The National Science Foundation is honoring six current or incoming University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards and five students with honorable mentions. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees.
As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. The reputation of the GRFP follows recipients and often helps them become life-long leaders that contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching.
2018 Honorable Mentions
![Flatirons](https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/cu_boulder_from_above.jpg?itok=MGYJB0oj)
Roy Anderson
Advisor: Wei Tan
![Kristin Calahan](https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/gradstudentmonth_calahan_kristin.jpg?itok=RB7ZNFkW)
Kristin Calahan
Advisor: Mark Rentschler
Lab: Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory
![Karl Johannes](https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/backpacking_picture.jpg?itok=MrJyOA_i)
Karl Johannes
Advisor: Mark Rentschler
Lab: Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory
![Sarah Toth](https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/sarah_toth_1.jpg?itok=kjV3wukx)
Sarah Toth
Advisors: Michael Hannigan and Marina Vance
Lab: Vance Lab
![Brian Welch](https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/brian_welch.cc3__0.jpg?itok=lTC1bLYO)
Brian Welch
Advisor: Steven George
Lab: George Research Group