Emily Chambers Awarded STEM Scholarship At Loyola University Maryland

2016 Apr 19

Emily Chambers, class of 2017, an engineering major with a concentration in materials engineering, from Owings Mills, has been awarded a STEM scholarship for summer study in Germany for projects in engineering.

Chambers was awarded her scholarship through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at RWTH Aachen University for her project, "Functionalization of Thermoplastic Polymers for Sensor Applications." Chambers will be preparing thermoplastic polymers to induce electrical properties such as electrical conductivity, piezoelectricity, or pyroelectricity.

Established in 1852, Loyola University Maryland is a Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university comprising Loyola College, home to the University's arts and sciences programs; the Sellinger School of Business and Management; and the School of Education. Loyola enrolls 3,700 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students from across the country.