Congratulations to our 2023 Presidential and Graduate Fellowship awardees

Feb 16, 2023

Presidential Fellowships

First established in 2014, the Presidential Fellowship Program is amongst the university's most competitive and prestigious scholarships. The fellowship program provides important financial support to recruit and retain outstanding graduate students, whose work here ensures that Carnegie Mellon maintains its position as an international leader in graduate education and research.

Sarah Sonbati and Brooke Wander

Graduate Fellowships

Liang Ji-Dian Fellowship

This fellowship was created through the generosity of Liang Ji-Dian and was established to help support the graduate studies of highly deserving College of Engineering Ph.D. students of Chinese heritage.

Xiaoxiao Wang

Neil and Jo Bushnell Fellowship in Engineering

This fellowship was created through the generosity of Neil and Jo Bushnell and was established to provide merit fellowships to graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in nanotechnology or electronic materials in the College of Engineering.

Olivia Haider and Nicholas Hattrup

Phillips and Huang Family Fellowship in Energy

This fellowship was created through the generosity of Michael S. Phillips and Caroline B. Huang and was established to help support the graduate studies of highly deserving College of Engineering Ph.D. students whose research interests impact the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Kirby Broderick

Bradford and Diane Smith Fellowship in Engineering

This fellowship was created through the generosity of Bradford and Diane Smith and was established to help support the graduate studies of highly deserving students in the College of Engineering.

Mariah Arral, Richard Cobos Franco, and Janghoon Ock

Thomas and Adrienne Klopack Graduate Fellowship in Engineering

This fellowship was created through the generosity of Thomas and Adrienne Klopack and was established to help support the graduate studies of highly deserving College of Engineering Ph.D. students, with preference to a first-year student in Chemical Engineering.

Abdulhakeem Ahmed and Alejandro Castellanos