Imad wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Imad Hanhan, a graduating senior who has earned an NSF graduate research fellowship.

Congratulations to Imad for winning a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship. The NSF graduate research fellowship program (GRFP) is highly competitive and recognizes outstanding students’ potential “for significant achievement in science and engineering.” Nationwide, more than 16,000 students applied, and 2,000 were selected.

Imad joined the research team in the summer of 2013, and has been highly active in undergraduate research through the UCF Research and Mentoring Program (RAMP) and the NSF Innovation through Institutionalized Integration (ICubed) fellowship. Imad has also completed an Honors in the Major thesis, and will be graduating in May 2015 with honors. While researching advanced composites and stress sensing, Imad has traveled and conducted research at the Canadian Light Source, as well as Purdue University. As an undergraduate, he has also published a number of conference papers and a journal paper, and was awarded best research poster at MAE Research Day 2014, top research talk at Purdue’s Summer Research Symposium 2014, and honorable mention at UCF undergraduate research showcase 2015.

After graduating, Imad will be pursing his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University.