SLS 19RS-1476 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 89
BY SENATOR CLAITOR AND REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CARTER
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Syed Akbar Zamin upon being named a 2019 Goldwater
Scholar.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Louisiana State University student Syed Akbar Zamin of Baton Rouge,
3 Louisiana, upon being named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar.
4 WHEREAS, Goldwater Scholars are awarded one- and two-year $7,500 stipends to
5 pursue undergraduate research in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, or
6 engineering; and
7 WHEREAS, Syed Akbar Zamin, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a junior studying
8 Biomedical Engineering in the LSU College of Engineering and, under the leadership of
9 Myungwoong Kim and Jangwook Jung, Zamin's research focuses on the characterization of
10 a new biomaterial of collagen-lignin; lignin has the ability to modulate mechanical
11 properties without creating the issues of cytotoxicity and immunogenicity; and
12 WHEREAS, after graduation, Zamin plans to pursue a combined MD/PhD in
13 biomedical engineering; and
14 WHEREAS, Congress established the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
15 in Education Program in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater who served his country
16 for fifty-six years as a soldier and statesman, including thirty years of service in the United
17 States Senate; and
18 WHEREAS, the purpose of the program is to provide a continuing source of highly
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1 qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college
2 students who intend to pursue careers in these fields; and
3 WHEREAS, according to the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, this is the first time
4 in its history the Foundation will be naming 496 scholars in a single competition year which
5 became possible with support from Congress and in collaboration with the Department of
6 Defense National Defense Education Program; and
7 WHEREAS, founded in 1908, the LSU College of Engineering offers eleven
8 undergraduate degree programs and confers approximately six hundred fifty bachelor's
9 degrees per year, ranking it in the top ten percent nationally for graduates, and faculty
10 members engage in education, research, and commercialization with a strategic focus on
11 research indigenous to Louisiana: energy, manufacturing, natural & built infrastructure,
12 computation and biotechnology; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Zamin was chosen from a group of one thousand two hundred
14 twenty-three students from four hundred forty-three institutions nominated for a Goldwater
15 Scholarship.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
17 commend Syed Akbar Zamin upon being named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar; does hereby
18 recognize the outstanding accomplishments of this young scholar; does hereby express
19 enduring appreciation for the pride and honor that he brings to the state of Louisiana; and
20 does wish him full measures of happiness and success in all his endeavors.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
22 Syed Akbar Zamin.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SCR 89 Original 2019 Regular Session Claitor
Commends Syed Akbar Zamin upon being named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar.
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