Purdue ECE first-year graduate students named Presidential Excellence Award recipients
Twelve first-year graduate students in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been selected for Presidential Excellence Awards, a university wide honor recognizing outstanding PhD applicants with strong potential to advance research, scholarship and Purdue’s broader academic priorities.
The Presidential Excellence Award was established by the Office of the Provost to help recruit top graduate students to Purdue. This year, 96 first-year graduate students across the university received the award, selected from nearly 300 nominations from every Purdue college. Recipients receive $10,000 per year for up to four years as a supplement to their base stipend or salary, dependent on enrollment and satisfactory academic and research progress.
The ECE recipients are:
Colby Acton
Wesley Cooke
Easton Currie
Harel Dor
Samuel Doshna
Matthew Erlichson
Carter Gibbs
Zachary Goisman
Lincoln Lewis
Peter Meshkov
Tyler Nardi
Devin Singh
Purdue ECE is home to graduate students working across areas that shape daily life and future technology, including artificial intelligence, communications, microelectronics, computer systems, cybersecurity, power and energy, quantum science, robotics, imaging and more. The Presidential Excellence Award supports students as they begin their PhD studies and join research communities tackling complex challenges with real-world impact.
“The Presidential Excellence Awards fellowship program is a great example of how Purdue works to bring in and support top graduate students who strengthen our research and help extend Purdue’s impact worldwide,” Odalys Torres Luquis, senior program manager of Purdue’s Office of Graduate Recruitment and Success, said in the university announcement.
The faculty-nominated fellowship is supported by Purdue’s Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars. The award program was launched in 2023 as part of a broader effort to support graduate students and recognize their role in advancing Purdue’s research and teaching mission. This year’s fellows join a growing community of Presidential Excellence Award recipients whose work contributes to Purdue’s reputation as a leading research university.