Bryan Llumiquinga (MAE ’18 and current PhD candidate) was awarded a GEM 2021 PhD Engineering Associate Fellowship. GEM is “a network of leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities, and top research institutions that enables qualified students from underrepresented communities to pursue graduate education in applied science and engineering.” The GEM Fellowship will partially support the remainder of Bryan’s PhD candidacy in the lab of Prof. Jonathan P. Singer, where he will be conducting research on the topic of functional nanocomposites.