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Headshot of Catherine Nachtigal

ME senior Catherine Nachtigal was selected as an MIT AeroAstro Distinguished Scholar. Catherine recently completed her J. J. Slade Honors Thesis, titled "In-air Polymerization and Crosslinking of Monomers during Electrospray Deposition," in the lab of Prof. Jonathan P. Singer.

Photo of Jeremy Cleeman

Jeremy Cleeman (MAE UG '20, 2nd yr. PhD) won a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. This competitive fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at US institutions. 

Luke Brennan standing outside

MAE Master’s student, Luke Brennan (ME '22), has won a 2022-2023 New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship. Luke is advised by Associate Prof. Jonathan P. Singer. The award will support Luke as he completes his master’s degree project focusing on acoustic optimization of launch structures.

Noah McAllister on the right, standing on the stage with a man

MAE undergraduate Noah McAllister’s (AE '24) poster titled “Non-Destructive Measurement of Optically Scattering Polymer Films Using Image Processing,” won 3rd place at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Poster Competition at the 2022 IMECE meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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Jonathan Singer, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, recently co-authored paper in the Journal of Chemical Education, “Virtual Research Group Modules: Scalable Simulations of STEM Research,” details the results of a multi-year collaborative study that engaged high school and college students in simulated in-lab research experience.