Three Tech Students Named Fulbright Scholars

Students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels have been awarded prestigious fellowships and scholarships this month, including the honors of Fulbright and Churchill scholarships.

Students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels have been awarded prestigious fellowships and scholarships this month, including the honors of Fulbright and Churchill scholarships.

The Fulbright Scholarship offers students one year of research, graduate study, or English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in one of more than 140 countries. The Churchill Scholarship provides funding for one year of study in science, engineering, or mathematics at Cambridge University. Other awards vary by fellowship, but all provide support for students to pursue research or other continued work in their various fields of study.

Fulbright Scholarships

  • Ayanda Francis, ETA, Turkey
  • Cole Simpson, research, Switzerland
  • Taylor Tyger, research, Finland

Churchill Scholarship

  • Alisha Kasam, mechanical engineering 

Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Fellowships

  • Jordan Garth, Whitaker Undergraduate Fellowship, research at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Divya Natarajan, Whitaker Undergraduate Fellowship, research at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
  • Megan Rich, Whitaker Undergraduate Fellowship, research at University of Stuttgart, Germany
  • Alice Cheng, Whitaker Graduate Student Fellowship, research at Peking University, Beijing, China
  • James Wade, Whitaker Graduate Student Fellowship, research at University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Brent Uhrig, Whitaker Postdoctoral Fellowship

National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) University Innovation Fellows

  • Alexandra Flohr
  • Rachel Ford
  • Megna Saha

Other Scholarships

  • Camilo Caballero, National Thomas R. Pickering Fellow by the U.S. Department of State and the National Woodrow Wilson Foundation
  • Thomas Giordano, U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship
  • Marian Hettiaratchi, Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award
  • Ariel Kniss, Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award
  • Christian Rivera, Ford Foundation Scholarship
  • Denise Sullivan, United Negro College Fund Merck Graduate Fellowship