Six students in the college awarded 2026-27 UWM Graduate School Fellowships

six individual male headshots, all dark short hair, one wearing a beige baseball cap.
Alsotary (clockwise from top left), Banik, Broadnax, Haque, Kada, and Rafie.

Congratulations to the students in the college who were awarded UWM Graduate School Fellowships, which are offered through a highly competitive process. The Distinguished Graduate Fellowship provides a stipend of $15,500. The Distinguished Dissertation Graduate School Fellowships offers a stipend of $17,000. The Academic Opportunity Fellowship stipend is $18,000 for recipients in a doctoral-level program.

Distinguished Graduate Fellowships:

  • Omar Alsotary (mechanical engineering)
    Advisor: Ryo Amano
  • Md Enamu Haque (mechanical engineering)
    Advisor: Habib Rahman

Distinguished Dissertation Fellowships:

  • Nayan Banik (computer science)
    Advisor: Habib Rahman
  • Seyed Faridedin Rafie (materials science & engineering)
    Advisor: Nidal Abu-Zahra

Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowships:

  • Samuel Broadnax (civil & environmental engineering)
    Advisor: Xiaoli Ma
  • Cheikh Kada (mechanical engineering), renewal from 2025-26
    Advisor: Ryo Amano