(1-2 awards per year)
The Yueh-er, Hong-hsu and Clarence Cheng Kuo Fellowship Endowment was awarded for the first time in April 2006. The Endowment itself was established in 2003 by Dr. Yueh-er Kuo to promote Master’s degree education in the Department of Mathematics and to honor the memory of Hong-hsu and Clarence Cheng Kuo. The Fellowship recognizes an outstanding Master’s degree (MS) student specializing in mathematics. Professor Yueh-er Kuo had been a professor in the Department of Mathematics since 1964. She is an expert in educating master’s degree students in addition to her own research. She had 56 thesis and project students and many of them are very successful in their careers. Hong-hsu Kuo, the husband of Yueh-er, was a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Clarence Cheng Kuo, the son of Yueh-er and Hong-hsu, was a brilliant model student of the University of Tennessee Nursery School.

The recipient(s) of the Fellowship Endowment must be a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Mathematics (those getting an MS on the way to PhD are also eligible). Performance in course work at the Master’s degree level and recommendations from the faculty teaching those courses or involved with the students’ research will be the primary basis for the selection.