The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) was created to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. Purdue Engineering is aiming for maximum impact in our mission areas by 2030, one of them being the development of the largest, best-prepared, and most diverse engineering talent pool in the nation. The NSF GRFP is a strong indicator of success in this area. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000. This year, Purdue had 14 award winners (three of which were undergraduate students now studying elsewhere) and 13 honorable mention winners (five of which were undergraduate students now studying elsewhere). Congratulations to all our Purdue University winners, past and present!

2024 NSF Winners

Ana Laura Claure Dips – Biomedical Engineering – University of Miami, Purdue University

Grace Crim – Electrical and Electronic Engineering – Purdue University

Arjun J Grama – Comp/IS/Eng Computer Systems – Purdue University

Geoffrey M Hopping – Chemical Engineering – Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology

Sydney Hummel – Chemical Engineering – Purdue University

Kyra R Keenan – Bioengineering – Purdue University

Mikail Habib Khan – Comp/IS/Eng Formal Methods, Verification, and Programming Languages – Purdue University

Xavier Isaiah Morgan-Lange – Mechanical Engineering – University of Nevada Las Vegas, Purdue University

Siddharth R Nathella – Biomedical Engineering – Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology

Yug Rao – Computer Engineering – Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Levi Darian Reyes Premer – Mechanical Engineering – University of New Mexico, Purdue University

Chizaram G Ugboh – Mechanical Engineering – University of Maryland Baltimore County, Purdue University

Ryan Thomas Villarreal – Industrial Engineering and Operations Research – Purdue University

Madelyn J Whitaker – Bioengineering – Purdue University

2024 NSF Honorable Mention List

James Robert Baxter – Mechanical Engineering – Purdue University, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Paige Beck – Energy Engineering – Purdue University, University of California Berkeley

Brennan Birn – Mechanical Engineering – Purdue University, University of California Berkeley

Kevin D Boes – Mechanical Engineering – Purdue University

Sophia R Dasaro – Bioengineering – Purdue University

Samuel T Elkin – Quantum Engineering – Purdue University

Harrison Lippie – Chemical Engineering – Purdue University, University of Texas at Austin

Mariah Katherine McDonald – Biomedical Engineering – Purdue University

Ryan M Meister – Biomedical Engineering – University of Mount Union, Purdue University

Peter Joseph Menart – Quantum Engineering – Ohio State University, Purdue University

Coleman B Thompson – STEM Education and Learning Research, Engineering Education – Ohio State University, Purdue University

Kyle York – Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering – Texas A&M University, Purdue University

Shlomi Zilberman – Comp/IS/Eng Software Engineering – Purdue University, Michigan State University