Ten from Engineering receive NSF Fellowships
Ten students in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University are among 31 NC State students who have received 2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
NSF named 2,000 individuals as 2016 winners of fellowships, awarded by the agency’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A total of 31 NC State students received awards, a university record. An additional 26 NC State students received honorable mentions.
College of Engineering recipients are
- Stephanie Grace Cone – biomedical engineering
- Kristen Elizabeth Garcia – electrical and electronic engineering
- Jacob Garner Monroe – environmental engineering
- Hillary Justine Stoll – environmental engineering
- Vinicius James Taguchi – environmental engineering
- Alexandra Cruz – materials science and engineering
- Preston Cornelius Bowes – materials science and engineering
- Trent Borman – materials science and engineering
- Tyler Wayne Goode – mechanical engineering
- Samantha Brooke White – mechanical engineering
“The Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a vital part of our efforts to foster and promote excellence in U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics by recognizing talent broadly from across the Nation,” said Joan Ferrini-Mundy, NSF assistant director for Education and Human Resources. “These awards are provided to individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements, and they are investments that will help propel this country’s future innovations and economic growth.”
Awardees – chosen from close to 17,000 applicants – represent a diverse group of scientific disciplines and from all states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and territories. The group is diverse, including 1,077 women, 424 individuals from underrepresented minority groups, 62 persons with disabilities, 35 veterans and 627 senior undergraduates.
The new Fellows come from 488 baccalaureate institutions – 104 more institutions than in 2010, when GRFP began awarding 2,000 fellowships each year.
Former NSF Fellows include numerous individuals who have made transformative breakthroughs in science and engineering, have become leaders in their chosen careers, and been honored as Nobel laureates. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents and are selected through the NSF peer review process.
