Winners of Awards 2008 - 2009 : By School
The students below applied for the awards through their departments, independently, or with the assistance of the FSO office. If you would like more information about how to apply for specific awards, contact . Also, if you have any corrections or additions to what has been posted, please contact the FSO.
H&SS and CFA CIT MCS SCS SE
Rotimi Abimbola
Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA)
Class of 2010
H&SS Interdisciplinary/SDS
Adeola Adegboyega-Panox
Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA)
Class of 2010
H&SS Interdisciplinary/Philosophy
Kenya Alexander
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Class of 2010
Drama
Emily Ferris
Vira I. Heinz Scholarship Program for Women in Global Leadership
Gilman Scholarship - Jordan
Class of 2011
International Relations and Politics
Tokiea Fitzgerald
Harry S. Truman Scholarship (finalist)
Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA)
Class of 2010
Philosophy/Psychology
Alexandra Kronstein
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Class of 2009
Russian Studies and Linguistics
Amelia Nichols
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Class of 2010
Psychology and Urban History/Education Policy
CIT
Shahriyar Amini
Lamme/Westinghouse Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Darmindra Arumugam
Hsu Chang Memorial Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Dyanna Becker
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Class of 2011
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CivE)
Matthew Beckler
Lamme/Westinghouse Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Philip Bergeron
Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Katherine Brigham
Lamme/Westinghouse Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Michael Chuang
Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Sanja Cvijic
Nicholas Minnici Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Chris DeFrancesco
SMART Defense Education Program
Class of 2011
MechE
Carmeline Dsilva
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Senior
Chemical Engineering (ChemE)
Brian Freeman
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Graduate Student
ChemE
Amal El-Ghazaly
Vira I. Heinz Scholarship Program for Women in Global Leadership
Class of 2011
ECE
Paz Gilboa
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Graduate student
CivE
Joel Harley
National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Department of Homeland Security Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Brian Harvey
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Graduate Student
BiomedE
Angela Holmen
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (declined)
PhD
ChemE
Hsu-Chun Hsiao
Ann and Martin McGuinn Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Ryan Johnson
IBM Fellowship
PhD
ECE
Junsung Kim
Goel Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Jennifer Lawrence
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Bridge Leadership Award
CivE
Yen-Tzu Lin
NVIDIA Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Weinan Ma
Leo Finzi Memorial Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Michelle Mazurek
Lamme/Westinghouse Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Daniel McFarlin
National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Graduate Fellowship (won)
Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Graduate Fellowship
National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Dan Morris
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Global Research Consortium (GRC) Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Rocco Panella
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
PhD
ChemE
Jenae Pennie
SMART Defense Education Program
Class of 2011
CivE
Luca Parolini
APC Fellowships for Data Center Efficiency Research
PhD
ECE
Aveek Purohit
Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Nicole Reilly
Gilman Scholarship - France
Class of 2011
MSE
Andres Rodriguez-Perez
Frank J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
Ellen Tworkoski
Joseph F. Mulach Jr. and Louise A. Mulach Scholarship Fund
Class of 2011
BioMed Eng.
Xiaochun Yu
Intel Fellowship
Graduate student
ECE
MCS
Sharon Briggs
American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Class of 2010
Biological Sciences
Alberto Rodriguez Garcia
Caja Madrid Fellowship
PhD
Mathematics
Timothy Helbig
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Class of 2010
Biological Sciences (SHS)
Chip Hogg
Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship
PhD
Physics
Ashley Kilp
Harry S. Truman Scholarship (finalist)
Class of 2010
SHS
Kelly Kravorik
Joseph F. Mulach Jr. and Louise A. Mulach Scholarship Fund
Class of 2011
SDS/Biolological Sciences
Elaine Lee
SMART Defense Education Program
Class of 2010
Mathematical Sciences
Gregory Newby
Fulbright Scholarship (finalist)
Rotary Scholarship (declined)
Class of 2009
Biological Sciences
Renaud Nicolay
Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship
PhD
Chemistry
Courtney Sobers
SMART Defense Education Program (declined)
Graduate student
Chemistry
Swati Varshney
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Class of 2010
Chemistry (SHS)
SCS
Shilpa Arora
Google Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist
PhD
Language Technologies
Dmitry Berenson
Intel PhD Fellowship
3rd year PhD
Robotics
Samantha Catanzaro
Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Scholarship
Class of 2012
CS
Polo Chau
Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship
PhD
Machine Learning
Samuel Cheng
SMART Defense Education Program
Class of 2012
CS
James Cipar
APC Fellowship for Data Center Efficiency Research
PhD
CS
Alvaro Collet-Romea
Caja Madrid Fellowship
Graduate student
Robotics
Mark Desnoyer
Microsoft Graduate Fellowship (declined)
Google Graduate Fellowship (declined)
2nd year PhD
Robotics
Tawanna R. Dillahunt
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
PhD
Human Computer Interaction
Santosh Kumar Divvala
IBM PhD Fellowship (declined)
PhD
Robotics
Owen Durni
Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Scholarship
Class of 2010
CS
Andrew Gilpin
Siebel Scholarship
PhD (expected 2009)
CS
Javier Hernandez Rivera
Caja Madrid Scholarship
Masters
Robotics
Lindsey Hines
NDSEG Graduate Fellowship
NSF Graduate Fellowship
1st year PhD
Robotics
YoungJoo Jeong
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
Graduate student
CS
Matthew J. Jones
Cisco Excellence Scholarship
Class of 2010
CS
Brenda C. Kiu
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
Class of 2011
CS
Jean-Francios Lalonde
Microsoft Research Fellowship
PhD (expected 2010)
Robotics
Edith Law
Microsoft Research Fellowship
PhD
Machine Learning
PengFei Li
Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Scholarship
Class of 2011
CS
Somchaya Liemhetcharat
Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
PhD
Robotics
Han Liu
Google Fellowship (Statistics)
PhD
Machine Learning
Victor Marmol
Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Scholarship
Class of 2011
CS
Daniel Munoz
Siebel Scholars Fellowship
Graduate student
Robotics
Foster-Miller Graduate Fellowship (pending)
PhD
Robotics
Jiyan Pan
一本道无码/Intel Summer Fellowship
1st year PhD
Robotics
Amar Phanishayee
IMB Fellowship
Graduate student
CS
Alberto Rodriguez Garcia
Caja Madrid Fellowship
PhD
Robotics
Dafna Shahaf
Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship
Ph.D
CS
Sajid Siddiqi
CI Fellow (pending)
Graduate student
Robotics
Ajit Singh
CI Fellow (pending)
Graduate student
Machine Learning
Vijay Vasudevan
APC Fellowship for Data Center Efficiency Research
Graduate student
CS
William Wang
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
Class of 2011
CS
Software Engineering (SE)
Majid Alfifi
Aramco Services Comp. Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Benjamas Chotemateepirom
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Jaffer Haider
Fulbright scholarship
Graduate student
SE
Lyle Holsinger
Bechtel Bettis-Partial (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Do hoon Kim
LG CNS South Korea Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
YongGyu Kim
Daewoo Information Systems Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
SangHyun Lee
LG DACOM South Korea Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Marco Len
Fulbright scholarship
Graduate student
SE
Seong Yong Lim
ETRI South Korea Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Amelia Matzke
General Dynamics Viz Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Andrew Melleinger
North American Scientific Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Aliya Mussina
Bolashak scholarship (withdrew)
Graduate student
SE
Sejoon Oh
KT Hitel South Korea Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Jeffrey Salk
Sandia National Labs Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Gloria Santin
Solid State Measurements Award (ongoing)
Graduate student
SE
Adrian Wright
McKesson Corp Educational Assistance Program
Graduate student
SE
Guido Zgraggen
Leica Fellowship
Graduate student
SE