January 6, 2021
Two ChE graduate students awarded CISTAR fellowships
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering graduate students Ranga Rohit Seemakurthi and Zewei Chen, both CISTAR Graduate Fellows at Purdue, were selected to receive CISTAR fellowships for the 2020-2021 academic year. CISTAR awards two fellowships annually, both funded by Purdue ChE alumni: The Dick Reitz CISTAR Fellowship, funded by Mr. Reitz (class of 1963) and the Bill Murray CISTAR Fellowship funded by Mr. Murray (class of 1961). Fellows are nominated by CISTAR faculty members based on academic performance and research accomplishments. Ranga Rohit Seemakurthi is advised by Dr. Jeff Greeley. Zewei Chen is advised by Dr. Rakesh Agrawal.