Purdue ECE Ph.D. Student Receives NDSEG Fellowship Award
David Nickel, a PhD student in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) award. The highly competitive NDSEG fellowships are awarded to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. dual citizens who intend to pursue a Doctoral degree aligned to the Department of Defense (DoD) services Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) in research and development at a U.S. institution of their choice.
“During my tenure as a doctoral student under the joint supervision of Dr. Chris Brinton and Dr. David Love, I hope to primarily work on furthering the state-of-the-art in (i) communications over different transmission/reception architectures and (ii) the design of robust, resilient, and efficient intelligent networks,” said Nickel.
Up until this point, Nickel says his internships have all been defense-related. After dedicating a considerable amount of time to preexisting defense projects, he is looking forward to shifting his focus towards topics of his own choosing.
“I’ve enjoyed the work I’ve done immensely over these last few summers and during my time as an undergrad here at Purdue,” says Nickel. “I’m grateful to receive this prestigious award to help support my studies, which I hope will benefit our national security. The NDSEG Fellowship will allow me to truly immerse myself in my research every step of the way.”
The NDSEG Fellowship lasts for 3 years and pays for full tuition and all mandatory fees, a monthly stipend, a travel budget for professional development, and a portion of health insurance. Since program inception in 1989, more than 4,000 DoD NDSEG fellowships have been awarded from an applicant pool of over 60,000.