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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

To learn more about this award, visit our GRFP Fellowship page.

Adams Rackes,

BS/PhD Architectural Engineering '17, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Fulbright Student Scholar to Brazil 2014-15

Adria Wilson, BS, 2009

Chemistry

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014

Alexander Moseson,

PhD Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics '11

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11

Allison Byrne, BS, 2013

Environmental Science

Gilman Scholar to Equatorial Guinea 2012
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2014
NSF GRFP Recipient 2015

Alyssa Batula, PhD Candidate

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2011, 2010

Alyssa Bellingham,

BS/PhD Electrical Engineering '17

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

Alyssa Wilson, BS, 2009

Physics

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2011-2014
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)(declined) 2011
Gates Cambridge Scholar 2009-10
Goldwater Scholar 2008

Amalie Donius, 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) 2010-11
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
GAANN Scholar 2008-09

Amy Peterson, PhD, 2011

Chemical Engineering

Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2006-07
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11

Andrew Feldman, BS/MS, 2016

Civil Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016

Anjli Patel,

BS Chemical Engineering '16

Goldwater Scholar 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22

Anna Fox, PhD, 2010

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11

Arvind Kalidindi, BS, 2013

Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-16

Ben Pelleg, PhD, 2013

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010

Bill Hesse, BS, 2009

Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2009-12

Brian Dolhansky, BS/MS 2012

Electrical Engineering with DSP Concentration, CS Minor

DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

Brian Leung,

BS Chemistry '11, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17

Bryan Byles

Bryan Byles, PhD, '18

Materials Engineering

GAANN Biomse Fellowship 2015
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015

Chelsea Knittel,

BS Sustainable Materials and Design '14, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17

Daniel Fitzgerald, BS, 2008

Environmental Science

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013

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) 2007-08
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009

David Hartman,

PhD student Mechanical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2016-19

David Delaine, PhD, 2012

Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Graduate Fellow 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2007-10
Fulbright Young Scholar Award, 2013-14

David Diaz, PhD Candidate

Biomedical Engineering

NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Graduate Fellow 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

David Grunberg, PhD, 2013

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13

Derrick Smith, PhD Candidate

Material Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-15

Drew Cronin, PhD, 2013

Environmental Science

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010

Edward Waddell, PhD student

Biological Sciences

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016

Emily Buck,

BS/MS Materials Science Engineering '14

Goldwater Scholar, 2013-14
Whitaker International Scholar to Switzerland, 2014
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP), 2014-17
Fulbright Student Scholar Alternate, 2014

Hined Rafeh, MS, 2016

Science, Technology, and Society

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016

Holly McIlwee, BS, 2008

Materials Engineering

International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) Program 2008
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11

James Goodman, BS/MS, 2013

Biomedical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013

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) 2008

Jared Langevin, PhD, 2014

Architectural Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
GAANN Fellow 2009-11

Jefferson Cuadra, PhD Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

Jeffrey Dowgala, BS/MS, 2010

Civil Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010

Jeremy Gaison ,

BS Physics '15, Honors

Goldwater Scholar 2014-15
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22

Jerome Mlack, BS, 2010

Physics

American Institute of Physics SPS Leadership Award 2009
Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention 2009
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

John Chmiola, PhD, 2009

Materials Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2006-09
Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2005-06

Jonathan Hubler, BS/MS, 2012

Civil Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-16

Joseph Angelo, BS, 2010

Physics, Minor in Mathematics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014

Julianne Holloway, PhD, 2012

Chemical Engineering

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009

Julie Speer, BS, 2016

Biomedical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016

Kevin Freedman, PhD, 2013

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Whitaker International Scholar to the United Kingdom 2013-14
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2009-10

Kevin Knehr, BS, 2012

Mechanical Engineering

Goldwater Scholar 2011-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15

Kimberly DiGiovanni, PhD, 2012

Environmental Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2009-12

Kristy Jost,

PhD Materials Science and Engineering '14

Graduate Student Award for the Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates 2013
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2012-15
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (declined) 2012
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2010-11

Kyle Juretus,

PhD student, Computer and Electrical Engineering

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2016-19
DOD Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) 2016 (Declined)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2018-20

Lindsey Klinge, PhD Candidate

Chemistry

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2011

Liz Plowman, PhD Candidate

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014

Luke Mitchell

Luke Mitchell, PhD '19

Life Science/Neuroscience

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015

Magda Bielinski, BS/PhD, 2012

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
Goldwater Scholar (declined) 2011
DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Professional Program 2012

Matthew McBride,

BS Chemistry '14

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016

Mel Jeske

Mel Jeske, BS/MS '15

Environmental Studies & Economics

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015

Michael Ghidiu

Michael Ghidiu, PhD, '18

Materials Science & Chemistry

Nicholas Barber,

BS Geoscience '18, Honors

Goldwater Scholar, 2016-18
NOAA Hollings Scholar, 2016-18
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-20
Gates Cambridge Scholar, 2018
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention, 2018
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Indonesia (declined), 2018
ConocoPhillips Scholarship, 2018

Paul Ullmann, PhD Candidate

Biological Sciences

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13

Prineha Narang, BS, 2011

Materials Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2009

Rachel Magee, PhD Candidate

Information Studies

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14

Robert Sherbert, BS/MS, 2011

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2010

Sam Ciocys

Sam Ciocys, BS, 2015, Honors

Physics and mathematics

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) 2016-19

Sarah Gleeson

Sarah Gleeson,

PhD student Materials Science and Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention, 2015
National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (declined), 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2016-19
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-20

Stephanie Goldstein

Stephanie Goldstein, PhD, '18

Psychology

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015
Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Student Travel Scholarship 2016
Society of Behavioral Medicine Innovation Award 2016

Stephen Niezgoda, PhD, 2009

Materials Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP)2008-11
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship 2008
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2007

Sylvia Herbert, BS/MS, 2014, Honors

Mechanical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Finalist 2014

U Kei Cheang, PhD Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2012
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2010

Wajeeha Choudhary, PhD Candidate

Communication, Culture and Media

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013

Y. Lisa Chen, PhD, 2010

Architectural Engineering

GAANN Fellow 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2006-09

Yi-Hsuan (Cindy) Lin, PhD Candidate

Physics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17