The Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to proudly congratulate the eight students who won the 2012 National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship.
This year's winners are as follows:
Waleed Abdel-Naby
Funmi Adebayo
Kevin Anderson
Peter DelNero
Frank He
Jocelyn Marshall
Joe Miller
Jose Rios
With Brandon Borde, Jean Cruz, and Matt Goff receiving honorable mention.
The NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps "ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions."
The winners of the fellowship receive three years support with a $30,000 annual stipend as well as international and professional development opportunities.
Congratulations to all of you for this great achievement!
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