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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

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Phone

1 (540) 231-1755

Email

npsander@vt.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Rhys Payne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rhys Payne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis II	Political Science	Tunisia	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Raymond Plaut	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Technical University of Denmark	Engineering	Denmark	1981-1982	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Simone Poirier-Bures	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	International University of Kyrgyzstan	Area Studies	Kyrgyzstan	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Man Rhee	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Sogang University	Engineering	South Korea	1971-1972	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Rohr	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Institut d' Etudes Politiques	Public Administration	France	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Rossi	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Jyvaskyla	Mathematics	Finland	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lynette Rummel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lynette Rummel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lynette Rummel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis II	Political Science	Tunisia	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Saffle	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Helsinki	Music	Finland	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Saffle	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Liszt Research Center	Music	Hungary	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
A Samli	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Bogazici University	Business	Turkey (Türkiye)	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nicole Sanderlin	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)	Engineering	India	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Schmale	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The University of Waikato	Environmental Sciences	New Zealand	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Peter Schmitthenner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University	History	India	2001-2002	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gary Selnow	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Klagenfurt	Communications	Austria	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Donald Sharpes	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Ministry of Education	Education	Malaysia	1976-1977	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Sherrard	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Universidad Estatal de Cuenca	Engineering	Ecuador	1988-1989	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Sherrard	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Central University of Ecuador	Engineering	Ecuador	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Gustavo Pierdominici Sottile	University of Quilmes	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Argentina	2020-2021	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marcin Pietrzykowski	Forest Faculty, University of Agriculture in Krakow	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Poland	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ekatherina Pirojenko	Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Geography	Ukraine	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mario Pitteri	University of Padova	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Italy	1982-1983	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Francisco Jose Plou Gasca	Spanish Research Council	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Spain	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Darko Polsek	Institute for Applied Social Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Sociology	Croatia	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nikolla Qafoku	Ministry of Agriculture and Food	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Albania	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jamal Qasem	University of Jordan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Jordan	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
M Alaa E Radwan	Cairo University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Egypt	1982-1983	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Institute	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Toolseeram Ramjeawon	University of Mauritius	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Mauritius	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Blessilda Raposa	De La Salle University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Philippines	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jakus Rastislav	Institute of Forest Ecology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Slovak Republic	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jakus Rastislav	Slovak Academy Of Sciences	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Slovak Republic	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdullah Said	University of Nairobi	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Kenya	1983-1984	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Peter Scharle	Szechenyi Istvan College	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Hungary	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Juergen Schoenherr	Freiberg Academy of Mines	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Germany	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Georg Schrage	University of Dortmund	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Germany	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Amr Shaarawi	Cairo University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Egypt	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program