UCLA Engineering Students Receive 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
![UCLA Engineering Students Receive 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/nsf_graduate_research_fellowship.png)
UCLA Samueli
Fourteen UCLA Samueli undergraduate and graduate students have received the prestigious 2022 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
The three-year fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research in a master’s or doctoral degree program at accredited U.S. institutions. Each recipient will receive a $34,000 annual stipend and an additional $12,000 for tuition and fees.
Below is a brief overview of the 2022 UCLA Samueli NSF Fellows:
![David_Abraham David Abraham](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/David_Abraham.png)
David Abraham
- Graduate degree program: Materials Science and Engineering
- Research Interests: Metamaterials, thermal emission, energy management
- Faculty Advisor: Aaswath Raman
- Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
![Sei_Chang Sei Hoon Chang](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Sei_Chang.png)
Sei Hoon Chang
- Major: Computer Science, Minor in Bioinformatics (B.S.)
- Research Interests: Computational analysis of transcriptomic dysregulation in genetic disease, applying machine learning techniques to reach new conclusions in understanding large genomic datasets
- Faculty Advisor: Eleazar Eskin
- Intended Graduate Institution: Columbia University
![Yu-Hsi_Ellie_Cheng Yu-Hsi (Ellie) Cheng](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Yu-Hsi_Ellie_Cheng.png)
Yu-Hsi (Ellie) Cheng
- Major: Computer Science and Engineering (B.S.)
- Research Interests: Probabilistic programming languages
- Faculty Advisors: Guy Van den Broeck and Todd Millstein (UCLA), and Steven Holtzen (Northeastern University)
- Intended Graduate Institution: MIT
![Kristida_Chhour Kristida Chhour](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Kristida_Chhour.png)
Kristida Chhour
- Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S.)
- Research Interests: Management of water and environment for food security.
- Faculty Advisors: Sanjay Mohanty
- Intended Graduate Institution: UC Berkeley
![Emily_Dunn Emily Dunn](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Emily_Dunn.jpg)
Emily Dunn
- Major: Chemical Engineering (B.S.)
- Research Interests: Electrochemistry and renewableenergy
- Faculty Advisors: Yi Tang
- Intended Graduate Institution: Caltech
![William_Flanagan William Flanagan](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/William_Flanagan.png)
William Flanagan
- Graduate degree program: Mechanical Engineering
- Research Interests: Attachment of prosthetic limbs, biomechanics
- Faculty Advisors: Tyler Clites
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Tech
![Tora_Gao Tora Gao](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Tora_Gao.png)
Tora Gao
- Graduate degree program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Research Interests: Engineering T cellsexpressing chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) against solid tumors with a focus on overcoming and remodeling the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment
- Faculty Advisors: Yvonne Chen
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
Aisha Kermiche
- Graduate degree program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Research Interests: Quantum biology, complexity of computation
- Faculty Advisors: Clarice Aiello
- Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
![Sung_Gyung_Lee Sung Gyung Lee](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Sung_Gyung_Lee.png)
Sung Gyung Lee
- Major: Chemical Engineering
- Research Interests: Metabolic engineering, synthetic biology
- Faculty Advisors: Junyoung Park
- Intended Graduate Institution: University of Texas at Austin
![Rohit_Nema Rohit Nema](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Rohit_Nema.png)
Rohit Nema
- Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
- Research Interests: Cryptography, multiparty computation, computer science theory
- Faculty Advisors: Rafail Ostrovsky
- Intended Graduate Institution: Stanford University
![Lindsay_Parsons Lindsey Parsons](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Lindsay_Parsons.png)
Lindsey Parsons
- Graduate degree program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Research Interests: Nanophotonic materials for photovoltaic applications
- Faculty Advisors: Carissa Eisler
- Undergraduate Institution: Auburn University
![KerryYu_portrait2 Kerry Kangdi Yu](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/KerryYu_portrait2.png)
Kerry Kangdi Yu
- Graduate degree program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Research Interests: Superconducting qubits and mesoscopic optics
- Faculty Advisors: Chee Wei Wong
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
![Ellin_Qing_Lan_Zhao Ellin (Qing Lan) Zhao](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Ellin_Qing_Lan_Zhao.png)
Ellin (Qing Lan) Zhao
- Graduate degree program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Research Interests: Fairness in computational imaging for diverse people; light transport models for traditionally difficult imaging settings (i.e. low-light scenes, highly scattering media)
- Faculty Advisors: Achuta Kadambi
- Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
![Elizabeth_Zhang Elizabeth Zhang](https://samueli.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/samueli/Elizabeth_Zhang.png)
Elizabeth Zhang
- Major: Chemical Engineering
- Research Interests: Synthesizing novel organic materials for photovoltaics and energy storage applications
- Faculty Advisors: Yuzhang Li
- Intended Graduate Institution: Stanford University
In addition, eight UCLA Samueli alumni have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for 2022: Alhad Deshpande, UC Berkeley; Norleakvisoth Lim, UC Santa Barbara; Christopher Martin, University of Texas at Austin; Jared Rivera, MIT; Jamie Salinger, Georgia Tech; Thomas Tran, Caltech; Andrew Wilhelm, Cornell University and Timothy Yu, University of Washington.
* No photo available for Kermiche
Natalie Weber and Dannela Lagrimas contributed to this story.