Two hundred and nine (209) PES Scholarship recipients were selected from the 540 individuals who applied for the scholarship. These undergraduate students are majoring in electrical engineering, are high achievers with strong GPAs with distinctive extracurricular commitments and are committed to exploring the power and energy field. These scholarships are made possible due to the generous donations of individuals and corporations to the IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Fund of the IEEE Foundation.

2015-2016 recipients by IEEE region (names, schools and expected graduation year)

* These students are third-year scholars, having been selected to receive the scholarship for a third time.

Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.)

• Farjad Alam, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, 2016*
• Elizabeth Amyouny, Northeastern University, 2016
• Dana Aube, University of Maine, 2016
• Alyssa Bezreh, Northeastern University, 2016*
• Thomas Buonomano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2016
• Beau Burgau, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2016
• Truman Chojnowski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2016
• Adriana Cisco, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, 2016
• Kevin Conroy, University of Maine, 2016
• Dylan Davies, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2017
• Joe DeGoli, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2017
• Benjamin Franco, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2016*
• Ethan Freund, University of Connecticut, 2018
• Theodore Graves, Stony Brook University, 2016
• Drew HasBrouck, Northeastern University, 2018
• Melissa Healy, Northeastern University, 2017
• Dayna Helring, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2018
• Ben Hutcheon, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2016
• Ian Jacobsen, Stony Brook University, 2016
• Iftikhar Khan, City College of New York, 2018
• Gillian Koch, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2016
• Zachary Lasiuk, Boston University, 2017
• Aaron Lim, University of Rochester, 2017
• Stanly Mathew, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016*
• Michael McCann, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2017
• Diego Mendoza, Suffolk University, 2016
• Nathaniel Michener, Boston University, 2016
• Sydnee Mizuno, Northeastern University, 2018
• Connor Myers, University of Vermont, 2016
• Emily Pankosky, Northeastern University, 2017
• Mahd Quddush, City College of New York, 2018
• Anna Towle, University of Vermont, 2016
• Julia Truong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2016*
• Ami Vyas, Boston University, 2017
• Jeffrey Wood, Suffolk University, 2017
• Mariya Zagalskaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2017

Region 2 (Eastern U.S.)

• Tim Androwick, Drexel University, 2016*
• Eric Bauer, Ohio State University, 2016
• Nicholas Bilcheck, Bucknell University, 2018
• Stephanie Cortes, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
• Jeffrey Eker, Rowan University, 2016*
• Kelly Fernandez, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
• Nicholas Gangi, Drexel University, 2016
• Liangjian Gao, Drexel University, 2018
• Santino Graziani, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
• Stephen Hebenstreit, Drexel University, 2017
• Alexander Keller, Drexel University, 2016
• Justin Kelman, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017
• Raymond Linden, Rowan University, 2018
• Dutch Malott, Ohio Northern University, 2016
• Matt Marcou, Drexel University, 2017
• Jared Newman, Cedarville University, 2016
• Haley Northrup, University of Delaware, 2016
• Steven Pisani, Drexel University, 2018
• Emma Raszmann, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
• Mary Scherer, Ohio State University, 2017
• Matthew Wolfe, Ohio State University, 2016*
• Xiao Xi Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017
• Tony Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017

Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.)

• Jordan Adams, North Carolina State University, 2016
• Taha Arif, North Carolina State University, 2017
• Alexander Avery, Auburn University, 2015
• Ryan Bailey, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2017
• Allan Bartlett, University of Kentucky, 2016
• Oceane Boulais, Florida Atlantic University, 2017
• Jackson Carroll, University of Florida, 2017
• Summer Church, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2017
• Cara DeCoste, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015*
• Molly Fink, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
• Kaylee Graham, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2018
• Aaron Hall, Western Kentucky University, 2017
• Taylor Hill, North Carolina State University, 2017
• Douglas Jensen, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2016
• Wesley Johnson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015*
• James Kirkpatrick, University of Kentucky, 2016*
• Nathan Lilly, University of Kentucky, 2016
• Shawn Lynch, North Carolina State University, 2016
• Christen McClanahan, North Carolina State University, 2017
• Samantha McPeak, University of Alabama, 2015*
• Jeffrey Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017
• David Pitts, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2017
• Steven Rosen, Clemson University, 2016*
• Derek Schulte, Mississippi State University, 2017
• Dylan Sewell, Mississippi State University, 2016
• Tristan Siebold, University of South Florida, 2018
• Zachary Smith, Auburn University, 2018
• Nathan Stephens, Tennessee Technological University, 2016
• Kyle Swezey, University of South Florida, 2016
• Derya Tansel, University of Florida, 2018
• Travis Tippens, North Carolina State University, 2016*
• Alexander Tremper, University of South Florida, 2017
• Karlee Winkelman, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2016
• Andrew Wunderlich, University of South Carolina, 2017
• Xiaolan Zou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2017

Region 4 (Central U.S.)

• Amanda Beck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
• Charlie Bierstetetel, Kettering University, 2016
• Jacob Bluem, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 2015*
• Cassandra Bradley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017
• Nicholas Buchanan, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2016
• Derek Burling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017*
• Jeffrey Calhoun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
• Jacob Eckstrom, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2018
• Tyler Fletcher, South Dakota State University, 2016*
• Kelli Fuchs, University of Minnesota -Duluth, 2016
• Carl Haken, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016*
• Ryan Helsdingen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
• Jonathan Herzog, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017
• Andrew Hora, South Dakota State University, 2017
• Garry Jean-Pierre, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2016
• Bradford Kearbey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
• Zachary Langbartels, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2016
• Dennis Latyshev, Michigan Technological University, 2016*
• Evan Laursen, South Dakota State University, 2017
• Connie Maluwelmeng, Iowa State University, 2016
• Samantha McBrayer, South Dakota State University, 2017
• Alexander Meier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2018
• William Michels, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 2016
• Thomas Navidi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
• Derek Neiman, University of Minnesota -Twin Cities, 2017*
• Jamie Padilla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
• Robert Parkinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
• John Peterson, Kettering University, 2017
• Sarah Porath, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2018
• James Redinger, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2015
• Kevin Schoenknecht, Michigan Technological University, 2016
• Josh Showalter, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2017
• Matthew Szilard, Purdue University, 2015
• Francis Wagner, Iowa State University, 2017
• Abigail Wild, University of St. Thomas, 2017
• Drew Wiseman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2017
• Mitchell Young, South Dakota State University, 2016

Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.)

• Syed Ahmed, Texas Tech University, 2016
• Christian Boschert, University of Missouri, 2016
• Bryan Buxton, Oklahoma Christian University, 2016*
• Julia Conger, University of Texas at Austin, 2018
• John George, University of Arkansas, 2015*
• David Haralson, University of Oklahoma, 2016
• Alex Heilman, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2017
• Aulia Hill, University of Oklahoma, 2016*
• Benjamin Jack, Texas Aand~M University, 2017
• Joshua Jacobsen, University of Missouri, 2018
• Andrew Jennings, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2015*
• Travis Johnson, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2015
• Nasser Juma, Kansas State University, 2016
• Zachariah Lakel, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2017
• Zachary Lee, John Brown University, 2016*
• Mitchell Malone, University of Arkansas, 2016
• Garrett Maples, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
• John McCoy, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2016
• Lindsey Miller, Texas A&M University, 2015*
• David Plenert, Kansas State University, 2016
• Joseph Price, John Brown University, 2018
• Austin Rosenbaum, University of Denver, 2017
• Jose Ruiz, New Mexico State University, 2016
• David Sehloff, Washington University in St. Louis, 2016
• Jacob Self, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2017
• Joseph Sharpe, Louisiana State University, 2016
• Adam Shreck, Colorado School of Mines, 2017
• Brett Siegrist, University of Kansas, 2016*
• Jeffrey Stephens, Colorado School of Mines, 2017
• Derrick Webster, Prairie View A&M University, 2016
• Henry Wegehaupt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2017
• Oriana Wong, University of Texas at Austin, 2017

Region 6 (Western U.S.)

• Alexa Aguilar, University of Idaho, 2017
• Carl Barcroft, Boise State University, 2016
• Bryan Bednarski, University of Washington, 2017
• Zachary Burrows, Eastern Washington University, 2018*
• Matthew Cato, Washington State University, 2016
• Steven Christmas, Oregon State University, 2016
• Samuel Cragle, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 2017
• David Daigle, University of Idaho, 2016
• Cameron Doneen, Washington State University, 2016
• Zack Eldredge, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2017
• Christopher Ellis, University of California, San Diego, 2017
• Stephen Estrin, University of California, San Diego, 2018
• Ryan Fraser, Gonzaga University, 2017
• Hendrick Haataja, Montana State University, 2017
• Zachary Hadsell, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017
• Brandon Hartman, Washington State University, 2017
• Erika Isom, Washington State University, 2017
• Zach Kasperick, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 2016
• Christopher Knox, Washington State University, 2017
• Yin Mak, Seattle University, 2016
• Robert Martin, Boise State University, 2019
• John Martinsen, Washington State University, 2015*
• Joshua Monson, University of Washington, 2016
• Steven Moran, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• Sean Murphy, Portland State University, 2016*
• Barrett Nelson, Gonzaga University, 2017
• Khodra Nial, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 2017
• Suzanne Rieseberg, Eastern Washington University, 2016
• David Ritter, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2016*
• Andres Rodriguez, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 2017
• Natalie Swope, Seattle University, 2016
• Thomas Teisberg, Stanford University, 2017
• Brandon Thayer, University of Washington, 2016
• John Thompson, University of Idaho, 2015
• Jaclyn Wilson, University of Washington, 2017
• Shane Witsell, San Diego State University, 2018
• Alexander Yore, San Francisco State University, 2017
• Jonathan Zarcani, Boise State University, 2017

Region 7 (Canada)

• Andrew Bonnell, Memorial University, 2016
• Lianne de la Salle, University of Ottawa, 2017
• Stephanie Gerbeau, McGill University, 2015*
• Aagnik Pant, McGill University, 2019
• William Skinner, The University of Calgary, 2017
• Yilin Zhao, The University of Calgary, 2017

Region 9 (Puerto Rico)

• Mildred Delgado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 2016
• Santiago Lisboa, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 2016