Mark E. and Claire L. Alpert Graduate Fellowship
The Mark E. and Claire L. Alpert Graduate Fellowship was established in 2018 in acknowledgement of a generous gift from Mark Alpert, a 1980 Penn State alumnus in environmental engineering, in memory of his late wife, Claire. The fellowship supports graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who have achieved outstanding academic excellence.
Past Fellowship Recipients
2024
- Patrick Hoover, advised by Jay Regan
- Ziyi Wang, advised by Ming Xiao
2023
- Lauren Broyles, advised by Alfonso Mejia
- Qing Tang, advised by XB Hu
2022
- Zhanzhao Li, advised by Aleksandra Radlinska
2021
- Muyang Lu, advised by Ilgin Guler
- Wan Wan, advised by Pinlei Chen
- Dongqin Zhou, advised by Vikash Gayah
2020
- Min Liew, advised by Ming Xiao
2019
- Charalampos Andriotis, advised by Kostas Papakonstantinou
- Sajjad Salam, advised by Ming Xiao
- Bahman Sheikh, advised by Tong Qiu

