Ernest Hoaby Innovation Scholarship

The Ernest Hoaby Scholarship rewards student innovation as defined by an innovative design or device, which improves upon a prior design, device, algorithm, or method of doing something.

See the application form for complete details.

Eligibility

• Individuals or teams may apply; applicants must be registered NDSU students

Award Criteria

• Primary consideration: Originality and usefulness of the design, device, or process.
• Secondary consideration: Personal achievement: working through a disadvantaged background.

Awarding Guidelines

• Zero to three awards per year, ranked as Blue (excellent), Red (very good), White (honorable mention).
• All winning applications, including White Awards, must entail relatively significant innovations.
• Award amounts: Blue - $400. Red - $200. White - $100.

Click link to download a Hoaby Scholarship Application .

The inaugural award was given April 26, 2007.

Our 2007 Innovators

Bioelectromagnetic Chamber

Winner of a Red Award
The Bioelectromagnetic Chamber enables one to test the effects of a magnetic field on living tissue. The chamber provides a uniform magnetic field inside the chamber, that can be held steady or be pulsed. The magnetic field is variable (it can be set at different magnitudes), and it can be pulsed at different frequencies. The chamber was designed to operate in either a laboratory or in an environmental chamber where temperature and humidity are controlled. The chamber makes it easier to test the effects of a magnetic field on tissue than do prior test vehicles because of its portability (due to its compact size) and its varied functionality. For more information about this innovation, click here.

Innovators:

• Niccole Schaible (5th year)
• Sarah Panzer (4th year)
• Cyle Johnson (6th year)

Faculty Advisors:

• Dan Ewert – advisor
• Mark Schroeder - NDSU Design Projects coordinator

Click link to see a listing of the past winners.