Student Awards Vinicio Carias Vinny is a doctoral student in biomedical engineering. He received a Fulbright Research Grant to continue his biomedical engineering doctoral research at the University of Freiburg Institute for Microsystems Technology (IMTEK), one of the largest research institutions in the field of micro and nanotechnology in Germany. Vinny is one of only 80 students to receive a full grant to Germany under the Fulbright program this year. Triselle Copeland-Johnson Trishelle received a bachelor’s in chemical engineering in fall 2012. She received a prestigious NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship which supports U.S. graduate student researchers who show significant potential to make contributions to NASA’s strategic space technology objectives through their studies. As an undergraduate she was awarded the 2012 NOBCChE Winifred Burks-Houck Undergraduate Leadership Award. Olukemi Akintewe “Kemi” is a third-year doctoral student in chemical engineering. She received a prestigious 2013 United Negro College Fund Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship.
Sandra Pettit Sandy is a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering. She received a USF Signature Research Fellowship. Her research focuses on photocatalysis using titanium dioxide and indium vanadate, for remediation of contaminated water.
Pedro Zamora Pedro is an Honors College sophomore majoring in chemical engineering. He will study at the University of Dundee and the University of Strathclyde, both in Scotland as part of the Fulbright UK Summer Institute Program. Nick Gunther Nick is an Honors College junior majoring in chemical engineering. He has a 4.0 GPA and received an Honorable Mention for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Mandek Richardson Mandek, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, received the Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship. He is designing a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensing platform to detect cancer biomarkers for use in point-of-care testing (POCT). Debosruti Dutta Debosruti, a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering, received the Dissertation Completion Fellowship. His research interests include computational catalysis with applications to chiralselective growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and InAs nanowires, design of enzyme inspired catalysts, plasmonics and biosensing. Tamina Johnson Tamina, an engineering science doctoral student, will receive a Graduate Student Success (GSS) Fellowship. Her research focuses on novel therapies for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and spinal cord injuries.
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