EmPOWERment Trainees

EmPOWERment is excited to welcome our newest cohort of trainees for the 2022-2023 academic year! 

New trainees are accepted into EmPOWERment annually and participate in the program for the duration of their PhD studies. 

 

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Jamie Allen

Environment and Natural Resources

Trainee since 2020
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Noah Bevers

Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering

Trainee since 2022
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Brian Capobianco

Environment and Natural Resources

Trainee since 2020
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Flint Colvin

Materials Science Engineering

Trainee since 2021
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Abdirashid Mohamed Dahir

Geography

Trainee since 2021
Ryan DeMilt

Ryan DeMilt

Computer Science and Engineering

Trainee since 2022
Mohamed Elsayed

Mohamad Elsayed

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Trainee since 2022
Okezie Emmanuel

Okezie Emmanuel

Animal Sciences

Trainee since 2020
Kat Finneran

Kat Finneran

Geography

Trainee since 2022
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Yunjing Guo

Integrated Systems Engineering

Trainee since 2021
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Diego Hincapie Ossa

Civil Engineering

Trainee since 2020
Sushma Katari

Sushma Katari

Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering

Trainee since 2022
Kenzington Kottenbrock

Kenzington Kottenbrock

Biomedical Engineering

Trainee since 2022
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Michael Lee

Mechanical Engineering

Trainee since 2020
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Liping Li

Integrated Systems Engineering

Trainee since 2021
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David Liu

Chemistry

Trainee since 2021
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David Mapunda

Aerospace Engineering

Trainee since 2021
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Ahmad Mohammadshirazi

Computer Science and Engineering

Trainee since 2020
Shannay Rawal

Shannay Rawal

Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering

Trainee since 2022
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Jaden Tatum

Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Trainee since 2020
Euler Valdivieso

Euler Valdivieso

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Trainee since 2022
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Haotian Wu

Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Trainee since 2021
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Qingrun Yang

Civil Engineering

Trainee since 2020

Obaida Darwish

Electrical Engineering

Trainee since 2022