Application Guidelines and Rules
Applicants are expected to progress satisfactorily toward completion of the research component of their degree. They are expected to maintain high academic standards and achieve a cumulative minimum grade point average of at least 3.5. Students seeking a Master's degree only are expected to pursue the thesis option (Plan A). However, students continuing towards a Ph.D. degree at the University of Minnesota may select the non-thesis option (Plan B) and proceed to their doctorate program.
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory faculty submit letters of nomination to the SAFL administrator in response to an annual call for nominations in the second week of November.
SAFL Administrator
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota
2 Third Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA 55414-2196
(612) 624-4363
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Past Recipients
The recipients of the Silberman Fellowship and their advisors have been:
| Year |
Recipient |
Advisor |
| 2009 |
Vamsi Ganti |
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou |
| 2008 |
Leonardo Chamorro |
Fernando Porte-Agel |
| 2007 |
Eric Novotny |
Heinz Stefan |
| 2006 |
Paola Passalacqua |
Fernando Porte-Agel, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, and Chris Paola |
| 2005 |
Miguel Wong |
Gary Parker |
| 2004 |
Maria Spitael |
Miki Hondzo |
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History of the Award
The family of Professor Edward Silberman established this fellowship fund in honor of their father, to endow a lasting legacy in his name to provide fellowships to students at the University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. Silberman earned his BS and MS from the Department of Civil Engineering in the mid 1930s. He started his career at SAFL in 1946 and took over the directorship of SAFL in 1963 after the death of founding director Lorenz Straub. Over the next decade Silberman worked tirelessly to build the foundation of excellence from which SAFL's successes of today are founded. He retired as Professor Emeritus at the end of 1981.
Silberman's research interest has been in the area of fluid mechanics, especially on boundary layers, turbulence and cavitation, and in water resources management. He is the author, or co-author, of over 50 publications based upon his research efforts. The coursework he taught related to his interestes in fluid mechanics and water resources management.
The family made this gift to honor the lasting contributions of their father to SAFL and in celebration of his 90th birthday.
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The Edward Silberman Fellowship