The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its Graduate Fellowship recipients for 2014. Several current students and recent alumni of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have received fellowships that will allow them to pursue graduate studies in the biomedical field.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its Graduate Fellowship recipients for 2014.
Several current students and recent alumni of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have received fellowships that will allow them to pursue graduate studies in the biomedical field.
New fellows include current graduate students Daniela Santiesteban, a second-year doctoral student working in Stanislav Emelianov's and Laura Suggs' labs; Elissa Leonard and Lindsey Sharpe, both second-year doctoral students working in Nicholas Peppas' lab; and Adrianne Shearer, a first-year doctoral student working in Aaron Baker's lab.
Four graduating seniors in the undergraduate program have received fellowships including Ashvin Bashyam, who works in Stanislav Emelianov's laboratory; Hannah Frizzell who works in Nicholas Peppas' laboratory; George Netscher, who works in Kenneth Diller's laboratory; and Nishant Mehta, who works in George Georgiou's lab.
Additionally three recent alumni were awarded fellowships: Austin David Comer, a 2012 alumnus who is studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Derek Sheechi Ho, a 2013 alumnus attending graduate school at Duke University; and Naveen Mehta, a 2013 alumnus pursuing graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps ensure vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. Fellows receive financial support for three years that includes annual stipends, tuition, medical insurance coverage, and opportunities for international research and professional development. Past fellows include numerous Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, Google founder, Sergey Brin and Freakonomics co-author, Steven Levitt.
