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Six electrical engineering students at �ձ�av��Ƶ are among 244 students nationwide to have been selected for a prestigious scholarship in the power and energy field. Students selected to receive the Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are described as “high achievers with strong GPAs with distinctive extracurricular commitments and are committed to exploring the power and energy field.” The awards are for $3,000, except three-time recipients receive $4,000. The IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization with 500,000 members in more than 190 nations and 189,000 student members. The �ձ�av��Ƶ selections are Nick Erickson, Nick Ankrum, Cole Brown, Cyrus Nelson, Jaxon Lohnes and Connor Delehant.

Parashu Kharel, professor in �ձ�av��Ƶ's College of Natural Sciences, will study advanced materials needed for quantum computing.

Subash Thapa, a doctoral student in the �ձ�av��Ƶ Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, has distinguished himself with several recent recognitions for his research and academic achievements.

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Selections for the fourth class of Future Innovators of America Fellowships have been announced by the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.  The eight recipients and the department which selected them are:  • Maxwell Donelan, mathematics and statistics  • Tennille Eremas and John Akujobi, both computer science • Keaton Ranslem, civil engineering • Connor Matthies and William O’Connell, both mechanical engineering • Eli Otten and Gabrielle Robbins, both construction and concrete industry management.

AeroFly, a Brookings-based aerospace company bred from �ձ�av��Ƶ research, has been selected by NASA to test and advance its innovative technology. If successful, it could help enable the first long-term presence of humans on the moon and may even allow for deep space exploration.

A controlled feeding study led by Moul Dey, professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at �ձ�av��Ƶ, shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories and lost weight and abdominal fat. They also showed improvements in insulin, nutrient-sensing hormones and inflammation.

Zhiguang Wang, a researcher from �ձ�av��Ƶ's Ness School of Management and Economics, is investigating artificial intelligence's ability to predict stock market returns.

Rakesh Kaushik, a recent �ձ�av��Ƶ graduate from the Department of Dairy and Food Science, has received the 2025 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award from the �ձ�av��Ƶ Graduate School.

�ձ�av��Ƶ associate professor Saikat Basu published a study that explains how secondary deep lung infections — like pneumonia — can develop after a throat or nasal infection.