Seniors, Alumni Named NSF Fellows
April 16, 2013Five Harvey Mudd College seniors—Kenny Buyco, Kyle Carbon, Kacyn Fujii, Andrew Loeb and Kiley Sobel—were awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, which recognize outstanding students pursuing advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Eight recent HMC graduates also received NSF fellowships. One HMC senior and eight alumni received honorable mention.
The award includes a three-year, annual $30,000 stipend, $12,000 for tuition and fees, international research opportunities and the freedom for fellows to conduct their own research at an accredited U.S. institution of their choosing. For meritorious applicants who do not receive fellowship awards, the NSF awards honorable mention, considered a significant academic achievement.
Buyco plans to study civil engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Carbon will study aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University, Fujii will study electrical and electronic engineering at Stanford University, Loeb will study applied mathematics at Cornell University, and Sobel will study human-computer interaction at the University of Washington.
The following alumni were also fellowship recipients:
| Alumni | Research Area of Study | Graduate School |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Aldrich ’12 | Chemical Synthesis | Northwestern University |
| Lilian de Greef ’12 | Human-Computer Interaction | University of Washington |
| Marie Godla ’11 | Biomedical Engineering | Cornell University |
| Jennifer Iglesias ’12 | Applied Mathematics | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Alicia Schep ’11 | Genomics | Stanford University |
| Tselil Schramm ’12 | Algorithms and Theoretical Foundations | University of California, Berkeley |
| Brian Soe ’12 | Mechanical Engineering | Stanford University |
| Mary Van Vleet ’12 | Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
HMC senior Martha Cuenca (civil engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) earned honorable mention. Also receiving honorable mention in the 2012 competition were the following alumni:
| Alumni | Research Area of Study | Graduate School |
|---|---|---|
| Alix Chan ’12 | Chemistry of Life Processes | Harvard University |
| Lea Hagen ’10 | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Pennsylvania State University |
| Karen Heinselman ’12 | Electronic Materials | Cornell University |
| Alice Paul ’12 | Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | Cornell University |
| Stuart Pernsteiner ’12 | Software Systems and Software Engineering | University of Washington |
| Louis Ryan ’12 | Applied Mathematics | Harvard University |
| Brian Stock ’09 | Ecology | University of Washington |
| Edward Wang ’12 | Human-Computer Interaction | University of Washington |
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps ensure the vitality and diversity of the nation’s base of science and engineering candidates. Fellows are seen as crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well being of society at large.
Program participants are expected to become experts who contribute significantly to research, education and innovation in the STEM fields. Past fellows include Google founder Sergev Brin, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and numerous Nobel Prize winners.
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