{"id":4480,"date":"2017-05-11T07:50:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T07:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:09:21","slug":"graduate-student-standouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=4480","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student standouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A record nine Auburn engineers received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the fellowship program is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. Each fellowship consists of three years of financial support accessible over a five-year period. For each year, the National Science Foundation provides a stipend of $34,000 to the fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the degree-granting institution.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn Engineering students and graduates receiving the fellowship include Ferdous Finklea, chemical engineering graduate student; Katie Ford, \u201915 chemical engineering; Audrey Gutierrez, \u201915 electrical engineering; Jennifer Kaczmarek, \u201917 chemical engineering; Chandler Moore, \u201917 aerospace engineering; Rebecca Nylen, \u201916 civil engineering; Sanny Omar, \u201915 aerospace engineering; Josh Passantino, \u201917 triple-major in chemical engineering, biosystems engineering and Spanish; and Beth Pearce, \u201915 chemical engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The following students received honorable mentions from the NSF: industrial and systems engineering alumna Amanda Chu, chemical engineering graduate student Chelsea Harris and aerospace engineering graduate student Cassandra Jones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4587\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Finklea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4587\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Finklea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finklea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4594\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Ford-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4594\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Ford-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4596\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Gutierrez-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4596\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Gutierrez-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gutierrez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4591\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Kaczmarerk-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4591\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Kaczmarerk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaczmarerk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4590\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/moore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4590\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/moore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4584\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Nylen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4584\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Nylen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nylen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4632\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/omar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4632\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/omar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4582\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Passantino.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4582\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Passantino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passantino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4589\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Pearce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4589\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2017\/05\/NSF-Pearce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record nine Auburn engineers received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation in 2017. 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