Two hundred and twenty-eight (228) PES Scholarship recipients were selected from 100 U.S. universities for the 2012-13 academic year. These scholarships were distributed through the IEEE Foundation, IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Fund, which is used to support the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative.

2012-2013 recipients by IEEE region (names, schools & expected graduation year)

* These students have been selected by SEL to be recognized at Schweitzer Meritorious Scholars.

Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

• Ali Akhtar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2015
• Norh Asmare, Suffolk University, 2014
• Nicolas Baldenko, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• Eric Bartkowiak, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• Jeffrey Blanco, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2013
• Ant Cangello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Brandon Colling, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• James Corsini, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2013
• Matthew Coughlin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Nick Davis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
• William Dellanno, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
• Adrian Delphia, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2013
• Ian Farneth, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
• Mohammad Ghani, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Jeremy Giguere, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2015
• Andrew Klem, Clarkson University, 2013
• Joshua Klimaszewski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2014 *
• Steven Lui, Suffolk University, 2014
• Leonid Lyakhovich, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2013
• Nazir Mahamedau, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2013
• Joseph Materski, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2015
• Keven Mei, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• Brian Murphy, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2015
• Dustin Muscato, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• Dmitry Oksenkrug, Stony Brook University, 2014
• Richard Quan, Cornell University, 2015
• Jordyn Rombola, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Massamba Samb, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
• Rosario Scalise, University of Connecticut, 2013
• Craig Schmidt, Northeastern University, 2016
• William Schubert, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013
• Neel Shah, Northeastern University, 2015
• Christopher Sontag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Patrick Sullivan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2014
• Ryan Thorne, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2015
• Frank Walsh, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014
• David Ye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015

Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

• Lamine Bassene, Howard University, 2013
• Michael Black, Drexel University, 2013
• Robert Carroll, Drexel University, 2013
• Matt Cimino, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
• Nicholas Coleman, Drexel University, 2013
• Michael Doucette, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
• Eric Dyke, Drexel University, 2013
• Patrick Eells, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
• Armando Elliott, Drexel University, 2014
• Michael Fernandez, Temple University, 2013
• Reid Flasinski, Drexel University, 2015
• Jeremy Hall, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, 2013
• Frank Heleniak, Widener University, 2014
• Charles Hicks, Drexel University, 2013
• Kacey Hoang, Drexel University, 2013
• Jamie Howard, Drexel University, 2015
• Raymond Jones, Howard University, 2014
• Armand Kana Tano, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013
• Aitzaz Nathaniel, Pennsylvania State University, 2013
• Nathan Nodolski, Widener University, 2014
• Khaula Rashid, Drexel University, 2015
• Michael Redle, University of Akron, 2014
• Andrew Ritosa, Case Western Reserve University, 2015
• Kurt Russell, Drexel University, 2014
• Zachary Smith, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
• Philip Storey, Cleveland State University, 2013
• Shavon Tate, Morgan State University, 2014 *
• Jacob Tyo, West Virginia University, 2015
• David Ventura, Drexel University, 2013
• Bryce Walburn, Drexel University, 2015
• Katherine Walker, Drexel University, 2015
• David Wilson, Ohio State University, 2014
• Gregory Yeutter, Drexel University, 2015
• Emmeline Zhu, University of Maryland, College Park, 2015

Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.)

• Nick Aerni, University of Kentucky, 2015
• Ross Beppler, Clemson University, 2014
• Lance Berlin, Old Dominion University, 2013
• Amanda Bjorkland, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach, 2013
• William Bledsoe, University of South Carolina, 2015
• Sokrat Bufi, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
• Daniel Cambron, University of Kentucky, 2016
• Jason Chan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
• Scott Cole, Virginia Tech, 2013
• Natalia Crist, Old Dominion University, 2013
• Kyle Dean, North Carolina State University, 2013
• Willis Edmondson, North Carolina State University, 2013
• Jordan Ehren, University of Florida, 2015
• Heinrich Enslin, North Carolina State University, 2015
• Michelle Gilliard, University of Florida, 2013
• Edward Johansen, University of West Florida, 2013
• Nicholas Johnson, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2014
• Andrey Kurenkov, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
• Patrick McAuliff, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
• Thomas McCollum, Mississippi State University, 2014
• Steven Moore, University of Virginia, 2015
• Jimmy Nguyen, Tennessee Technological University, 2015
• David Nordy, Jr., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2013 *
• Raul Ordonez, Florida International University, 2013
• Candice Patton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013
• Jeffrey Pettyjohn, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
• Kori Price, Virginia Tech, 2014
• Samantha Prine, Mississippi State University, 2014
• Kevin Quave, Mississippi State University, 2014
• Kyle Redman, Old Dominion University, 2013
• Shawn Reid, University of West Florida, 2015
• Steven Rosen, Clemson University, 2015
• Disha Saha, University of South Florida, 2013
• Frank Silva, Florida International University, 2013
• Oleg Sivov, Clemson University, 2013
• Marshall Smith, University of Central Florida, 2014
• Shayan Sohbatzadeh, University of Florida, 2013
• Jacob Spracher, Old Dominion University, 2015
• Mathew Stinnett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
• Chris Stolz, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
• David Touvell, University of South Florida, 2013
• Zachary Wieger, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013
• Devon Woosley, Western Kentucky University, 2014

Region 4 (Central U.S.)

• Alex Astley, University of Wisconsin - Platteville, 2014
• Chad Auginash, University of Minnesota - Duluth, 2015
• Matthew Backes, Iowa State University, 2015
• Andrew Bailey, Purdue University, 2013
• Logan Brecklin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 2014
• Anish Chivukula, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
• Richard Fitzpatrick, South Dakota State University, 2014
• Joshua Garcia Sheridan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
• Nathaniel Girrens, Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis, 2012
• Keith Hand, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2014
• David Hiskens, University of Michigan, 2014
• Christopher Hudy, Marquette University, 2014
• Matthew Jokerst, Kettering University, 2014
• Savan Kadakiya, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
• Ryan Kleinjan, South Dakota State University, 2013
• Evan Klepitsch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
• Adam Literski, Iowa State University, 2013
• Daniel Long, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
• Benjamin Macy, Valparaiso University, 2013
• Andre Marin, North Dakota State University, 2014
• Matt McPhail, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
• Thomas Myres, University of Iowa, 2015
• Jeremy Nelson, South Dakota State University, 2013
• Kelly Nelson, South Dakota State University, 2014
• Cole Sandness, South Dakota State University, 2014
• Connor Schuler, South Dakota State University, 2015
• Maxwell Schweiner, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2015
• Fansheng Shi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
• Gerardas Skeberdis, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
• Nils Stannik, University of Michigan, 2013
• Matt Thie, Lawrence Technological University, 2013 *
• Caleb Williams, University of Minnesota - Duluth, 2014

Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.)

• Syed Ahmed, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
• Erin Autrey, Baylor University, 2014
• Taylor Barber, Kansas State University, 2014
• Lance Baum, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2015
• Sean Bestgen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2013
• Eric DePinto, Colorado School of Mines, 2013
• Darin Dills, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2013
• Kyle Dunn, University of Colorado - Denver, 2013
• William Duren, Kansas State University, 2015 *
• Collin Eddy, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2014
• Daniel Friendshuh, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2013
• Laine Greaves-Smith, Colorado School of Mines, 2015
• Jimmy Higgins, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2013
• Kristopher Johnson, Univesity of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2015
• Saqib Khan, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
• David Leppo, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
• Tyler Long, New Mexico State University, 2013
• Joshua Loyd, Kansas State University, 2015 *
• Geoffrey Lueken, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2013
• Doug Mackenzie, University of Denver, 2014
• Samuel Martinez, University of Houston, 2013
• Stephen McConnell, Texas A&M University, 2013
• Jackson Meyer, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2012
• Uchenna Ndusorouwa, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
• Zachary Norstedt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2015
• Sruti Nuthalapati, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
• Brian Pack, New Mexico State University, 2013
• Troy Partington, Louisiana Tech University, 2014
• Shae Pelkowski, Kansas State University, 2014
• Fletcher Richman, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2014
• Naima Rivas, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014
• Dakota Roberson, University of Wyoming, 2013
• Jesus Sanchez, Kansas State University, 2015
• Ashlee Sherman, Prairie View A&M University, 2014
• Justin Stanley, Texas Tech University, 2014
• Gregory Williamson, University of New Orleans, 2015
• Jan-Michael Yatar, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
• Brandon Yuill, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2013

Region 6 (Western U.S.)

• Shayan Barzegari, University of Utah, 2013
• Brett Bell, Washington State University, 2012 *
• Patrick Berg, Seattle University, 2014
• Zach Beus, University of Utah, 2014 *
• Cody Breckenridge, Boise State University, 2016
• Erin Clement, University of Washington, 2013
• Jessica Coleman, University of Washington, 2013
• Stephen Collins, University of Southern California, 2014
• Isaac Cowger, University of Idaho, 2013 *
• Carrie Culp, Arizona State University, 2013
• Jeremy Deibell, Seattle University, 2013
• Abhishek Dharan, Arizona State University, 2014
• Terra Donley, Gonzaga University, 2013 *
• Paloma Field, University of Alaska - Anchorage, 2013
• Aaron Fitch, Seattle University, 2013 *
• Matthew Hales, University of Utah, 2013
• Michael Hendrickson, Arizona State University, 2013
• Phoebe Henson, Arizona State University, 2015
• John Hofman, Washington State University, 2015 *
• Adam Hull, Boise State University, 2014
• Samar Ijaz, University of Nevada - Reno, 2016
• Jessica Johnston, Brigham Young University, 2015 *
• Casey Jones, University of Nevada - Reno, 2013
• Jason Kam, Arizona State University, 2015 *
• Matt Kleinberg, California State University - Fresno, 2013
• Christopher Larson, Idaho State University, 2013 *
• Kawika Lawlor, Arizona State University, 2013
• Vy-Hoa Le, Seattle Pacific University, 2013
• Howard Lu, University of Washington, 2013
• Tomas Martinez, University of Washington, 2013
• Melissa Martinsen, University of Washington, 2014
• Aisha McKee, Loyola Marymount University, 2015
• Anthony Pelot, Arizona State University, 2014
• Ricardo Peterson, Northern Arizona University, 2014
• Abdur Rehman, Washington State University, 2013 *
• Chris Rusnak, Washington State University, 2014 *
• Caitlin Ryberg, Seattle University, 2013
• Jean Paul Santos, University of Utah, 2013
• Alban Shemsedini, Arizona State University - Polytechnic, 2013
• Martin Solis, Arizona State University, 2013
• Kaiwen Sun, University of Washington, 2014 *
• Austin Wade, California State University, Sacramento, 2013 *
• Tracy Yuan, University of Washington, 2013
• Nicole Zimmerman, Portland State University, 2013 *