Seven U-M ME graduate students have received Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2023. The NSF GRF Program’s goal in offering these fellowships is to increase the nation’s human capacity in science and engineering by fostering early-career graduate students, thereby bolstering a diverse and globally-engaged U.S. science and engineering workforce. With seven recipients, the University of Michigan’s Department of Mechanical Engineering continues to lead nationally in NSFs awarded to mechanical engineering graduate students.
Four of the 2023 NSF GRFP Awards recipients are returning ME graduate students. They are:
Zachary Bons, PhD student (Advised by Elliott Rouse)
Thomas Coons, PhD student (Advised by Xun Huan)
Micah Thorpe, PhD student (Advised by Neil Dasgupta)
Dan Rubio-Ejchel, PhD student (Advised by Jerard Gordon)
Three of the 2023 NSF GRFP Awards recipients are incoming ME graduate students. They are:
Hannah Faustyn, PhD student (Advised by Neil Dasgupta)
Bjorn Kierulf, PhD student (Advised by Eric Johnsen)
Marty Kilbane, PhD student (Advised by Kathleen Sienko & Deanna Gates)