McKelvey Engineering students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Several students and alumni also won honorable mentions
Several McKelvey School of Engineering students and alumni have been offered the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The fellowship includes a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the opportunity to conduct their own research. NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.
In 2021, NSF made more than 2,000 fellowship offers to applicants. Nearly 1,800 applicants received honorable mentions, which is considered a significant academic achievement.
The new fellows from McKelvey Engineering include:
- Ty Easley, who is pursuing graduate study in imaging science at WashU;
- Ethan Genter, who will have earned bachelor's and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering in May 2021, will pursue graduate study in aeronautical and aerospace engineering and in mechanical engineering at Stanford University;
- Chase Hartquist, who will have earned bachelor's and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering in May 2021, will pursue graduate study in mechanical engineering.
Alumni recipients include:
- Eleanor Degen, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in 2019 and is studying at Northwestern University;
- Andrew Ells, who earned bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and systems science & engineering in 2019, who is studying at Columbia University;
- Christine Lucky, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2017 and is studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison;
- Jonathan Smith, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2020 and is studying at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities;
- Kyle Thomas, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in 2019 and is studying at Georgia Institute of Technology-Emory University;
- Lily Xu, who earned bachelor’s degrees in biomedical engineering and in biology in May 2020 and is studying at Stanford University.
Those receiving honorable mentions include:
- Zain Clapacs, who is pursuing a doctorate at Wash U in biomedical engineering in the lab of Jai Rudra, assistant professor of biomedical engineering;
- Madeleine Goedegebuure, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in May 2020 and is studying at Northwestern University;
- Katelyn Miyasaki, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in May 2019 and is studying at the University of California, San Diego.
- Suzanne Russo, who plans to begin graduate study in the Institute of Materials Science & Engineering at WashU in Fall 2021;
- Addison Schwamb, who is pursuing a doctorate at WashU in electrical engineering.
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