Clean Tech Fund Scholarship
Evolectric Scholarship - Top 5 Applicants
Clean Technology Fund
Welcome to our second annual Clean Tech Scholarship Campaign. We had several applicants and the top 5 were chosen to participate in the next phases of the application. Click on the links to vote on our social media for who you think should win the scholarship! To see the scholarship application that contains the questions and answers click below.
Ning Nie
Jimmy Wong
Tram Ngo
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School: University of Southern California
Degree: Computer Science
Ning is currently a graduate student at USC anticipating graduation pursuing an additional Master's degree in Computer Science after working in the renewable energy industry. He wants to learn software and EE, to combine his skillset with his chemical engineering background, to host a battery management system (BMS) product development and solve the energy loss problem of the new energy vehicle. Ning's view is that in the near future of 10-20 years, lithium ion battery will continue to be mainstream. After that, maybe with the development of the technical progress in safety and energy cost, the fuel cell will potentially stand out.
School: University of California, Irvine
Degree: Environmental Engineer
Jimmy's is highly involved at UCI. This includes student leadership in Climate Resilience seminar, intern for campus as a Living Lab with green energy focus, and a group leader for the EarthReps program. His project experience includes working on the Carbon Tracker project in ESW and working on a water filtration project in ASCE. He is currently interning for ASUCI Sustainability Project. With his current background in environmental engineering and campus experiences, he aspires to pursue a career in green building development and continue to raise awareness for sustainable practices not only on an individual but also corporate level.
School: University of California, Irvine
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Along with many leadership roles, Tran currently volunteers at Fountain Valley Hospital and Joseph Hospital as a Health Scholar, where she provides basic care for patients such as ambulating them and feeding them. She helps guide patients and their guests to the correct departments and translate English to Vietnamese. After learning about the ecosystem and how humans interact with other species and the environment, she realized that a sustainable environment for future generations must start with mindful actions towards preserving the earth, and hopefully, in the process, someone will take advantage of the existing technology to help keep planet Earth clean.
Haripriya Rachakonda
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School: University of Southern California
Degree: Masters in Public Administration
Haripriya is attending USC after wanting to transition her career into public service. She has pursued certifications and courses in public policy, Eco-Entrepreneurship, Local and State Governance of India, Alternative Investments and International Humanitarian Law. Her interest lies in the field of sustainable urban development. She aspires to enter the field of Public Policy and aiming to make significant changes to the Environmental policies of India to bring in incentives to using Electric vehicles for transportation, to provide credit to companies turning net carbon neutral or negative. She believes that policy changes will be very critical for India in order to maintain their goal of carbon neutrality by 2070.
Vanshika Fotedar
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School: University of Southern California
Degree: Phd Economics
Vanshika is leading research efforts in clean technology adoption, especially energy storage economics, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She has published research in reputed journals like IEEE, Energies, etc. She believes that energy storage is the key to a clean energy future, with electric vehicles as the pillars of this transition. Her research thesis is intended to be about adoption of EVs on the grid. She will run a field experiment in conjunction with SnoPUD (utility in pacific northwest) which tests vehicle-to-grid participation in a fleet of electric vehicles over a few months.
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