Fourth-year chemical engineering student Eric Bringley has been named a finalist for the Gates Cambridge scholarship. Bringley is one of 100 American students selected to compete for the 40 American scholarships.
The Gates Cambridge scholarship was established in 2000 by inventor and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A total of 95 scholarships are awarded each year to students from around the world to fund graduate study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Bringley was a 2014 Goldwater Scholar, a 2013 Magellan Scholar and a 2012 Rothburg Scholar. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.