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.

Online Application – RBE Graduate Student Project Award

Announcement of Awards

September 15th for Fall semester and November 15th for the Spring semester.

Project Award Recipients

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.

Online Application – RBE Graduate Student Travel Award

Travel Award Recipients

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