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Application for 2017 Bonder Fellowship now available for download

by Rod Capps
Industrial and Operations Engineering
May 19, 2017
An application for the 2017 Bonder Fellowship is now available.| Short Read
EnlargeDr. Seth Bonder. Photo by Eyvind Claxton, IOE.
IMAGE:  Dr. Seth Bonder.

An application for the 2017 Bonder Fellowship is now available in PDF format.  Please submit this completed application with supporting materials to Matt Irelan, IOE Graduate Program Advisor, 1753 IOE, by June 23, 2017.

Dr. Seth Bonder. Photo by Eyvind Claxton, IOE.
Portrait of Matt Irelan

Contact

Matt Irelan
Academic Advisor

Industrial & Operations Engineering

(734) 764-6480

1753 IOE

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