May 9, 2025 Chemical engineering undergraduate award winners Written By: Claire Massey Departments: Chemical & Biological Engineering Categories: Awards|Undergraduate This spring, three chemical and biological engineering students were honored at the 2025 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 28th for various awards. The whole department is excited to see what they do this upcoming semester! Sophomore Research Fellowship The Sophomore Research Fellowship provides $3,000 to the student recipient and $500 to the faculty project advisor to work in collaboration on research projects. Grace Zhang Zhang received the award with Duane and Dorothy Bluemke Assistant Professor Siddarth Krishna for her project: Bimetallic Impacts on Liquid Carrier Dehydrogenation for Renewable Hydrogen Storage. Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship The 2025-2026 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship provides $4,000 to the student recipient and $1,000 to the faculty project advisor to offset costs of research. Two chemical engineering students received this award for the 2025-26 academic year. Aidiel Ikmal Abu Hassan A junior, Hassan received the fellowship with Conway Assistant Professor Whitney Loo for his project: Effect of Ion Solvation Strength on the Nanoscopic Structure of Single-ion Conducting Polymer Blend Electrolytes. He is excited to work on finding ways to improve energy storage using polymers. Outside of chemical engineering, he enjoys hiking, bouldering, running, cycling, playing soccer, and playing the guitar. Jacob Damro Damro received the fellowship with Assistant Professor Mai Ngo for his project: Microfluidic Modeling of Tumor Cell Extravasation to the Brain. Featured Image: Althea Dotzour