Brandi Brown was selected to receive a $10K supplemental stipend from the Koerner Family Foundation. The Koerner Family Foundation works to inspire future generations of research oriented engineers. The foundation believes that the competitiveness of the United States depends on having intelligent people finding innovative solutions to future challenges. The primary purpose of the Koerner Family Foundation is to help the United States train and retain engineers in order to remain globally competitive in all types of engineering.
Each year, the Koerner Family Foundation provides graduate fellowships in the various disciplines of engineering to selected universities. The students must be citizens of the United States (either native born or naturalized), have successfully passed their candidacy exams leading to a doctoral degree and express an interest in a research career within academia, industry or government in the United States.
Visit the Koerner Family Foundation website here.