Their awards total more than $9.5 million in funding, the most Georgia Tech has ever had in the program.
Castro-Méndez’s research and published work in mitigating climate change earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.
Dongsuk Sung's research and published work in studying brain temperature earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.
Oguamanam's research and published work in developing a digital health system to address mental health disparities recently earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.
Ph.D. Computer Science Student, Hantian Zhang, is working on a machine learning model that advocates for consistent treatment across diverse demographic groups. 
The Chih Foundation awards graduate students whose research publication(s) reflect invention for the betterment of society. 
Following in the early footsteps of esteemed Nobel laureates, national leaders, and esteemed faculty, 38 of Tech’s graduate students have just been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF). 
The College of Sciences graduate students were chosen as 2023-24 Herbert P. Haley Fellowships for their research and academic achievements
Emmy Hughes, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech has been selected as a recipient of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Foundation award.
For the second consecutive year, a Georgia Tech student and their advisor have been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study.