Fulbright U.S. Program

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.

Zachary Stein

Zachary Stein was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for the academic year 2020-2021. He will spend ten months conducting research on aircraft engines at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Cologne as part of his dissertation.

Lin Rossmann

Lin Rossmann was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for the academic year 2018-2019. She is spending ten months conducting research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Cologne as part of her masters’ thesis. Lin spent the summer of 2017 at DLR Cologne as part of the IRES program and will continue to work under the same scientist who was her supervisor as part of IRES. She is studying thermal barrier coatings in collaboration with both DLR and NASA.

Estefania Bohorquez

Estefania Bohorquez was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for 2018-2019. She will spend ten months conducting research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Cologne as part of her masters’ thesis under the Fulbright fellowship. Estefania joined the lab in Spring 2017 as part of her preparation for the IRES program. She will continue to work with her DLR collaborators on thermal barrier coatings failure identification.

Albert Manero

Albert was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for 2014-2015. He worked with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as a part of his doctoral research in high temperature coatings for thermal protection systems with an application in jet turbine engines and for space planes. Additionally, Albert has been awarded the Order of Pegasus, which is the most prestigious and significant award a student can attain at the University of Central Florida. Order of Pegasus recognizes exemplary performance by UCF students in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, and leadership.