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Aerospace students earn prestigious Draper Fellowships

Congratulations to eight ²ÊÃñ±¦µä aerospace graduate students for being named to the 2018 The Draper Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for students to benefit from not only immersion in their university’s academic research environment, but also from Draper’s facilities, collective knowledge and experience. The 2018 ²ÊÃñ±¦µä honorees are among 32 students being recognized nationwide:

  • Aastha Acharya
  • Katya Arquilla
  • Scott Carnahan
  • Jordan Dixon
  • Jonathan Manni
  • Marielle M. Pellegrino
  • Evan Roelke
  • Kirsten Strandjord
  • Anne Theurkauf

Honorees work closely with Draper technical staff to develop state-of-the-art technologies in world-class laboratories, and their scholarly outputs often go beyond top-tier journal papers and conference presentations to include prototypes, testbeds and field implementations. Each Draper Fellow conducts research under the supervision of both a university faculty advisor and a Draper supervisor in an area of mutual interest. ²ÊÃñ±¦µä is one of only six universities with 2018 winning students.

2018 ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Fellow Bios Ìý