Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student Alireza Dayerizadeh was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF Fellowships are prestigious awards offered to students with outstanding academic achievements and who show promise for future innovations and inventions within their field.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes and supports graduates students who are pursuing research-based Master’s and Doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in the STEM education field.
Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $32,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees, opportunities for international research and professional development, they have the opportunity to use this stipend and complete research at a university of their choosing.
Along with his research activities at the FREEDM Systems Center, Dayerizadeh works with a cohort of undergraduate research scholars on developing wireless power transfer capability on the upcoming EcoPRT personal transit system, which is being developed within the College of Engineering.
Along with his research activities, Dayerizadeh works with a cohort of undergraduate research scholars on developing wireless power transfer capability on the upcoming EcoPRT personal transit system, which is being developed at the College of Engineering.
Regarding his award, Dayerizadeh said, “I am very honored and excited to be fortunate enough to receive the Graduate Research Fellowship. I hope that it will provide me with a broad platform to share my research, mentor other students, and continue my outreach activities.”