Category: Graduate Student Awards

Brianna Lynn Wimer

Brianna Lynn Wimer named 2023 Google Ph.D. Fellow to address computing needs of vision-impaired people

Brianna Lynn Wimer, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2023 Google Ph.D. Fellow. The fellowship recognizes graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related …

Wenhao Yu

Wenhao Yu named Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellow

Wenhao Yu, a Ph.D. student in computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2023 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellow. The fellowship provides significant financial and professional support for the year, including a 14-week paid summer internship at Bloomberg …

Zhichun Guo

Zhichun Guo named 2023 Snap Research Fellow

Zhichun Guo, a Ph.D. student in computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2023 Snap Research Fellow.   The fellowship recognizes outstanding students carrying out highly impactful research in areas of interest to Snap Inc., including machine …

John Nganga

Ph.D. student receives NASA research award to design strategies to enable four-legged robots to walk alongside astronauts on other planets

John Nganga, a Notre Dame Ph.D. student in aerospace and mechanical engineering, has been awarded a 3-year NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO). The award supports graduate students “who show significant potential to contribute to NASA’s goal of creating innovative …

Teagan Sweet and Frances Zengotita

Two Notre Dame graduate students receive DOE fellowships focused on clean nuclear energy

Teagan Sweet and Frances Zengotita have received graduate fellowships from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Nuclear Energy’s Integrated University Program. The fellowships support graduate studies, research, and an internship at a DOE National Laboratory or other …