DPE congratulates the 2020-21 graduates from the following scholar and fellowship programs!
Ryan Scholars
The Ryan Scholars Program is an initiative that provides each scholar with support to succeed as engineering undergraduate student and beyond. The program is grounded in a supportive community of scholars that focuses on the success of the individual as well as the success of the collective group.
Tamzid Ahmed
Samad Arshad
Christianne Bailey
Tyrone Bamfo
Shirley Chen
Osaibueku Egharevba
Joshua Fraser
Loyan Hashi
Saleh Hassen
Mia Horton
Samara Imbeah
Atsu Kludze
Atsutse Kludze
Raymond Liao
Zhiqian Ma
Emily Mickel
Ayman Naji
Shoheb Ome
Joash Ogwoka
Brayan Peña
Samantha Pitts
Jose Ramirez-Martinez
Henry Sanchez
Sergio Sanchez
Brandon Schran
Daniel Stabile
Camryn Tanielian
Betsy Vasquez Valerio
Aitong Yu
Note: some students not listed due to FERPA restrictions
NACME Scholars
The NACME Scholars Program is scholarship program awarded from the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering. Scholars that are selected into this program must demonstrate an excellent academic record and be a role model amongst their peers in the College of Engineering.
Camilo Cedeno-Tobon
Mia Horton
Atsu Kludze
Ayman Naji
Brayan Peña
Samantha Pitts
Betsy Vasquez Valerio
Note: some students not listed due to FERPA restrictions
ESMI Scholars
The CU Engineering Summer Math Institute provides an avenue for rising sophomores or juniors to take a math course during summer sessions coupled with an applied math project or research with a faculty mentor. ESMI was supported by National Science Foundation Cornell University Engineering Success Program and currently is supported by the Fund II Foundation.
Ava Anderson
Samad Arshad
Hana Gabrielle Bidon
Daniel Cardenas
David Faris
Bradford Fauntleroy
Joshua Fraser
Laura Gonzalez
Danyeh Gutema
Loyan Hashi
Jessica Hernandez
Jenna Israel
Atsutse Kludze
Raymond Liao
Giorgio Lo
Shoheb Ome
Daniel Stabile
Thomas Taffe
LSAMP Scholars
The CU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholars Program for Cornell students is a pathway for undergraduate STEM majors to gain support in preparing for graduate school admissions, as well as obtaining strategies that maximize their competitiveness for undergraduate research and graduate study.
Andrea Lucia Alfonso ’20
Jae Bucknor*
Kevin Cavallo
Camilo Cedeno-Tobon ’20
Jonathan Chin Cheong
Devin Dean
Nicole Félix Vélez
Ariana Gamarra
Atsutse Kludze*
Atsu Kludze*
Mikaela Matera-Vatnick ’20
Yochabed Miliard
Theresa Oduol
Joseph Petrullo
Samantha Pitts
Stephen Ramirez*
Daniela Rochez
Daniel Stabile
Thomas Taffe
Cece Thieberger
Matthew Ziron
*Indicates participation in McNair Scholar
Cornell Sloan, Colman and GEM Fellows
The Cornell Sloan, Colman, and GEM Fellows programs are highly selective graduate fellowship programs that advance the excellence and diversity within the graduate student population. The programs are designed to support graduate student scholars from enrollment through completion by providing them with access to mentoring, professional development opportunities and resources to support the completion of their doctoral degree.
Stepfanie Aguillon ’21, PhD, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Pamela Badian-Pessot ’20, PhD, Operations Research
Ansumana Bangura ’21, MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Chavis ’21, Applied Mathematics
Alicia Cintora ’20, PhD, Materials Science & Engineering
Paul Cueva ’21, PhD, Applied & Engineering Physics
Meredith Dobrzynski ’20, MEng Computer Science
Michael Dunaway ’20, PhD, Natural Resources
Josephine Gonzales ’20, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
Aaron Joiner ’20, PhD, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
Matthew Mosquera ’20, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Brittany Nkounkou ’20, PhD, Computer Science
Juan “JJ” Paredes ’20, PhD, Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
Edwin Peguero ’21, MS, Computer Science
Tiffany St. Bernard ’20, PhD, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
Thomas Tapen ’21, PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering
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