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.