The Celebration of Excellence will take place on May 30, 2023.
Undergraduate Students
College of Engineering Outstanding BS/MS Student Award
Awarded to a BS/MS student who has demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas: research, mentorship, leadership, teaching, and/or service. Students should be well-rounded and show evidence of making an impact in their fields as well as on the College of Engineering and broader community as a whole.
| 2023 |
- Darrel Omo-Lamai
Materials Science and Engineering (BS/MS)
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College of Engineering Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Awarded to an undergraduate who has demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas: research, mentorship, leadership, teaching, and/or service. Students should be well-rounded and show evidence of making an impact in their fields as well as on the College of Engineering and broader community as a whole.
| 2023 |
- Aaron Loftman
Engineering Leadership and Society (BS)
- Mali Halac
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Cooperative Education Award
These awards are given to students, employers, and faculty for outstanding work in the cooperative education program.
| 2023 |
- David Austin
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (BS/MS)
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DAAD Research Intenship in Science and Engineering (RISE)
You will receive a monthly scholarship of 934 Euros (new!) for full month. The amount is calculated on a daily basis if you stay less than 23 days a month. DAAD provides health insurance, accident and personal liability insurance. All interns are invited to the three-day RISE Germany meeting in Heidelberg at the beginning of July and will receive an allowance of 160 Euros for travel to the meeting.
| 2023 |
- Nguyen Nhat
Material Science and Engineering
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Debrah H. Kennoy Scholarship and Otto Gessner Award
The Debra H. Kennoy Scholarship is intended to encourage female students to pursue studies and seek professions in the heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning industry (HVAC&R).
| 2023 |
- Jyrteanna Teo
Architectural Engineering
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Dragons Abroad Scholarship - Diversity in Study Abroad
The Study Abroad Office is committed to assisting students with their study abroad program including financially. In the 2016-2017 Academic Year the Study Abroad office awarded over $66000 in student scholarships. Students can apply for Dragons Abroad Scholarships in two different categories: Diversity in Study Abroad: for students who represent groups that are underrepresented in Study Abroad which may include: race/ethnicity/nationality; gender; sexual orientation; first generation college student; major (for majors that are underrepresented in study abroad); or ‘other’ Financial Need Scholarship: for students with high financial need.
| 2023 |
- Shamaar Stephens
Architectural Engineering
- Alessandra Cabrera
Material Science and Engineering
- Mackenzie Grandy
Enviromental Engineering
- Arya Gopikkrishnan
Mechanical Engineering
- Elizabeth Le
Architectural Engineering
- Surabhi Rajbhandari
Civil Engineering
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Excellence in Cooperative Education Award
Selected by members of the Alumni Board of Governors and presented annually at the Steinbright Career Development Center's Co-op Awards, this award recognizes a Drexel alum who has completed at least one co-op experience while enrolled. Nominees demonstrate excellence in their chosen fields and serve as an example of the opportunities that experiential education can provide. Nominees should also demonstrate a commitment to sustaining such opportunities for current and future Drexel students, such as through hiring co-ops.
| 2023 |
- Lisa Ng
Civil, Architectural and Enviromental Engineering
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Goldwater Scholarship
As the result of an ongoing partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP), Dr. John Yopp, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, announced that the Trustees of the Goldwater Board has again been able to increase the number of Goldwater scholarships it is awarding for the 2023-2024 academic year to 413 college students from across the United States. “The Department of Defense’s continued partnership with the Goldwater Foundation ensures we are supporting the development of scientific talent essential to maintaining our Nation’s competitive advantage,” said Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati, Acting Deputy Director of Research, Technology and Laboratories, who oversees the NDEP program, as he explained the partnership. With the 2023 awards, this brings the number of scholarships awarded since 1989 by the Goldwater Foundation to 10,283.
| 2023 |
- Marley Downes
Material Science and Engineering
- Julian Marmo
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Moles Scholarship
The Moles Charitable Fund provides scholarships to academically qualified and deserving students at the colleges and universities participating in The Moles Education program. Junior-year Civil Engineering students with a demonstrated interest in the Heavy Construction Industry are considered evidenced by attending the previous October's Moles Students Day and securing an internship preferably with a Moles-member's firm during the summer prior to their senior year if not earlier. Other considerations include excellent academic achievement, a recommendation by the Civil Engineering Dept. Chairman, completed services in any of the Armed Forces (Veterans) and/or participation in heavy construction-related clubs.
| 2023 |
- Tanner Mearns
Civil Engineering (BS)
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Stanford University Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Knight-Hennessy scholars develop deep domain expertise in their Stanford graduate program, and build on this domain expertise through exposure to a wide range of disciplines and cultures within the Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) community. Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program (KGLP), which includes workshops, lectures, projects, and experiences that strengthen transformational leadership capabilities. Through KGLP, scholars collaborate and prepare to address important challenges and opportunities facing the world, such as climate change, healthcare, government and policy, and education.
| 2023 |
- Darell Omo-Lamai
Material Science and Engineering
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Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant
This grant provides Drexel faculty and undergraduate student collaborators opportunities in undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative work at the university while also offering undergraduate students the opportunity to build skills in crafting effective application materials for funding opportunities.
| 2023 |
- Mali Halac
Electrical Engineering
- Marc DeCarlo
Computer Engineering
- Christina Lents
Enviromental Engineering
- Marley Downes
Material Science and Engineering
- Adeeb Abbas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Rachel Hanes
Mechanical Engineering
- Prastuti Upadhyay
Material Science and Engineering
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Velay Fellowship
The Frances Velay Fellowship Program, with funding from the Panaphil and Uphill Foundations, supports young women in STEM in Drexel's Students Tackling Advanced Research (STAR) Scholars Program.
| 2023 |
- Rhythm Osan
Architectural Engineering
- Jessica Abu
Enviromental Engineering
- Evelyn Carpenter
Materials Science and Engineering
- Alessandra Cabrera
Material Science and Engineering
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Graduate Students
College of Engineering Outstanding PhD Student Award
Awarded to a post-candidacy doctoral student who has demonstrated excellence in research, mentorship, leadership, teaching, and service.
| 2023 |
- Mark Anayee
Material Science and Engineering, PhD
- Reza Kheirollahi
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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College of Engineering Outstanding Master's Student Award
Awarded to a master's student (a student not pursuing a BS/MS) who has demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas: research, mentorship, leadership, teaching, and/or service.
| 2023 |
- Matias Frediani
Civil, Architectural and Enviromental Engineering
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Patrick Dewar PhD Fellowship Fund
Established in 2019 by Patrick Dewar ’91, this fund was established to benefit students in the form of fellowship award to graduate students based on academic merit.
| 2023 |
- Joseph Fasbinder
Electrical Engineering, PhD
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Fulbright US Student Program
Study Research Grant to Iceland
| 2023 |
- Emily Herbert
Material Science and Engineering
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Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
This program provides fellowships, through academic departments and programs of IHEs, to assist graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course study at the institution in a field designated as an area of national need.
| 2023 |
- Dymon Moores
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Joseph and Shirley Carleone Endowed Fellowship
This award is a Drexel Endowed Fellowship as a result of philanthropy by Joseph Carleone ('68 '70 '72) to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
| 2023 |
- Mikaela Surace
Civil, Architectural and Enviromental Engineering
- Amir Azimi Yancheshme
Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Asa Lewis
Environmental Engineering PhD
- Md Abu Saleh Tajin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Nicholas Marcouiller
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Reema Mammen
Material Science and Engineering
- Joselyn Morales Espinoza
Material Science and Engineering
- Danzhen Zhang
Material Science and Engineering
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Leroy L. Resser Fund
Scholarship award for a graduate student in College of Engineering. All students will be reviewed at the time of acceptance into one of the full-time master’s programs. This is a one-time scholarship awarded at the start of the student’s first year.
| 2023 |
- Christian Padilla
Electricial Engineering, MS
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Robert & Genevieve E. Lifshin Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund
Provides financial support in the form of scholarship awards to graduate students, based on financial need and academic merit, who are enrolled in the Civil Engineering program seeking a Master's degree.
| 2023 |
- Sebastian Aucca
Civil Engineering
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Outstanding Mentorship Awards
The Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship Awards are presented to graduate and professional students (master's and/or doctoral level) who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, developing and supporting undergraduate and/or new or junior graduate students.
| 2023 |
- Kyle Matthews
Material Science and Engineering
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Chuck Pennoni Civil Engineering Fellowship Fund
For graduate students enrolled in the College of Engineering with preference for a Civil Engineering major, it provides financial support in the form of fellowship awards to MS students.
| 2023 |
- Parsa Namakiaraghi
Civil Engineering, PhD
- Pedram Bazrafshan
Civil Engineering PhD
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Seiberlich Endowed Ph.D. Fellowship Fund
Established in memory of Joseph S. Seiberlich ’48, it is for the benefit of graduate students enrolled in a PhD program at the College of Engineering and is used to provide financial support in the form of fellowship awards.&
| 2023 |
- Boback Torkian
Enviromental Engineering, PhD
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TA Excellence Award
Awarded to graduate students who serve as Teaching Assistants or Teaching Fellows (TAs/TFs) and exhibit exemplary commitment to student learning through reflective teaching practices, creative and innovative teaching methods, academic support, leadership and a commitment to their own professional growth and development as an educator.
| 2023 |
- Alejandro Gutierrez-Perez
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Andrew Wiggins
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Zhuo Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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The George Hill Jr. Endowed Fellowship
The George Hill, Jr. Endowed Fellowship fund is used to provide a stipend and/or tuition assistance to a new doctoral student who will be partially supported by a research or teaching assistantship in the College of Engineering. Recipients have demonstrated excellence in their undergraduate and graduate careers and the potential to achieve academic excellence at the PhD level. New students are notified of awards at the time of their acceptance into the program and at the request of their advisor or department.
| 2023 |
- Angela Fasnacht
Enviromental Engineering, PhD
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The Koerner Family Award
The Koerner Family Awards for Graduate Students in the College of Engineering supports the research of Drexel Engineering graduate students
| 2023 |
- Tana Siboonruang
Chemical and Biological Engineering, PhD
- Taber Yim
Chemical and Biological Engineering, PhD
- Nolan Black
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. PhD
- Richard Kimball
Civil, Architectural and Enviromental Engineering, PhD
- Mark Anayee
Material Science and Engineering, PhD
- Emily Herbert
Materials Science and Engineering, PhD
- Sarah Malik
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, PhD
- Keith Zuckerman
Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD
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The Weggel Family Fellowship
This is a tuition scholarship award for a new student in the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering or Electrical and Computer Engineering departments.
| 2023 |
- Gaberial Grajewski
Architectural Engineering, PhD
- Andrew Hoang
Electrical Engineering, MS
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