Four current CAEE graduate students, and two undergraduate students, received the highly desired 2012 National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, which grants each student more than $40,000 annually for three years. About 1,000 fellowships were awarded in the U.S.


Eric Cherasia, a first-year graduate student in environmental engineering, received his bachelor's degree from Florida Gulf Coast University. His co-advisors are Dr. Lynn Katz and Dr. Gerald Speitel Jr.
Matthew Hiatt, a first year graduate student in environmental and water resources engineering, graduated from the University of Kansas in 2011. He is supervised by Dr. Paola Passalacqua.


Colleen Lyons, a first year graduate student in environmental and water resources engineering, graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is supervised by Dr. Mary Jo Kirisits.
Alissa Neuhausen, a first year graduate student in structural engineering, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She is supervised by Dr. Richard Klingner.
Jeseth Delgado Vela, a graduating senior in civil engineering, will enroll in the environmental program at the University of Michigan this fall.
Raul Tenorio, a graduating senior in civil engineering, will be attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in fall 2012. He will enter their environmental program.