Graduate Students
Name: Adrienne ScottHometown: Zionsville, PAMajor: Mechanical Engineering PhD StudentAdvisor: Corey NeuI grew up on a farm outside of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Exploring my farm as a child I was always interested in how the
Name: David PfotenhauerHometown: Madison, WIMajor: Mechanical Engineering PhD StudentAdvisor: Mike Hannigan, Hannigan LabI was born and raised in the glorious city of Madison Wisconsin. As I grew up surrounded by cheese, corn fields, and Packers
Name: Omkar SupekarHometown: Vadodara, Gujarat, IndiaMajor: Mechanical Engineering PhD StudentAdvisor: Victor Bright, CU MEMS GroupI was born in Vadodara, a city in the state of Gujarat in India. However, I moved around India growing up, mostly in
Name: Timothy MorrisseyHometown: Little Falls, NYMajor: Mechanical Engineering PhD StudentAdvisor: Christoph Keplinger, Keplinger Research GroupI grew up in a small town in upstate New York. I was always drawn to traditional STEM topics and had
Name: Jaylene MartinezHometown: Ojo Sarco, NMMajor: Mechanical Engineering PhD StudentAdvisor: Yifu Ding,Nanostructured Polymer LabAs a young Chicana, I grew up in a small Northern New Mexico town named Ojo Sarco. I was taught
The National Science Foundation is honoring six current or incoming University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards and five students with honorable mentions.
Jason earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 2007. While at the Academy, he interned at the Los Alamos National Laboratory researching deflagration properties of explosive materials. After the Academy,
Yao Zhai was born in Tianjin, China. He stayed in his hometown through his bachelor degree from Tianjin University. After obtaining his Master degree from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, he decided to continue his
Karl spent the first 22 years of his life in the harsh desert climate of suburban New Mexico. While enduring the unbearable climate he successfully completed his BS in Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University, despite spending
Like all true Wisconsinites, David was raised on nothing but cheese, milk, and Wisconsin football. He spent the first 18 years of his life growing up in the beautiful city of Madison, where he developed his passion for science in school, his