Foundry Educational Foundation awards scholarships to 12 UWM students in engineering and architecture

Jinwei Fang, Masum Bellah and Omid Ghaderi are three of the 12 UWM students to receive scholarships from the Foundry Educational Foundation

The Foundry Educational Foundation awarded scholarships to 12 undergraduate and graduate students for the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations to the following students, who are studying diverse fields:

Materials Science & Engineering
Swaroop Behera, graduate student
Omid Ghaderi, graduate student
David Palmer, graduate student
Kaustubh Kishore Rane, graduate student
Mason Steffes, undergraduate student
Matthew Utter, undergraduate student

Computer Science
Jinwei Fang, undergraduate student
Jim Wagner, graduate student

Mechanical Engineering
Masum Bellah, graduate student
Jenna Van Hoogstraten, undergraduate student

Biomedical Engineering
Abhi Roop Reddy Tokala, undergraduate student

Architecture & Urban Planning
Shreya Wadekar, graduate student

About the FEF Program at UWM

For years, the FEF Program at UWM has helped students earn scholarships and find jobs in the foundry industry. Graduates consistently find jobs with foundries (including Waupaca, Kohler Industrial Castings, Signicast, Grede, Badger Alloys, Spuncast, Stainless Foundry) and and companies — including General Motor, Tesla, GE Aviation, Intel, Boeing, Oshkosh,and Lockheed Martin. Most students receive scholarships starting their freshmen year and continue to receive them until they graduate. Working as paid assistants, students also take part in research projects at the UWM Foundry.

The industry consistently creates new materials, including those that advance sustainability, health, medicine, aircraft, and space exploration, says Pradeep Rohatgi, UWM distinguished professor and Foundry Education Foundation key professor.

Learn more about studying Materials Science and Metallurgy at UWM.