Student Profiles

We celebrate the accomplishments of all Drexel students who have won prestigious fellowships. See below for profiles of some of our student recipients.

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Bruce Pinchbeck & Dylan Steinberg, BS, 2009
Media Arts and Design

Finalists, MTVU Oscar Correspondent Opportunity 2009
Elliott Chiu, BS/MS, 2013
Biology/Environmental Science

Udall Scholarship 2012-13
Drew Cronin, PhD, 2013
Environmental Science
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Drexel University P3 team: Sarah Byrnes, Eric Eisele, Daniel Pugh, Courtney Reid, and Charlie Woods, 2009
Materials Science and Engineering

Environmental Protection Agency's People Prosperity Planet Award (EPA P3) 2009
Erica Caden, PhD, 2011
Physics
Lindau Award 2008
Erich Mace, PhD, 2013
Chemical Engineering
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2010-2011
Erin Morton, BA, 2010
International Area Studies

Rotary International 2008
Erica Hession, BSBA, 2009
LeBow School of Business

McGowan Scholarship 2008-09
Eric Davis, PhD, 2013
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Graduate Student Awards for the Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates 2013
Daniel Verbaro, BS/MS, 2013
Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Goldwater Scholar 2010-13
Gates Cambridge Scholarship finalist 2012
Dannielle Solomon Figueroa, PhD, 2012
Biomedical Engineering
UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships 2010-12
NSF East-Asia Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) 2010
Daniel Lofaro, PhD, 2012
Electrical and Computer Engineering in Robotics and Control Systems
National Science Foundation’s (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellowship 2007-08
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009
Daniel Tedesco, BA, 2011
International Area Studies
Fulbright Scholar 2011-2012
Freeman Asia Scholarship 2008
Gilman Scholarship 2008
Dara Kusic, PhD, 2009
Computer Engineering
Computing Innovations Fellows (CIFellows) Project 2009-10
David Diaz, Ph.D, 2015
Biomedical Engineering
NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Graduate Fellowship 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2012-15
David Grunberg, PhD, 2013
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2010-13
Darshak Shah, BS/MS, 2013
Biomedical Engineering
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2012
David Delaine, PhD, 2012
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2007-10
Jefferson Cuadra, PhD, 2015
Mechanical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), 2012-15
Jeffrey Dowgala, BS/MS, 2010
Civil Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Jared Coyle, PhD, 2012
Electrical & Computer Engineering - Electrophysics Focus
National Science Foundation Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2008-09
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2008
Jared Langevin, PhD, 2014
Architectural Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-14
GAANN Fellowship 2009-11
Jenell Smith, PhD, 2013
Material Science and Engineering
Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2009-10
Jessica Meisner, MD, 2013
Medicine
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (National Academies) 2010
Jessica Posey, PhD, 2011
Epidemiology, School of Public Health
National Minority STEM Fellowship Program 2010-2011
Jerome Mlack, BS, 2010
Physics
American Institute of Physics SPS Leadership Award 2009
Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention 2009
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2012-15
Jessica Isaacs, PhD, 2012
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department: Orthopaedic and Tissue Biomechanics

USIEF Post-Doctoral Award 2012-13
Farah Noorani, BS/MD, 2014
Biology/DUCOM

Fulbright Scholar 2013-14
Farrah Moldover, BS, 2011
Materials Science & Engineering
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals 2011-12
Eunice Omanga, DrPH, 2011
Public Health, Community Health and Prevention
Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund 2008-10
Eyal Rojstaczer, BS/MS, 2009
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Peace Corps Volunteer 2010
Gregory Botta, MD, 2013; PhD, 2011
Medicine, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Genetics/Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Student Awards for the Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates 2011
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) 2010
Jaime Earnest, MPH, 2009
Public Health

Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Scholarship 2010-14
Janani Singaravelu, MS, 2011
Medical Science
Fulbright Scholar 2011-2012
Haider Hasan, 2011
Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics with minors in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2011-2014
Holly McIlwee, BS, 2008
Materials Engineering
International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) Program 2008
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2008-11
Amalie Oroho, PhD, 2012
Material Science and Engineering
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2011
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2010-11
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
CMSE (Computational Materials Science and Engineering) 2009-10
GAANN Scholarship 2008-09
Amanda McArthur, BA, 2009
English
Fulbright ETA 2009-10
Alyssa Bellingham, BS/PhD, 2015
Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) , 2012-15
Alyssa Wilson, BS, 2009
Physics

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2011-2014

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (declined) 2011
Gates Cambridge Scholar 2009-10
Goldwater Scholar 2008
Amanda White, BS, 2011
Physics
Goldwater Scholar 2010-12
Amy Peterson, PhD, 2011
Chemical Engineering
Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2006-07
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2008-11
Andrew Blakely, MD, 2010
Medicine
Fulbright Scholar 2008-09
Amber Taylor, MPH, 2012
Epidemiology

HBCU STEM Fellowship Program 2010-12
Amy Ho, BSBA, 2012
Economics and International Area Studies
Gilman Scholarship 2010
Adria Wilson, BS, 2009
Chemistry
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-2014
Adrienne Poon, MPH, 2008
Public Health
ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program 2008-09
Aaron Sakulich, PhD, 2009
Materials Engineering
Fulbright Scholar 2007-08
Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)
Abby Cessna, BA, 2012
International Area Studies Major, concentration in Business and Economics
Gilman Scholarship 2010-11
Alexander Moseson, PhD, 2011
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2008-11
Allison Byrne, BS, 2013
Environmental Science
Gilman Scholarship 2012
Alyssa Batula, PhD, 2015
Electrical Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2011, 2010
Alexandra Johnson, BS, 2008
Psychology

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship 2008-10
Alison Debes, JD, 2010
Law
Presidential Management Fellowship 2010
Christine Chung, MD, 2012
Medicine
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship 2011-2012
Christopher Young, BSBA, 2009
Business Administration

McGowan Scholarship 2008-09
Brittany Preston, BS, 2013
Chemical Engineering
Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DOD SMART) 2010-13
Caitlin Costello, BA, 2010
International Area Studies
Fulbright Scholar 2011-12
Claire Martin, BS/MS, 2012
Biomedical Engineering

International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) Program 2010
Connie Lin, BS, 2011
Biology

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2010
Crissy MacDonald, PhD, 2010
Biomedical Engineering
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) 2007
Colby Hepner, BS, 2013
International Area Studies

Boren Scholarship 2012-13
Collin Stabler, PhD, 2015
Biomedical Engineering
NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) 2011-12
Ben Pelleg, PhD, 2013
Electrical Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Bethany Shumaker, BS, 2012
Civil Engineering

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals 2012
Andrew Chan, BS, 2009
Materials Science and Engineering

Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology/Axel Madsen Conference Grant 2009
Anna Fox, PhD, 2010
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2008-11
Beth Vermeer, PhD, 2014
Business, Accounting specialization

AICPA Accounting Doctoral Scholar (ADS) 2010-14
Brian Dolhansky, BS/MS 2012
Electrical Engineering with DSP Concentration, CS Minor

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2011

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2012-15
Brittani West, BS, 2010
Entertainment & Arts Management

Society of the Sons of St. George Study Abroad Scholarship 2009-10
Bill Hesse, BS, 2009
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2009-12
Bobby Roberson, BS, 2011
Electrical Engineering
Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DOD SMART) 2007-11
Quincy Brown, PhD, 2009
Computer Science Education and Educational Technology
Computing Innovation Fellowship (CIFellows) 2009-10
Rachel Keiko Stark, MS, 2012
Library and Information Science

American Library Association Spectrum Scholar 2011
Prineha Narang, BS, 2011
Materials Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-14
Resnick and Goldhirsh Fellowship 2011-13
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2009
Qudus Hamid, PhD, 2013
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

NSF East-Asia Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) 2012
Runqing (Rachel) Wang, BS/MS, 2014
Biomedical Engineering

Whitaker International Program 2012
Regina Cagle, BS, 2008
Environmental Engineering
Fulbright Scholar 2008-09
Rachel Magee, PhD, 2014
Information Studies
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011
Rachel Semigran, BA, 2010
English
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Art Award 2011-2013
Prativa Kharel, BS/MS, 2012
Electrical Engineering with concentration in Power Engineering

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2011
Oren Leaffer, 2011
Materials Science and Engineering
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2011
Ousmane Conde, BS, 2012
Computer Science
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Google Scholarship 2010-2011
Olga Pashkevich, BS, 2012
Biology

Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship 2010-12
Orela Suku, BSBA, 2012
Business Administration
Gilman Scholarship 2010
Pavithra Ramakrishnan, MS, 2011
Biomedical Engineering
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2011
Phillip Tomezsko, BS, 2012
Biomedical Engineering
Truman Scholarship Finalist 2011
Paul Phelps, MD, 2010
Ophthalmology
Fulbright Scholar 2008-09
Paul Ullmann, PhD, 2014
Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2010-13
Rhea Thompson, BS, 2012
Biology
Amgen Scholar at the University of California San Diego 2011
Tetyana Ivanishena, BA, 2012
International Areas Studies
Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program 2011-2013
U Kei Cheang, PhD, 2014
Mechanical Engineering

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2012
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2010-13
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2010
Steven Carabello, PhD, 2014
Physics

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) Program 2010
Steven Spurgeon, PhD, 2014
Materials Science & Engineering
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2011-14
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2010-11
Yeetey Enuameh, DrPH, 2011
Dept. of Community Health & Prevention
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program 2010
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Population Policy Communication Fellowship 2010-11
Y. Lisa Chen, PhD, 2010
Architectural Engineering
GAANN Fellowship 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2006-09
Valarie Pelletier, BS/MS, 2010
Materials Science and Engineering
Peace Corps Volunteer 2011-2013
Xu Meng, PhD, 2012
Biomedical Engineering/Neuroengineering
IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship for Medical Applications 2011
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship for the 9th International Summer School on Biocomplexity from Gene to System 2010
Stephen Niezgoda, PhD, 2009
Materials Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2008-11
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2007
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2008
Robert Sherbert, BS/MS, 2011
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2010-13
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2010
Roosevelt Boursiquot, MD, 2014
College of Medicine

National Health Service Corps Scholarship 2011-14
Rob Belardi, BS, 2011
Architectural Engineering
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2011-2012
Robert Ellenberg, PhD, 2012
Mechanical Engineering
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2007
Sarah Kim, MD, 2014
Medicine
AMA Seed Grant 2011-12
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship 2011-12
Siddhartha Pathak, PhD, 2009
Materials Engineering

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) Grant 2006, 2007
Rosemary Bastian, PhD, 2014
Biomedical Engineering, focus on Nanotechnology, Drug Design
Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship Award 2011
Sandra Deering, BS, 2010
International/Middle East Area Studies
Boren Awards (National Security Education Program) 2008
Nina Lane, PhD, 2013
Materials Engineering
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2010-2011
Kevin Freedman, PhD, 2015
Chemical and Biological Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2010-13
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship 2009-10
Kevin Knehr, BS, 2012
Mechanical Engineering

Goldwater Scholarship 2011-12

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2012-15
Katharine Travaline, PhD, 2011
Environmental Science

GAANN Fellowship 2008-2011
Kent Troutman, BSBA, 2010
Business Administration Finance
Fulbright Scholar 2010-11
Kim Marcellus, PhD, 2013
Civil Engineering
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2012
Kim Marion, BS, 2012
Psychology and Culinary Arts
Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 2010
Kevin Moy, BS, 2011
Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting & MIS
Vanguard Minority Scholarship 2010
Kimberly DiGiovanni, PhD, 2012
Environmental Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2009-12
Karen Sullam, PhD, 2013
Environmental Science
Fulbright Scholar 2011-12
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program 2010
John Chmiola, PhD, 2009
Materials Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2006-09
Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2005-06
Joseph Angelo, BS, 2010
Physics, Minor in Mathematics
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-2014
Jessica Schiffman, PhD, 2009
Materials Engineering
Lindau Award 2008
Joel Gerstman, BS, 2009
Finance
Peace Corps Volunteer 2010
Kara Spiller, PhD, 2010
Biomedical Engineering
Fulbright Scholar 2010-11
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2007-10
NSF International Research Experiences (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project (DDEP) 2009
Karen Miller, BS/MS, 2010
Architectural Engineering; Science, Technology, and Society
Fulbright Scholar 2010-11
Julianne Holloway, PhD, 2012
Chemical Engineering
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009
Justin Mathew, PhD, 2014
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering Professional (RISE) Program 2012
Michele Aquino, BS, 2008
Nutrition and Food Science
Peace Corps Volunteer 2009
Michelle McCloskey, MS, 2012
Public Policy
Critical Language Scholarship for Turkish 2011
Michael Marks, PhD, 2011
Chemical Engineering

Department of Education GAANN Fellowship in Pharmaceuticals 2010-2011
Michael Paz, PhD, 2014
Business with specialization in Accounting

KPMG Foundation Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarship Program 2011-2016
Nevena Bosnic, BS, 2012
Economics with minors in Political Science and International Area Studies

Carnegie Jr. Fellows Program 2012-2013
Nick Silva, BS/MS, 2012
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DOD SMART) 2010-12
Mickey Whitzer, BS, 2012
Mechanical Engineering

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2011
Nasir Uddin, PhD, 2010
Mechanical Engineering
NRC/NIST Postdoctoral Research Associateship 2010-12
Mary Grace Hodge, BSBA, 2005
Business Administration, Marketing concentration, German minor
Fulbright ETA 2006-07
Nicole Rosen, BS, 2012
Film and Video
Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 2010
Liam Hendricken, BS/MS, 2011
Architectural Engineering; Building Systems Engineering

Microbial Risk Assessment of the Built Environment (MRABE) Fellowship under Department of Homeland Security 2008
Kristy Buzard (Hills), BA, 2001
International Area Studies

Fulbright Scholar 2001-02
Kyle Griffith, MS, 2011
Civil Engineering

Microbial Risk Assessment for Built Environments (MRABE) under the Department of Homeland Security 2010-2011
Magda Bielinski, BS/PhD, 2012
Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-14
Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship 2011
Goldwater Scholarship (declined) 2011
Goldwater Honorable Mention 2010
Tau Beta Pi Scholarship 2011
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering Professional (RISE) Program 2012
Latoya Stewart, BA, 2009
International Area Studies

Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) 2008-10
Liz Plowman, PhD, 2014
Electrical Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2011-2014
Lorenzo Albala, BS/MS, 2014
Biomedical Engineering

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD) Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program , 2012
Andrew DeVillier, BS/MS, 2011
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DOD SMART) 2009-11
Shirin Karsan,
Project Manager, School of Biomedical Engineering
Fulbright Scholar
Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)
Jonathan Pitcher, MD/PhD, 2013
Microbiology and Immunology

NIMH Fellowship [T32 “Interdisciplinary Translational Research Training Program in NeuroAIDS”]