Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant
Current and Previous Years Grant Recipients
The Clemson University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grants, a collaborative effort between the Offices of the Senior Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and the Dean of the Graduate School, are intended to decrease time to degree and to support higher quality outcomes among students nearing graduation where relatively modest resources will make a large difference.
*This page maintains data for the last 5 financial years. For a complete list of past recipients, you may contact Lori Frager at lfrager@clemson.edu .
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2026-2027 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
2026–2027 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
Student Name
Doctoral Degree Program
Jeremiah Akhigbe
Learning Sciences
Dhruv Bal
Physics
Victoria Banks
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Jianing Bao
Environmental Engineering
Amna Ghani
Plant and Environmental Sciences
Hrishikesh Ingole
Plant and Environmental Sciences
Rajib Islam
Chemistry
Simranpreet Kaur
Plant and Environmental Sciences
Konnor McDowell
Biomedical Data Science & Informatics
Monireh Noori
Chemistry
Makhluk Hossain Prio
Electrical Engineering
Srikanth Rapala
Chemical Engineering
Rajan Ratnakumar
Electrical Engineering
Min Jae Shin
Food, Nutrition, Packaging Science
Jatheesan Sundararajan
Civil Engineering
Seyedmojtaba Tabarhoseini
Mechanical Engineering
Farzad Zeinali
Industrial Engineering
Monireh Mohamadpanah
Genetics
2025-2026 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
2025–2026 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
Student Name
Doctoral Degree Program
Kafayat Adesina
Teaching & Learning-Math Ed
Sagar Adhikari
Physics
Oreoluwa Agede
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Praise Ayinla
Policy Studies
Deborpita Biswas
Mathematical Sciences
Margaret Bolick
Engineering & Science Education
Yanfei Cai
Material Science & Engineering
Jeremiah Carpenter
Bioengineering
Frances Chapman
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Jessie Clay
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Ananya Gupta
Human Centered Computing
Giovani Guterrez
Chemistry
Benjamin Hamlin
Mathematical Sciences
Boyoung Hur
Mathematical Sciences - Stats concentration
Ayodeji Idowu
Plant & environmental Sci
Sara Kennedy
Design & Built Environment
Nikita Khatiya
Physics
Chun-Chih Lin
Computer Engineering
Yizhou, Liu
Human Factors Psychology
Marc Mason
Environmental Engineering & Earth Sci
Allison Maynard
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Andrew Okai
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Oluwafemi Osho
Human Centered Computing
Augustine Owusu Achiaw
Teaching & Learning
Soumya Pathy
Industrial Engineering
Miah Maye Pormon
Forest Resources
SM Imrat Rahman
Electrical Engineering
Rahul Rajeev
Material Science & Engineering
Dasuni Rathnaweera
Chemistry
Martha Sabogal De La Pava
Industrial Engineering
Bochuan, Sun
Material Science & Engineering
Arash Teymori Gharah Tapeh
Civil Structural Engineering
Dongli Wang
Environmental Engineering & Earth Sci
Rong Wang
Chemistry
Tong Zhang
Industrial Engineering
2024-2025 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
2024–2025 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
Student Name
Doctoral Degree Program
Danielle Adams
Biological Sciences
Farhana Afroz
Teaching & Learning
Hebe Aly
Computer Science, School of Computing
Sara Billie
Planning Design & Built Environment
Michael Byrd
Mathematical Sciences
Prashanth Chivkula
Electrical Engineering
Ewa Chukwu
Chemical & Biomolecular Eng
Dimuthu Edirisinghe
Chemistry
Tolulope Famaye
Learning Sciences
Pegah GhafGhanbari
Mechanical Engineering
Jasmine Gill
Plant & Environmental Sciences
Manuel Gutierrez
Bioengineering
Alena Hofrova
International Family and Community Studies
Kun Huang
Food, Nutrition, & Pack Sci
Shanshan Jia
Math & Stats Science
Zehua Jin
Chemical Engineering
Guoxi Liu
Computer Science
Madhuka Liyanage
Chemistry
Amirhossein Nazeri
Automotive Engineering
Noara Razzak
Economics
Chelsea Robbins
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Aaron Santomauro
Materials Science & Engr
Austin Seilkop
Chemistry
Angelica Solano Delgado
Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Mandeep Tayal
Entomology
Brandon Wackerle
Chemistry
Bryanna Wattier
Environmental Eng & Earth Sci
Leah Wiitablake
Engineering & Science Ed
David Williams
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Lucian Williams
Bioengineering
Missoury Wolff
Chemical Engineering
2023-2024 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
2023–2024 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
Student Name
Doctoral Degree Program
Oluwadara Abimbade
Learning Sciences, Ed & Human Dev
Tyler Ard
Mechanical Engineering
Jessica Baron
Computer Science
Jennifer Brown
Engineering & Sci Ed
Aaron Bunch
Wildlife & Fish Biology
Jake Buzhardt
Mechanical Engineering
Shoab Ahmed Chowdhury
Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Damas
Engineering & Sci Ed
Dingqian Ding
Mechanical Engineering
Nilgun Efe
Food Nutr & Pkg Sci
Swati Goel
Plan, Des and Built Env
Adam Haberski
Entomology
Adam Hoiser
Physics
Jinge Huang
Food Nutr & Pkg Sci
Joshua Kern
Physics
Savana King
Human Factors Psychology
Kelli McCourt
Biosystems Engineering
Jamal Nahofti Kohneh
Civil Engineering
Khushbu Singh
Teaching & Learning
Cong Wang
Computer Science
Derek Whaley
Parks, Rec & Tour Mgt
Brandon Williams
Mechanical Engineering
Patricia Wooden
Entomology, Plant & Environmental Sci
Shiyu Zhang
Chemistry
2022-2023 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
2022–2023 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Recipients
Student Name
Doctoral Degree Program
Philip Arve
Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
David Bahamon Pinzon
Biosystems Engineering
Dylan Chitwood
Bioengineering
Sophia Conzemius (Christian)
Entomology
Jiaying Dong
Planning, Design and the Built Environment
Nathan Dumessa
Psychology
Shuyu Huang
Learning Sciences
Farnaz Kamyab
Planning, Design and the Built Environment
Kewei Li
Mechanical Engineering
Xiaowei Li
Planning, Design and the Built Environment
Anna Overby
Planning, Design and the Built Environment
Soham Panda
Chemistry
Vincent Yuxin Qiu
Philosophy
Adhiti Raman Thothathri
Automotive Engineering
Lancelot Reres
Civil Engineering
Sarah Richardson
Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design
Tania Santiago Perez
Parks, Rec & Tour Mgmt
Saida Sobhaninia
Planning, Design and the Built Environment
Meryem Soyluoglu
Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
