Two BYU students received national Goldwater scholarships - BYU News Skip to main content
Intellect

Two BYU students received national Goldwater scholarships

Two Brigham Young University undergraduate students were recently named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for the 2005-06 school year.

Jaron T. Krogel, a physics major with a 4.0 GPA from Seattle, Wash., and Mathew S. Maxwell, a computer science major with a 3.88 GPA from St. George, Utah, were honored.

Krogel does numerical modeling with Ross L. Spencer, BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy, using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method to simulate atom and ion flow in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers. The goal is to improve the accuracy of chemical analysis.

Maxwell is conducting his research with Sean C. Warnick, BYU Department of Computer Science, where he numerically models water flow in systems composed of a river and its tributaries including dams. The goal is safe and automatic control of water releases to conserve water, protect watersheds and provide for irrigation and human consumption.

The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year of undergraduate education.

More than 300 Goldwater Scholarships were awarded nationwide for the 2005-06 academic years to undergraduate sophomores and juniors. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields, garnering the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs.

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence In Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, who served for 30 years in the U.S. Senate.

For more information call BYU Undergraduate Education at (801) 422-6136.

Writer: James McCoy

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Student inventors help BYU rank as a top U.S. university for newly-issued patents

May 12, 2025
Brigham Young University was just ranked as one of the Top 100 universities in the nation for most issued patents. But the new ranking from the National Academy of Inventors isn’t the story for BYU; it’s who holds the patents.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU research: Your beliefs about money may reveal clues about your relationship

May 07, 2025
Everyone holds their own beliefs about money – what it’s for, how much we need and how to use it. But a new study from researchers at BYU says personal beliefs about money also shape the health of your relationship.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU business professors find ‘margins of error’ in workplace correlate with unethical behavior outside workplace

April 29, 2025
Tolerance standards may lead to better outcomes in the workplace, but researchers from the BYU Marriott School of Business recently published a study in the Journal of Business Ethics showing a paradoxical effect in other ethical domains.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=