By NC State ECE<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1024x681.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-452x301.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-e1463584717524.jpg 1900w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">In a hallmark success for NC State, a record-breaking 31 students received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation this year. Of those, an impressive ten engineering students, including Kristen Garcia, a graduate student in Electical Engineering, were honored as Fellows.