinguished individuals in aerospace engineering and mechanics. Please note that this fund also supports the Sethna Lecture. Fund No. 2281

The B.J. Lazan Fund:

Supports activities that promote faculty/student interactions and educational activities.

John A. & Jane Dunning Copper Fellowship in Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics.

Provides fellowships for AEM graduate students. Fund no. 5330

Lawrence E. Goodman Scholarship in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics.

Provides a prize to a graduating student with a baccalaureate degree from AEM who is deemed by the faculty to have achieved the best record in the field of theoretical and applied mechanics. Fund No. 5594.

Richard & Shirley De Leo Scholarship & Engineering Fund.

Provides undergraduate scholarships to Aerospace Engineering students and provides discretionary funds to the Department of Aerospace Eng. & Mechanics. Fund no. 5470.

Robert H. & Marjorie F. Jewett Fund.

Provides supports program support to the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. Fund No. 4810.

If you would like information about establishing a Unitrust with the University of Minnesota Foundation, contact the Institute of Technology Development and External relations, at 1-800-587-3884, and 1-612-624-5537.

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