Congratulations to the 2020 Student Leadership Award Winners

Outstanding College of Engineering Student Employee – a student employee in the college who has shown extraordinary work ethic and has made an impact in the workplace.

Winner: Katie Sailer, Mechanical Engineering

Student Awards and Accomplishments

Ahmed El Tuhami, MS candidate received a Graduate Diversity Fellowship from the Graduate College for the fall 2020 semester. His research activities focus on modeling, computation, data analysis, and dissertation/paper writing. He plans to present his research in a top-tier conference. El Tuhami’s research advisor is Professor Shaoping Xiao.

Mingyu Cai, PhD candidate received a Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for the fall 2020 semester from the Graduate College. Cai has developed optimization algorithms and control software for robotic motion planning under uncertainties applying formal method and reinforcement learning. His research advisors are Professors Zhen Kan and Shaoping Xiao.

The Graduate College awarded both of these outstanding students a stipend and tuition for the fall 2020 semester.

Mechanical Engineering graduate student scholarships

Rajyalakshmi and Shankay Planjery scholarship awarded to Rachit Singhvi, PhD Candidate, who works with Professor Venanzio Cichella. Sharada Devi Planjery scholarship awarded to Xuehuan He, PhD Candidate, who works with Professor Jia Lu. Venkatachalam Planjery scholarship awarded to Martell Bell, PhD Candidate, who works with Professor Hongtao Ding. Richard Stewart scholarship awarded to Martell Bell, PhD Candidate, who works with Professor Hongtao Ding. Sweigert scholarship awarded to Juliana Danesi Ruiz, PhD Candidate, who works with Professor Phillip Deierling. The ME Department appreciates all of the scholarship donors. The scholarships make a big impact on our students’ research and education. If you are interested in starting a scholarship in your name, please contact Matt Kuster, email matt.kuster@foriowa.org

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