{"634424":{"#nid":"634424","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eight ECE Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight students in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) have received funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The fellowships, which provide a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance, are awarded to outstanding students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow is a list of the eight awardees and two honorable mentions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELouise Zhuang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an electrical engineering senior who is graduating this May, and she plans to go to Stanford University to pursue her Ph.D. this fall. Her research advisor is Wayne Daley, who is a principal research engineer in the Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMegha Tippur\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an electrical engineering senior who is graduating this May, and she plans to pursue a Ph.D. this fall. Her research advisors at Georgia Tech are ECE Professor Rob Butera and Frank Hammond, an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and Cynthia Sung, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKenneth Shaw\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a computer engineering senior who is graduating this May, and he plans to pursue a M.S. degree in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. His research advisors are Sonya Chernova, an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing, and ECE Associate Professor Morris Cohen as part of the Vertically Integrated Projects Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert (Max) Dabagia\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a computer engineering senior who is graduating this May, and he\u0026nbsp;plans to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science at Georgia Tech. His research advisor is Eva Dyer, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoanne Truong\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a first year ECE Ph.D. student in robotics, and she is co-advised by Sonia Chernova and Dhruv Batra, both associate professors in the School of Interactive Computing. Truong graduated magna cum laude in 2019 from Northeastern University with her bachelor of science degree in computer engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENelson Sepulveda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a first year ECE Ph.D. student, and he is advised by ECE Professor John Cressler. Sepulveda graduated in 2019 with his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAsim Gazi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a second year ECE Ph.D. student, and he is advised by ECE Associate Professor Omer Inan. Gazi graduated in 2018 with his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Richardson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a second year ECE Ph.D. student, and he is advised by ECE Associate Professor Morris Cohen. Richardson graduated in 2019 with his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDmitry Shribak\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EGregory Junek\u003C\/strong\u003E, who are both ECE Ph.D. students, received Honorable Mentions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the NSF GRFP,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsfgrfp.org\/\u0022\u003Eplease visit the program website\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight students in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) have received funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eight students in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) have received funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). 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