APAM Students Fellowship Winners

Abdullah Hyder Awarded 2025 Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
Abdullah Hyder, a Ph.D. student in plasma physics, has been awarded a 2025 Tau Beta Pi fellowship. Since 1929, Tau Beta Pi – the engineering honor society – has awarded the fellowship to graduate students who exemplify scholarship, leadership, and service. The organization selected 31 outstanding members from 376 applicants pursuing full-time graduate studies in engineering or related fields. Fellows are additionally selected for their potential to contribute to the advancement of the engineering profession.

APAM Students & Alumni Recognized in NSF GRFP Competition
Several Applied Physics majors and alumni have earned “Honorable Mention” distinctions in the highly competitive 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). Their recognition is especially impressive in a year when the number of awardees and honorable mentions dropped significantly nationwide. Despite the tougher competition, these students stood out for their academic excellence and research potential, earning national acclaim in one of the most prestigious graduate fellowship competitions in the country.

NSF-GRFP Honorable Mention:
Sridevi Rama Pulugurtha, SEAS’25, Applied Physics
Ceaser Stringfield, CC’24, Applied Physics
Ari Noah Willner, SEAS’24, Applied Physics
Andrew Yang, SEAS’25, Applied Physics