Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Awards
Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Tuition Award
The WPI Robotics Engineering department will start granting the Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Tuition Award for outstanding RBE PhD and MS students. The award aims to partially cover the tuition expenses (typically 3 credits).
Who Should Apply?
This is a merit-based award. Any outstanding RBE PhD and MS student can apply. The following students are especially encouraged:
- Successful PhD students working on their dissertations and have insufficient direct funding
- Successful PhD students working on their dissertations and who need to extend their period of study
- Successful MS students working on their thesis
Priorities will be given to:
- PhD students who passed their qualifying exams
- Students who already demonstrated their excellence in research in prior research projects (e.g. with publications, successful directed research projects)
- Students with high GPAs
Application Process
The application is a two-stage process. In the first stage, the graduate student should complete the form in the link below.
As the student submits his/her form with the research advisor’s email address, an e-mail will be sent to the advisor for a brief reference statement. Both parts must be completed by the due date for consideration.
Funding is limited, and there will be a review process. We expect the demand for the funds to exceed the available supply. If you do not receive funds in this round, please apply again.
Application deadlines: Please apply by June 1st for Fall semester and Sept. 1st for Spring semester to receive full consideration.
Online Application – Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Tuition Award
Announcement of Awards
July 1st for Fall semester and October 1st for Spring semester.
Dr. Glenn Yee Tuition Award Recipients
Spring 2025
| Ashay Aswale | 1 Tuition credit |
| Kevin Harrilal | 1 Tuition credit |
| Niranjan Kumar Ilampooranan | 1 Tuition credit |
| Achyuthan Unni Krishnan | 1 Tuition credit |
| Xihan Ma | 1 Tuition credit |
| Thanikai Adhithiyan Shanmugam | 1 Tuition credit |
| UdayGirish Marandana | 1 Tuition credit |
Fall 2024
| Haoying Zhou | 4 Tuition credits |
| Jeel Chatrola | 1 Tuition credit |
| Can Guven | 1 Tuition credit |
| Peter Abosede | 1 Tuition credit |
| Zhentian Qian | 1 Tuition credit |
Spring 2024
| Hushmand Esmaeili | 3 Tuition credits |
| Vishrut Bohara | 3 Tuition credits |
| Thira Kismat Patel | 1 Tuition credit |
Fall 2022
| James Akl | 3 Tuition credits |
| Yash Ajay Garje | 3 Tuition credits |
| Karter Krueger | 3 Tuition credits |
Spring 2022
| Karter Krueger | 3 Tuition credits |
| Yinan Sun | 1 Tuition credit |
Fall 2021
| Abudula (Ahat) Aihaitijiang | 1 Tuition credit |
| Fadi Alladkani | 3 Tuition credits |
| Shou-Shan Chiang | 1 Tuition credit |
| Kenechukwu Mbanisi | 3 Tuition credits |
Spring 2021
| Alex Chiluisa | 3 Tuition credits |
| Abhishek Kulkarni | 3 Tuition credits |
| Jesse d'Almeida | 2 Tuition credits |
| Yang Wang | 2 Tuition credits |
Fall 2020
| Nathalie Majcherczyk | 2 Tuition credits |
| Abudula Aihaitijiang | 2 Tuition credits |
| Abhinav Gandhi | 2 Tuition credits |
| Albert Enyedy | 1 Tuition credit |
| Jakub Kaminski | 1 Tuition credit |
| Yinan Sun | 1 Tuition credit |
Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Project Award
The WPI Robotics Engineering department is launching the Graduate Student Project Award to financially support the research project for outstanding RBE MS students. The awards aim to cover some cost of special supplies, services or equipment that will be used on a master thesis or capstone project. Each award size is expected to be in the range of $100--$1,000. Partial support may be considered.
Who Should Apply?
- To be eligible, the applicant must be current RBE MS students working on their thesis or capstone projects.
- Priority will be given to:
- Students who already demonstrated their excellence in research in a prior research projects (e.g. with publications, successful directed research projects).
- Students demonstrate excellent academic performance (high GPAs).
- Need of support.
- Potential of the purchased equipment to be used in other projects in the future.
Application Process
The application is a two-stage process. In the first stage, the graduate student should complete the form in the link below.
As the student submits his/her from with the research advisor’s email address, an e-mail will be sent to the advisor for a brief reference statement. Both parts must be completed by the due date for consideration.
Funding is limited, and there will be a review process. We expect the demand for the funds to exceed the available supply. If you do not receive funds in this round, please apply again.
Application deadlines: Please apply by August 15th for Fall semester and October 15th for Spring semester to receive full consideration.
Announcement of Awards
September 15th for Fall semester and November 15th for the Spring semester.
Project Award Recipients
Spring 2025
| Chase Beausoleil | COMET |
| Ashwin Disa | PeAR |
| Hrishikesh Pawar | PeAR |
| Kushagra Srivastava | PeAR |
Fall 2024
| UdayGirish Maradana | ELPIS |
| Philip Brush | PeAR |
Fall 2023
| Sai Ramana Kiran Pinnarama Raju | PeAR |
| Shaurya Parashar | PeAR |
Spring 2023
| Hushmand Esmaeili | Bimodal Quadruped |
| Edward Jackson | MER Lab |
| Ibrahim Salman Hussein | Huron Robot |
Spring 2022
| Kalani Picho & Brandon Persons | COMET Lab |
Spring 2021
| Jesse d'Almeida | COMET Lab |
Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Travel Award
The WPI Robotics Engineering department will launch the Graduate Student Travel Award to partially fund RBE graduate student presenters/authors to attend major robotics conferences, in the amount of up to $1,000.
NOTE: We are adhereing to WPI'S Travel Policy.
Who Should Apply?
- RBE graduate student author can apply with a paper accepted in a peer-reviewed robotics-related conference.
- Application to RBE Award Committee should be received at least two months before the time of the conference.
- Presenting authors will receive priority.
- Funds may not be used for networking or collaborative visits that are not associated with conference.
- Funds cannot be used for society memberships.
- A student may apply more than once per academic year.
- There is no limit on the number of graduate students from a research advisor’s group that may apply each year, but this may affect the award decisions.
- If an award is being made, the student will be given up to $1,000 towards covering the travel including conference registration, transportation to the meeting location, and hotel accommodations. (Meals are not covered by the travel award.)
- Since the travel award will provide only partial support in many cases, students are encouraged to apply other sources of funding, such as the travel support from the Dean of Graduate Studies. It is assumed that the research advisor will fund the rest of the costs, if any.
- All expense reports should be turned in to Sharon Kelting within one month of the date of the conference. Any funds not claimed within one month of the conference date will be forfeited.
Application Process
The application is a two-stage process. In the first stage, the graduate student should complete the form in the link below.
As the student submits his/her from with the research advisor’s email address, an e-mail will be sent to the advisor for a brief reference statement. Both parts must be completed by the due date for consideration.
Funding is limited, and there will be a review process. We expect the demand for the funds to exceed the available supply. If you do not receive funds in this round, please apply again.
Application deadlines: There are three deadlines per year: March 1, July 1, and November 1.
Travel Award Recipients
Fall 2024
| Manoj Velmurugan | 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
| Shilpa Thakur | 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) |
| Xihan Ma | 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
Summer 2024
| Lorena Maria Genua | 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) |
| Ryo Murakami | 2024 IROS International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems |
| Tess Meier | 2024 IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2024) |
| Zhaoyuan Ma | 2024 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics |
| Zhuoyun Zhong | 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) |
Spring 2024
| Albert Enyedi | 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
| Haoying Zhou | 2024 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) |
| Yijia Wu | 2024 IEEE RoboSoft |
| Robin Hall | 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
| Xihan Ma | 2024 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) |
Fall 2023
| Abhinav Gandhi | 2023 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) |
| Ashay Aswale | 2023 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) |
| Sreejani Chatterjee | 2023 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) |
| Khai Yi Chin | 2023 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) |
| Zhaoyuan Ma | 2023 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots |
Fall 2022
| Alex Chiluisa | 2022 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ) |
| Alexander Galvan | 2022 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference |
| Abhinav Gandhi | 2022 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) |
| Robin Hall | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (RAS/EMBS) |
| Sean McGovern | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering |
| Tess Bisbee Meier | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) |
| Kehan Yang | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) |
Spring 2022
| Savita Vitthalrao Kendre | 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) |
| Tsung-Chi Lin | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
| Zhaoyuan Ma | 2022 SAE WCX: Society of Automobile Engineers World Congress Experience |
| Kalani Picho | HSMR 2022: 14th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics |
| Zhentian Qian | 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
Fall 2021
| Sean McGovern | IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2021) |
| Farid Tavakkolmoghaddam | International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) |
Spring 2021 (Award for registration to virtual conference)
| Shou-Shan Chiang | 17th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics |
| Ran Jing | American Control Conference |
| Haoxiang Ma | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2021 |
| Zhentian Qian | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2021 |
| Alp Sahin | American Control Conference |
Fall 2020 (Award for registration to virtual conference)
| Shang Gao | IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium |
| Yichuan Tang | IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium |
Spring 2020 (Award for registration to virtual conference)
| Alex Chiluisa | International Symposium on Medical Robotics 2020 |
| Tsung-Chi Lin | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020 |
| Nathalie Majcherczyk | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020 |
| Alexandra Valiton | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020 |
| Hao Yang | International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2020 |