VFF Scholarship Winners

Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarships

2013	Isaac Anderson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Florence Winslow DeLaRue scholarship Catherine Briere, McGill University MacDonald Campus – Charles H. Kaman scholarship Matthew Haubert, University of Cincinnati – Donald L. Toler scholarship Logan Hodge, Texas A&M University – Hans and Gil Weichsel scholarship Cody Karcher, University of Maryland College Park – Barry Baskett scholarship James Benjamin Lewis, The Ohio State University – John Zuk scholarship Ethan Corle, The Pennsylvania State University – Alfred L. Wolf scholarship Joachim Hodara, Georgia Institute of Technology – Charles Crawford scholarship Justin Long, The Pennsylvania State University – Alfred L. Wolf scholarship Michael Mayo, Georgia Institute of Technology – John Zuk scholarship Nathaniel Miller, Texas A&M University – Hans and Gil Weichsel scholarship Elena Shrestha, University of Maryland College Park – Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Adam Thorsen, The Pennsylvania State University – Hal Andrews scholarship Robert Williams, Carleton University – John McLaughlin scholarship Jacob Enciu, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology – Richard M. Carlson scholarship Eli Giovanetti, Duke University – Charles H. Kaman scholarship Frank Kody, The Pennsylvania State University – Howard C. (Pat) Curtiss, Jr. scholarship Andrew H. Lind, University of Maryland College Park – Feri Farassat scholarship Rajiv Shenoy, Georgia Institute of Technology – Charles Crawford scholarship Jerome Sicard, University of Texas at Austin – Florence Winslow DeLaRue scholarship Harinder Jit Singh, University of Maryland College Park – Evan A. Fradenburgh scholarship
2012	Amanda Bjorkland, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Charles H. Kaman scholarship James Black, University of Maryland – Evan A. Fradenburgh scholarship Ben Rothacker, University of Michigan – Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Sumant Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology – Barry J. Baskett scholarship Xing Wang, University of Michigan – Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Natasha Barbely, Georgia Institute of Technology – Hal Andrews scholarship Tejaswi Jarugumilli, University of Maryland – Charles H. Kaman scholarship Anand Karpatne, University of Texas at Austin – Evan A. Fradenburgh scholarship Joseph Schmaus, University of Maryland – John McLaughlin scholarship Jared Soltis, Pennsylvania State University – Don Toler scholarship William Staruk, University of Maryland – Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship James Coder, Pennsylvania State University – Dr. Feri Farassat scholarship Kedar Naik, Stanford University – Alfred L. Wolf scholarship Gurbuz Ozdemir, Pennsylvania State University – Hans and Gil Weichsel scholarship Daniel Prosser, Georgia Institute of Technology – Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Juergen Rauleder, University of Maryland – Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Nicolas Reveles, Georgia Institute of Technology – Barry J. Baskett scholarship Robert Scott, Georgia Institute of Technology – John McLaughlin scholarship Robert Vocke III, University of Maryland – Evan A. Fradenburgh scholarship
2011	Juan Pablo Afman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Daniel Landers, Northeastern University, Dr. John Zuk scholarship Elena Shrestha, University of Maryland, Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Sean Pearson Symon, University of Maryland, Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Nathan Wukie, University of Cincinnati, Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Graham Bowen-Davies, University of Maryland, Hans and Gil Weichsel scholarship Erica Grace Hocking, University of Maryland, Hal Andrews scholarship Austin Overmeyer, The Pennsylvania State University, Charles Kaman scholarship Rajiv Shenoy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Henry R. Velkoff scholarship Elizabeth Alice Weiner, University of Maryland, Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Jonathan Z. Yong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Barry J. Baskett scholarship Andrew Becnel, University of Maryland, Henry Borst scholarship Benjamin Otto Berry, University of Maryland, Barry J. Baskett scholarship Chen Friedman, University of Maryland, Bell Helicopter Textron scholarship Eliot Quon, Georgia Institute of Technology, Jean Boulet scholarship Ryan Michael Robinson, University of Maryland, Litton Precision Gear scholarship Jason Carl Slaby, The Pennsylvania State University, William W. Walls scholarship Anish Sydney, University of Maryland, Don Toler scholarship
2010	Natasha Barbely, Georgia Tech, Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Shane Boyer, Univ. of Maryland, Dr. John Zuk scholarship Vrishank Raghav Shankare Gowda, Georgia Tech, Henry Borst scholarship Tejaswi Jarugumilli, Univ. of Maryland, Bell Helicopter Textron scholarship Jessica Jones, Univ. of Maryland, Dr. Richard M. Carlson scholarship Silvio Mario Lopez, Georgia Tech, Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship David Benjamin Mayo, Univ. of Maryland, Barry J. Baskett scholarship John G. Mooney, Georgia Tech, Hans and Gil Weichsel scholarship Elliot Quon, Georgia Tech, Hal Andrews scholarship Nicolas Reveles, Georgia Tech, Litton Precision Gear scholarship Harinder Jit Singh, Univ. of Maryland, Dr. Henry R. Velkoff scholarship John G. Tritschler, Univ. of Maryland, John McLaughlin scholarship Robert D. Vocke II, Univ. of Maryland, Joseph P. Cribbins scholarship Nicholas L. Wilson, Univ. of Maryland, Bell Helicopter Textron scholarship Anna Tatum Winslow, North Carolina State Univ/PSU, Barry Baskett scholarship
2009	Kevin Lee Rankin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Kelly Cheng, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Bethany Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology Jessica Newman, Georgia Institute of Technology Stanton Sollenberger, Pennsylvania State University William Kong, Pennsylvania State University Louise Aminata Ahure, University of Maryland Mihir Mistry, Pennsylvania State University Chandrasekhar Tiwari, Pennsylvania State University Seongkyu Lee, Pennsylvania State University Benjamin King, University of Maryland Sutton Woods, University of Maryland Monica Syal, University of Maryland Axel Schauenburg, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2008	Abhishek Abhishek, University of Maryland Michael David Abraham, Georgia Institute of Technology Loren Adrian Ahaus, Washington University at St. Louis Brandon L. Bush, University of Maryland Abhizna Butchibabu, Georgia Institute of Technology Edward Brouwers, The Pennsylvania State University Edward Bubert, University of Maryland James P. Erwin, The Pennsylvania State University Bryan Glaz, University of Michigan Christopher Ignatius, Georgia Institute of Technology Timothy Lee, University of Maryland Ryan James Meritt, Virginia Tech Ryan Robinson, University of Maryland Chandrashekhar Tiwari, The Pennsylvania State University
2007	Keith Allen, III, University of Maryland Eric W. Beyer, Georgia Institute of Technology Ryan P. Cash, Georgia Institute of Technology James Cho, University of Michigan Joseph Conroy, University of Maryland Eric Greenwood, II, University of Maryland Robert Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology Gregory J. Hiemenz, University of Maryland Bradley Johnson, University of Maryland Ryan Letniak, Georgia Institute of Technology Leonard V. Lopez, Pennyslvania State University Charles Lynch, Georgia Institute of Technology Pamela Montanye, Pennsylvania State University Robert Scott, Georgia Institute of Technology Robert D. Vocke, III, University of Maryland Benjamin Woods, University of Maryland
2006	Michael Abraham, Georgia Institute of Technology Simon Vincent Atyeo, RMIT University Caleb Michael Bury, University of Maryland Richard John Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology Kavanaugh B. Eldredge, Auburn University Jaye Falls, University of Maryland Robert William Gregg, Clemson University Christopher C. Hennes, Pennsylvania State University Jimmy C. Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology Robert John Jurenko, Georgia Institute of Technology Yuan Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology Jongki Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology Jose L. Palacios, Pennsylvania State University Nicholas Rosengeld, University of Maryland
2005	Allan Anderson, Georgia Institute of Technology Daniel Armanios, University of Pittsburgh Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland Eugene Cook, University of Maryland Mark DeMann, University of California at Los Angeles Jaye Falls, University of Maryland Benjamin Hein, University of Maryland Wei Hu, University of Maryland Nicolae Iorga, Rutgers University Timothy Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington Seamus McGovern, Northeastern University Andrew Mendolia, Embry-Riddle University *Joshua Reeves, Stanford University Dustin Wood, University of Alabama at Huntsville
2004	Shreyas Ananthan, University of Maryland Felipe Bohorquez, University of Maryland Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland Chen Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology Ronald Couch, University of Maryland Andrew Drysdale, University of Maryland Joshua Ellison, University of Maryland Brian Geiger, Pennsylvania State University Christopher Hennes, Pennsylvania State University Andrew Hopkins, Virginia Polytechnic And State University Patricia Mchale, University of Rochester, New York Garrett Paul, University of California At Santa Barbara Joshua Reeves, Stanford University Joseph Schmaus, University of Maryland Ke Yu, Washington University At St. Louis
2003	Benjamin Berry, University of Maryland Derek Bridges, Penn State University Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland Jessica Dooley, University of Arizona Marc Gervais, University of Maryland Jason Hines, Penn State University Geoffrey Jeram, Georgia Institute of Technology Jason Petrie, Penn State University Stephen Repsher, Penn State University Nicholas C. Rosenfeld, University of Maryland Alice Ryan, University of Maryland Emilia Speal, Penn State University *Matthew Tarascio, University of Maryland
2002	Ronald Couch, University of Maryland Mark A. Davis, Embry Riddle University Tracy A. DuVall, University of Maryland Marc Gervais, University of Maryland Gaurav Gopalan, University of Maryland Andrew M. R. Hopkins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dooyong Lee, Pennsylvania State University Kalin C. Lee, Purdue University Alexander J. May, Iowa State University Seamus M. McGovern, Northeastern University Maria Ribera, University of Maryland Beatrice Roget, University of Maryland Suzanne E. Ruddy, University of Maryland Joseph T. Szefi, Pennsylvania State University Smith Thepvongs, Pennsylvania State University Jinggen Zhao, Georgia Institute of Technology
2001	Jinsong Bao, University of Maryland Adam E. Coker, Georgia Institute of Technology Kelly Corfeld, Pennsylvania State University Derek Geiger, Virginia Tech. Daniel A. Patt, University of Michigan Jorge A. Morillo, Washington University at St. Louis Jason L. Pereira, University of Maryland Beatrice Roget, University of Maryland Nicholas C. Rosenfeld, University of Maryland Roberto A. Sarjeant, Pennsylvania State University *Martin K. Sekula, Pennsylvania State University Matthew Tarascio, University of Maryland Lionel Tauszig, Pennsylvania State University Ilkay Yavrucuk, Georgia Institute of Technology
2000	Derek Bridges, Pennsylvania State University Mustapha Chehab, University of Maryland Glen Dimock, University of Maryland Preston B. Martin, University of Maryland Brian Munsky, Pennsylvania State University Adria Nelson, Washington University Daniel A. Patt, University of Michigan Jason Pereira, University of Maryland Harsha Prahlad, University of Maryland Ashish Purekar, University of Maryland *Paul Samuel, University of Maryland Anupam Sharma, Pennsylvania State University Jayant Sirohi, University of Maryland Jianhua Zhang, Pennsylvania State University
1999	Hong Xin, Georgia Institute of Technology Mahendra J. Bhagwat, University of Maryland Hans A. DeSmidt, Pennsylvania State University Paul Samuel, University of Maryland Matthew J. Tarascio, University of Maryland Rebecca A. Snyder, University of Maryland Craig Fuehne, Washington University at St. Louis Mustapha Chehab, University of Maryland Megan P. Rooney, University of Maryland Brian Munsky, Pennsytvania State University
1998	Clifford P. Smith, University of Maryland Najneesh Singh, University of Maryland Hong Xing, Georgia Institute of Technology Nikhil Koratkar, University of Maryland Jason Kiddy, University of Maryland Taeoh Lee, University of Maryland Jason Lindler, University of Maryland Dave Heverly, II, Pennsylvania State University Xin Wang, Washington University Tom Ivanco, Pennsylvania State University Rebecca Snyder, University of Maryland
1997	Andreas P. F. Bernhard, University of Maryland Gopalakrishna Kamath, University of Maryland Evangelos Koutsavdis, Purdue University Christopher R. Knarr, Pennsylvania State University Johnathan A. Keller, Pennsylvania State University Martin K. Sekula, Pennsylvania State University John R. Jameson III, Purdue University Rolf T. Rysdyk, Georgia Institute of Technology Eric L. Hathaway, Pennsylvania State University Michael Peters, Washington University at St. Louis
1996	Roy C. Edwards, Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute Michael R. Hassebrock, Iowa State University Christopher L. Gunther, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Louis R. Centolanza, Pennsylvania State University Alan J. Coyne, University of Maryland Nathan Scandella, Stanford University Christian R. Brackbill, Pennsylvania State University D. Stefan Dancilla, Georgia Institute of Technology Matthew W. Floros, Pennsylvania State University Anna K.T. Howard, Pennsylvania State University *Christopher T. Jones, University of Maryland Erwin P. Moedersheim, University of Maryland Patricia L. Stevens, Pennsylvania State University
1995	**Jerry P. Higman, Georgia Institute of Technology Anna K.T. Howard, Penn State University Christopher T. Jones, University of Maryland *Judah Milgram, University of Maryland Stanley A. Orr, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Venkatarmaman Srinivas, University of Maryland Christain R. Brackbill, Penn State University *Matthew Floros, Penn State University Leslie P. Fowler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Nadine Leonard, Oklahoma State University Roy C. Edwards, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Michael R. Hassebrock, Iowa State University
1994	*Judah Milgram, University of Maryland Farhan Gandhi, University of Maryland Ashish Bagai, University of Maryland Jerry P. Higman, Georgia Institute of Technology William P. Geyer, Penn State University Anthony T. Glinka, Arizona State University Matthew Floros, Penn State University Kenley Ann Howard, University of Texas at Arlington *Alexander J. Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology Jesus M. Miramontes, Texas Tech James T. Czalnowski, University of Colorado Shannon D. Rowan, Colorado Tech
1993	Jeffrey D. Hank, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jerry P. Higman, Georgia Institute of Technology Kenneth P. Katz, University of Maryland Saul Gonzalez-Mendoza, University of Puerto Rico Judah Milgram, University of Maryland Stanley A. Orr, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *Ashish K. Sareen, Georgia Institute of Technology Grant R. Thompson, University of Tulsa
1992	Robert T. Bupp, University of Maryland Alexander J. Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology Jerry P. Higman, Georgia Institute of Technology George E. Lee, UCLA Judah Milgram, University of Maryland Ashish K. Sareen, Georgia Institute of Technology Theodore Valkov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology **Bruce E. Webster, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1991	Charles Coffen, Cornell University Warren Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology Judah Milgram, University of Maryland Thomas Millott, UCLA Ann Whelan Peck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Todd Ringler, Cornell University James Risser, Princeton University Theodore Valkov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology **Bruce E. Webster, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1990	Patrick Jensen, Princeton University Greg Luecke, Penn State University Thomas Millott, UCLA Manoj Mittal, Georgia Institute of Technology Matthew Overhold, University of Florida Ann Whelan Peck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Neal Saiki, California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo *Edward C. Smith, University of Maryland Bruce E. Webster, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1989	Joseph Bishop, Texas A & M University Gilbert Crouse, University of Maryland Joshua H. Gordis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thomas Millor, UCLA *Edward C. Smith, University of Maryland Richard Strauss, Davis Senior High School Bruce E. Webster, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Norman Wereley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kuo-An Yoan, UCLA
1988	Christopher W. S. Bruner, University of Maryland Ian Todd Gallimore, North Carolina State University Joshua H. Gordis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chenghjian He, Georgia Institute of Technology Daniel Ira Newman, University of Maryland Ashish K. Sareen, Georgia Institute of Technology Pedro Schoch, Parks College of the University of St. Louis Edward C. Smith, University of Maryland Alan D. Stemple, University of Maryland
1987	Joshua H. Gordia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chenghjian He, Georgia Institute of Technology Philip R. King, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Scott Larwood, California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo Joon W. Lim, University of Maryland Marc Takahashi, UCLA Michael S. Torok, University of Maryland **Mark E. Wasikowski, Georgia Institute of Technology
1986	Robert A. Arents, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Neal D. Domel, University of Texas at Arlington Andrew S. Elliott, University of Maryland Philip M. FitzSimons, Georgia Insti-tute of Technology Jeffrey W. Harding, Georgia Institute of Technology Hung P. Ho, Jr., University of Southern California Mark E. Kammeyer, University of Maryland Marc Takahashi, UCLA Mark E. Wasikowski, Georgia Institute of Technology
1985	Robert A. Arents, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University David N. Domel, Texas A & M University Andrew S. Elliott, University of Maryland David J. Haas, University of Maryland V R. Prasad Jonnalagadda, Georgia Institute of Technology *Todd R. Quackenbush, Princeton University Lawson H. Robinson, UCLA Mark E. Wasikowski, Purdue University **Russell A. Zinner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1984	Joel F. Barber, University of Arizona John H. Beanrio, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Albert G. Brand, Georgia Institute of Technology Susan C. Garing, Princeton University James E. Harris, Texas A & M University Lawson H. Robinson, UCLA Dana J. Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology Russell A. Zinner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1983	Eva A. Czajkowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Susan C. Garing, Princeton University Richard S. Martin, Rennsclaer Polytechnic Institute Khanh Q. Nguyen, University of Maryland *Todd R. Quackenbush, Princeton University Ting-Nung B. Shiau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Morgan Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Russell A. Zinner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1982	Roberto Celi, UCLA Pichard R. Fontana, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Swamninathan Karunamoorthy, Washington University Thomas Makowski, Penn State Louis A. Pare, II, Texas A & M University Edward Parleman, Georgia Institute of Technology Mark W. Scott, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mark C. Trout, Stanford University
1981	Louis J. Bogart, University of Michigan Frederick J. Ebert, Princeton University James E. Hubbard, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Timothy Ko, Washington University **Josh Levin, UCLA Mark W. Scott, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gary R. Smith, University of Michigan
1980	Roberto Celi, UCLA Peter D. Klein, Penn State *Kenneth P. Leighton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Josh Levi, UCLA Richard S. Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mark A. Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Todd R. Quackenbush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Barbara K. Townsend, Purdue University
1979	Nicholas R. Godbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mark L. Hammer, Georgia Institute of Technology Edward J. Hanker, Jr., Princeton University Kenneth P. Leighton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kelly M. Morger, Texas A & M University *Dale M. Pitt, Washington University Richard B. Ramirez, Southern Methodist University Russell A. Wright, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
1978	William B. Bigler II, University of Virginia Douglas J. Crook, Penn State Robert M. McKillip, Jr., Princeton University Dale M. Pitt, Washington University James A. Sansone, University of Texas at Austin Ajay Sehgal, Georgia Institute of Technology William Warmbrodt, UCLA Cynthia A. Williams, Texas A & M University
1977	Larry J. McQuien, Texas A & M University James A. Sansone, Universitv of Texas at Austin William Warmbrodt, UCLA

The number of asterisks next to a name indicates multiple awards:
* Two-time recipient
** Three-time recipient
*** Four-time recipient
**** Five-time recipient