Student and Young Professional Travel Awards

The INCE Foundation offers three awards to students and young professionals that help offset costs of travel to INCE-sponsored conferences:

Michiko So Finegold Award

This award is funded thanks to a generous endowment from the Michiko So Finegold Memorial Trust. It is available to graduate students and young professionals in the USA who are studying or working in the fields of noise control engineering, noise effects research, or development of noise policies.

Michiko So Finegold

Michiko So Finegold

2023 Awardees

Joseph Aina Morgan State University
Nathan Geib The University of Texas at Arlington
Joohyun Lee Purdue University

2022 Awardees

Sam Underwood University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Edwin Yazbec Michigan Technological University
Kyosung Choo Purdue University

2019 Awardees

Won Hong Choi Purdue University
Stephania Vaglica Michigan Tech University
Yongjie Zhuang Purdue University
Gong Cheng University of Kentucky
Steven Senczyszyn Michigan Tech University
Guo Long University of Cincinnati
Sunit Girdhar Michigan Tech University

2018 Awardees

Xuchen Wang Purdue University
Weimin Thor Purdue University
Jonathan Chen University of Kentucky
Srikumar C Gopalakrishnan University of Cincinnati
Yutong Xu Purdue University
Gil Jun Lee University of Cincinnati
Hyunjun Shin Purdue University
Nan Zhang University of Kentucky
Hassan Azad University of Florida
Suraj Prabhu Michigan Technological University

2017 Awardees

Keyu Chen University of Kentucky
Seongil Hwang Texas A & M University
Jungdong Li University of Kentucky
Kangping Ruan University of Kentucky
Weonchan Sung Purdue University

2016 Awardees

Mahsa Asgarisabet Michigan Technological University
Philip A. Feurtado Pennsylvania State University
Tao Feng University of Cincinnati
Tongyang Shi Purdue University
Peng Wang University of Kentucky

2015 Awardees

Pasquale Bottalico Michigan State University
Ivano Ipsaro Passione Michigan State University
Nicholas Kim Purdue University
Yangfan Liu Purdue University
Hongdan Tao Purdue University
Bao Ngoc Tong Purdue University
Seongil Hwang Texas A&M University

2014 Awardees

Rui Cao Purdue University
Raef Cherif Université de Sherbrooke
Seungkyu Lee Purdue University
Guohua Sun University of Cincinnati
Yawen Wang University of Cincinnati
Junyi Yang University of Cincinnati

2013 Awardees

Neil Figurella Ohio State University
Xin Hua University of Kentucky
Vignesh Jayakumar University of Cincinnati
Beom Soo Kim The Pennsylvania State University
Andrew McMullen Purdue University
Selen Okcu National Institute of Aerospace
Rachel Romond The Pennsylvania State University
Yitian Zhang University of Kentucky

The Hallberg Foundation Award

The Elizabeth L. and Russell F. Hallberg Foundation has made a generous donation to facilitate the travel of undergraduate and graduate students to INCE-sponsored conferences in order to present their work.

2024 Awardees

Adebeyo Olude Morgan State University
Francisco Aguilera Diaz University of Texas at Arlington
Janith Godakawela Michigan Technological University
Jonty Mago Purdue University
Pelumi Abiodun Morgan State University
Peter Oyekola Tennessee Technological University
Shaocheng Wu Purdue University
Srinivasa-Rao Ippili University of Kentucky
Xinqi Wei University of Texas at Arlington
Yijie Zhang Purdue University
Cornelius Darko Morgan State University

2023 Awardees

Pelumi Abiodun Morgan State University
Xin Yan University of Kentucky
Juhyung Kim Purdue University
Christopher Grabow Penn State University
Srinivasa-Rao Ippili University of Kentucky
Yidan Cui Purdue University
Won Hong Choi Purdue University

2022 Awardees

Yongjie Zhang Purdue University

2019 Awardees

Caoyang Li University of Kentucky
Keyu Chen University of Kentucky
Zhuang Mo Purdue University
Weimin Thor Purdue University
Yu Xiong The Pennsylvania State University
Brittany Wojciechowski Wichita State University

2018 Awardees

Cameron McCormick Penn State Universit
Weonchan Sung Purdue University
Tongyang Shi Purdue Universit
Weiyun Liu University of Kentucky
Kangping Ruan University of Kentucky
Sunit Girdhar Michigan Technological University

2017 Awardees

Mahsa Asgarisabet Michigan Technical University
Mohammed S. Gholami Université de Sherbrooke
Siddharth Parmar, Michigan Technical University
Miles Penhale Michigan Technical University
Suraj Prabhu Michigan Technical University
Micaela M. Thiery Michigan Technical University
Nan Zhan University of Kentucky

2016 Awardees

Seongil Hwang Texas A&M University
Shu Jiang Texas A&M University
Gil Jun Lee University of Cincinnati
Hyunjun Shin Purdue University
Mohammad S. Gholami Université de Sherbrooke

2015 Awardees

Ethan Bourdeau University of Hartford
Xin Yan (Kevin) Zheng University of Hartford
Yitian Zhang University of Kentucky
Rui Cao Purdue University
Seungkyu Lee Purdue University
Daniel J. Carr Purdue University
Philip A. Feurtado Pennsylvania State University
Zhongzheng Liu Texas A&M University
Yawen Wang University of Cincinnati

2014 Awardees

Cameron Fackler Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Tao Feng University of Cincinnati
Philip Feurtado The Pennsylvania State University
Sean Kilgallin Georgia Institute of Technology
Nicholas Kim Purdue University
Hoang Le Tennessee Technological University
Wanlu Li University of Kentucky
Yangfan Liu Purdue University
Olivier Robin Université de Sherbrooke
Peng Wang University of Kentucky
Daniel Woods Purdue University
Liuxian Zhao University of Notre Dame

E-A-R Thermal Acoustic Systems Award

E-A-R Thermal Acoustic Systems has made a generous donation to facilitate the travel of undergraduate and graduate students to INCE-sponsored conferences to present their work.

2014 Awardees

Nicholas Kim Purdue University
Wanlu Li University of Kentucky

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