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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 61 Â鶹Çø Tech students with Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF). The fellowships, valued at $159,000 each, include funding for three years of graduate study and tuition.

This year’s winners represent areas of study ranging from aerospace engineering to ocean sciences. The purpose of the , the oldest of NSF’s programs, is to develop experts who will contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. Their awards total more than $9.5 million in funding, the most Â鶹Çø Tech has ever had in the program.

This year’s recipients are: 

• Mihir Natansh Bafna  

• Rebecca Kate Banner 

• Bareesh Bhaduri 

• Jessica A. Bonsu 

• Noah S.S. Campbell 

• Adrian Alfonso Candocia  

• Cailey M Carpenter  

• Katherine Elizabeth Cauffiel  

• Michael John Cho  

• Claudia Chu 

• Eric Anthony Comstock 

• Sarah Deiters 

• Adit Desai 

• Ramy Ghanim 

• Hannah E. Gilbonio 

• Callie L. Goins  

• Ashley Alexus Goodnight 

• Margaret Gordon 

• Jared Nathaniel Grinberg  

• Sean Healy 

• Alec F. Helbling 

• Geoffrey M. Hopping 

• Madeline Hoyle 

• Joy Michelle Jackson 

• Maeve Alexandra Janecka  

• Aulden Jones 

• Donguk Daniel Kim 

• Tara Hashemian Kimiavi 

• Michael Klamkin 

• Velin H. Kojouharov 

• Luke Allen Kurfman 

• Aidan S. Labrozzi 

• Hee Jun Lee 

• Zikang Leng 

• Huston Locht 

• Emma J. Menardi 

• Yash V. Mhaskar 

• Madeline Rose Morrell 

• Siddharth R. Nathella 

• Jennifer Nolan 

• Sydney A. Oliver 

• Isabelle A. Osuna 

• Jorja Y. Overbey 

• Robert Patrick Pesch 

• Michelle T. Seeler 

• Riya Sen 

• Matthew So

• Theodore St. Francis

• Jorik Stoop 

• Maggie Emma Straight  

• Amanda L. Tang 

• Albert Ting 

• Darin Tsui 

• Julia E. Vallier 

• Jacqueline F. van Zyl 

• Angel E. Vasquez 

• Abhijeet Krishnan Venkataraman 

• Alix Wagner 

• Matthew Y. Wang 

• Samuel E. Wilcox 

• Elias G. Winterscheidt