Six RIT students have received a Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) grant from DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) to assist with research in Germany during the summer or fall of 2024. This program is an opportunity for undergraduate students to gain practical research experience. Students work with a German university and a German Ph.D. student on research projects in science and engineering.
DAAD Rise Awardees
Mikaela Simpkinson
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Mikaela will assist with research on coil calibration at Kiel - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Kiel, Germany.
Anh Nguyen
Computer Science, College of Computing and Information Sciences
Anh will work on a project related to safety-critical AI at Düsseldorf - Hochschule Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Samuel Ferreira
Computer Science, College of Computing and Information Sciences
Brian will work with Ingolstadt - Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt, Germany, researching fairness in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
Paula de Cardenas
Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Paula will participate in an internship in materials science, electrochemistry, and chemistry at Dresden—Technische Universität Dresden in Dresden, Germany.
DAAD Rise Professional Awardees
Monoshiz Mahbub Khan
Computing and Information Sciences, College of Computing and Information Sciences
Monoshiz will research deep learning for computer vision or natural language processing with ControlExpert GmbH in Langenfeld, Germany.
Viet Dung Nguyen
Computing and Information Sciences, College of Computing and Information Sciences
Viet Dung will research the use of industrial AI with Petanux GmbH in Bonn, Germany.
The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD), the largest funding organization globally, supports the international exchange of students and scholars.
DAAD programs help create goodwill and professional relationships to build a solid basis for relations between Germany and North America. DAAD scholarships are highly competitive, with independent selection committees choosing recipients based on outstanding academic records and exceptional statements of purpose.
RIT students interested in applying for the Gilman Scholarship should contact Jenny Sullivan (jenny.sullivan@rit.edu), Director of Education Abroad & International Fellowships.