Northwestern college students An Kitamura and Jun Yamasaki have been named 2023 Quad Fellows by Schmidt Futures.
The Quad Fellowship, an initiative of the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the USA, is designed to construct ties among the many subsequent technology of scientists and technologists.
An Kitamura
“Schmidt Futures has created a pathbreaking alternative for STEM college students dedicated to scholarly and diplomatic collaboration amongst our Indo-Pacific allies,” mentioned Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe, director of the Workplace of Fellowships. “Our two fellows within the inaugural cohort spotlight the power and scope of Northwestern’s international affect as a hub of modern, socially-engaged, STEM scholarship.”
Kitamura, a Ph.D. scholar in chemistry, and Yamasaki, a senior in mechanical engineering and utilized arithmetic, are among the many 100 science, expertise, engineering and arithmetic (STEM) college students who will examine within the U.S. this yr as a part of the fellowship, which develops a community of science and expertise consultants dedicated to advancing innovation and collaboration within the personal, public and educational sectors, in their very own nations and among the many Quad international locations.
Jun Yamasaki
Kitamura is considering functions of natural chemistry for power storage expertise. Initially from Japan, she moved to Northfield, Minnesota, to attend Carleton Faculty, the place she obtained a bachelor’s diploma in chemistry. At Northwestern, she is engaged on synthesizing novel molecules for natural redox movement batteries with hopes that improvements on the molecular scale can speed up the transition into renewable power sources.
Initially from Tokyo, Yamasaki is considering theoretical and computational approaches for subjects in turbulence modeling for aeronautical engineering functions. He has been researching computational fluid dynamics since freshman yr, specializing in fluid mechanics-informed neural networks. He at present serves as president of Northwestern’s Japanese Pupil Affiliation.
This yr’s cohort of Quad Fellows contains college students from 16 areas of examine, and greater than 70% are pursuing Ph.D. applications.
Northwestern college students considering pursuing scholarship and fellowship alternatives can contact the Workplace of Fellowships.
