Student kudos
Watson School Hyperloop Team
A group of dedicated students from the Watson School successfully competed in a second installment of Hyperloop competition. Promoted and supported by Elon Musk, the Hyperloop concept has been a worldwide phenomenon, attracting bright minds from all over the world. The 35-member Watson team, one of 24 selected from the pool of 1,300+ competitors, advanced to the final stage of competition with a chance to compete in California in August on an actual one-mile long Hyperloop track built by SpaceX. “Simple, but robust” design proposed by Watson students has drawn the attention of SpaceX specialists.
Watson Senior Design Teams successes
• The Whitewater team [“Project Management for River Revitalization at Rockbottom Dam”] presented to the Binghamton City Council on Monday, May 15.
• Six teams competed at the General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference at West Point on May 4, and two teams won best presentation awards for their track. One of those teams also was nominated for best paper.
• Nominated for Best Paper: Roll-to-Roll Processing – “Roll to Roll Processing and Inspection: An Analysis of Optical Defect Inspection of Aluminum Depositions on Various Flexible Substrates” - Ryan McGinn (ISE), Nicholas Pascale (ISE), Daniel Hart (EE), Daniel Muller (CE) and Garrett Sklar (ME). Paper was awarded “Best in Track” presentation at the conference.
• UHS S&R – “UHS Wilson Hospital Materials Handling – Process Improvement” – Ashkon Assemi, Todd Lewis (Team Lead), Melanie Richardson and Joel Schwartz.
Angel Beltre, SUNY LSAMP BD Fellow in Computer Science, was awarded a Department of Defence (DoD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Fellowship to support CS doctoral studies. This fellowship will provide:
• Full tuition and education related fees
• Stipend paid at a rate of up to $38,000
• Summer research internships
• Health Insurance allowance up to $1,200 per calendar year
• Miscellaneous Supplies Allowance of $1,000 per academic year
• Mentoring
• Employment placement with DoD after graduation
In 2016, SMART reviewed approximately 2,000 applications and awarded 239 fellowships (12 percent).
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Recipients
• Erin Riggs, doctoral student in anthropology, will conduct research on refugee resettlement in Delhi following Partition in 1947, in India
• Jenna Handel, a senior majoring in linguistics and German, will be an English teaching assistant in Germany.
• Michael Kotowski, a senior majoring in history and philosophy, politics and law, will be an English teaching assistant in Malaysia
• Rachel Nader, a senior majoring in linguistics and French, will be an English teaching assistant in the Ivory Coast
• Andrei Shubin, a master’s student in history, will be an English teaching assistant in Russia
• Kyle Welch, a senior majoring in French and Arabic, will be an English teaching assistant in Morocco
• Lauren Binnert, a senior majoring in Spanish and psychology, has declined her Fulbright assignment in Colombia to accept a position with the Peace Corps.
Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. Department of State
• Chelsea Gibson, Russia, history graduate student, will participate in an intensive Russian-language program in St. Petersburg
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
• Ali Cain, history and political science, graduated May 2016
Garden Club of America Award for Summer Environmental Study
• Matthew Wersebe, biological sciences, junior
Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
• Jason Anesini, chemistry, junior
• Michelle Crook, chemistry, junior
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
• Dylan Davis, anthropology and geography, senior
• Kuwanna Monique Dyer-Pietras, geology, graduate student
• Samantha Ann Wagner, psychology, graduate student
Truman Scholarship Finalist
• Sara Hobler, history and sociology, junior
Student Ambassador to Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan
• Alexander Resnick, French and linguistics, junior