Architecture Ph.D. candidate Nghia Phan has been awarded the ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship, which supports highly motivated and qualified U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2 to 3 months. Phan will receive a stipend to study at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland under Professor Fernando Porte-Agel, head of the Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory. Phan will focus on applications for the small scale wind turbine in the built environment.

The ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship program promotes exchanges and sharing know-how between the United States and Switzerland.