Daniel Abercrombie, a senior in nuclear engineering and physics, is one of 28 students awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
Although retired engineering science and mechanics faculty member Sam Zamrik and wife Myrna established their scholarship back in 1992, the couple has decided to boost their endowment with a $50,000 gift pledge.
Nathaniel D. Bastian, a doctoral student in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, is the recipient of a 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
