Graduate students recognized with awards
Purdue offers multiple opportunities for ME graduate students to receive awards, grants, fellowships, and scholarships to reward their hard work and support their research moving forward. Below is a list of ME graduate students who have received these awards during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Bilsland Fellowship
Provides tuition, salary, and health insurance support for outstanding PhD candidates in their final year of doctoral degree completion. The goal of the fellowship is to allow exceptional candidates to focus on finishing their dissertation.
- Tianyi Hu
- Pranay Nagrani
- Sunjae Kim
- Yi-Hong Liao
- Juan Osorio
- Saeel Pai
Fontaine Memorial Fellowship
For Herrick Labs graduate students.
- Sudharshan Anandan
- Sichen Lu
Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award
Presented by the Purdue University Graduate School for contributions to teaching.
- Ananya Ipsita
ISF (Institute for a Sustainable Future) fellowship
Provides support to PhD students conducting interdisciplinary sustainability research aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- Sandra Cordoba Renteria
Lambert Fellowship
Graduate students interested in pursuing a teaching career in academia.
- Changheon Han
- Sthavishtha Bhopalam Rajakumar
Magoon Excellence in Teaching Award
Awarded to outstanding teaching assistants and instructors, in memory of Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon.
- Evan Bond
- Clark Addis
- Vaidyanath Harinarayana
- Ziqi Fang
- Anirudh Madhvacharyula
- Ananya Ipsita
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.
- Xavier Morgan-Lange
- Levi Premer
- Chizaram Ugboh
Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher Award
Awarded to recognize excellence in graduate student research.
- Jue Wang
- Zherui Han
Outstanding Service Scholarship
Presented to graduate students who have provided outstanding service to the graduate student community, the School, the College, and the University.
- Sourim Banerjee
Rolls Royce Fellowship
- Ford Lynch
Summer Research Award
Students who have been a TA in previous two semesters, and doing research during the summer, are eligible for this award.
- Nishanth Surianarayanan
- Anirudh Madhvacharyula
- Xiyun Hu
- Siddharth Nair
- Zhengwei Chen
Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award
Honors graduate students with teaching responsibilities from across campus for their dedication to Purdue undergraduate students and their exceptional teaching contributions.
- Evan Bond
- Clark Addis
Uffman Fellowship
For Herrick Labs graduate students.
- Priyadarshan
Interested in applying for these awards?
Find out about all the awards, fellowships, and scholarships available to Purdue ME graduate students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Graduate/OnCampus/Funding/Awards