UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Luis Ocampo Giraldo, a third year doctoral candidate in nuclear engineering in the College of Engineering at Penn State, received a 2015 GEM Ph.D. Fellowship. The fellowship will provide him with full tuition and a stipend to complete his graduate work at the University as well as a paid summer internship. His internship with Brookhaven National Laboratory this summer is in the area of nuclear security.
“Receiving this fellowship has enabled me to further establish a partnership with the Brookhaven National Laboratory to work on nuclear security and radiation detection, which has been a passion of mine since I returned to graduate school,” said Ocampo.
Ocampo is working on his doctoral research under his adviser Kenan Ünlü, professor of nuclear engineering. His research focuses on the design, testing, and implementation of novel radiation detectors for nuclear security and safeguards.
The National GEM Consortium (GEM) is a network of leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities, and top research institutions that enables qualified students from underrepresented communities to pursue graduate education in applied science and engineering.