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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Country

United States

State

Virginia

City

Blacksburg

Institution IPED

233921

Liaison(s)

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

VP for Outreach & International Affairs

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Phone

Email

npsander@vt.edu

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Email

npsander@vt.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Curtis Finch	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Ministry of Education	Education	Cyprus	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marshall Fishwick	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Keimyung University	Chemistry	South Korea	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marshall Fishwick	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Bologna	Humanities	Italy	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marshall Fishwick	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Various Institutions	History	Bangladesh	1983-1984	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Fox	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	Physical Sciences	Chile	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nevin Frantz	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Jyvaskyla	Education	Finland	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John French	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Higher Institute of Labor and Business Studies (ISCTE)	Business	Portugal	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Emmanuel Frimpong	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Energy and Natural Resources	Fisheries	Ghana	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ellsworth Fuhrman	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tampere	Sociology	Finland	1982-1983	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Theodore Fuller	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Khon Kaen University	Sociology	Thailand	1982-1983	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Gardner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Helsinki	Literature	Finland	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Gerrard	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	National Institute of Agricultural Research	Agriculture	Uruguay	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Prabhakar Ghare	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Federal University of Santa Catarina	Engineering	Brazil	1983-1984	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Goldfield	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Stockholm University	Urban Studies	Sweden	1978-1979	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Gratto	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Zadar	Education	Croatia	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gary Grieve-Carlson	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Technical University of Brunswick	Literature	Germany	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Francis Gwazdauskas	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agricultural and Food Development Authority, Western Research Center	Agriculture	Ireland	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Eric Hallerman	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	Biology	Israel	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Hawdon	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Turku	Sociology	Finland	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Heller	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Technical University of Vienna	Engineering	Austria	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Nasreddin El-Mazaini	Islamic University of Gaza	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (Gaza)	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Peter Ester	Free Univ. of Amsterdam	Claremont Graduate University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Sociology	Netherlands	1980-1981	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Karl Fisher	University of Sussex	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	United Kingdom	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Niels-Christian Fritsche	HAB Weimar	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Architecture	Germany	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Achim Geissen	University of Hamburg	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physics	Germany	1977-1978	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ernawati Giri Rachman	Bandung Institute of Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Indonesia	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Carmen Godoy	University of Concepcion	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Chile	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Divyapriya Govindaraj	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	India	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ivan Grdesic	University of Zagreb	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Political Science	Croatia	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lena Birgitta Gumaelius	KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Education	Sweden	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ibrahim Habiballah	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Saudi Arabia	1998-1999	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tibebu Habtewold	Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Ethiopia	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kamel Halouani	University of Sfax	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Tunisia	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Khalid Hameed	Jordan University for Science and Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Jordan	1998-1999	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Davinia Hernandez Leo	Pampeu Fabra University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Spain	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ranjan Hettiarachchige	Sri Palee Campus- University of Colombo	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Communications	Sri Lanka	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Antun Husinec	Institute of Geology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Geology	Croatia	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ignacio Irarrazaval Lliona	University of Chile	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Economics	Chile	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bibhuti Jha	Kathmandu University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Nepal	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Michael Keating	University of Strathclyde	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Political Science	United Kingdom	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program