Enrique Medici, a senior undergraduate student in our research group, has been awarded the National GEM Fellowship to support his Ph.D. studies, which he will begin in Fall 2025 in our group. This prestigious fellowship will also provide him with the opportunity to intern at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), where he will work in the Force Projection Group on Counter-WMD topics related to hypersonics and extreme environments.

Enrique has been an integral part of our research group, contributing to projects on high-temperature materials and computational simulations. His work at APL will further develop his expertise in hypersonic flight physics and extreme material behavior, areas critical to national security.

We are excited to see Enrique continue his research journey and bring new insights back to our group. Congratulations, Enrique!