Recent Carnegie Mellon Fulbright Recipients*

These are some recent Carnegie Mellon students and alumni who applied through the university (2004-2008).  Visit the Fulbright's U.S. Fellows Directory for more Carnegie Mellon Recipients.

2008

John Pena, MFA '08
Columbia
John Pena, who received a Master of Fine Arts [May 2008], will explore the intersection between arts and language education while teaching in Colombia. He may be best known on Carnegie Mellon’s campus and throughout the region for delivering hand-written letters through the “Pittsburgh Pedal Express” with co-founder and MFA student Ally Reeves.
View the full Piper Article [PDF]

Jonathan Minard, Art, Consciousness & Environment BHA '07
Mongolia
Jonathan Minard, a 2007 graduate of the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts program, will conduct artistic research in Mongolia. He plans to make audio recordings of music, nature, religious rituals and everyday life as he travels throughout the North Western Altai region. These recordings will be available on a Web blog.
View the full Piper Article [PDF]

William Schlough, Fine Art & Psychology BA '07
Iceland
William Schlough, a 2007 graduate with a major in fine art, will study sculpture in Iceland. He plans to research and explore the relationship between Icelandic culture and the country’s natural landscapes.
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Rebecca Shore, Architecture '08
Germany
Rebecca Shore, a 2008 graduate with a major in architecture and minor in business management, will study at Germany’s Cologne University of Applied Sciences. She will attend a two-year master’s degree program in architecture focused on energy-optimizing building. Shore is no stranger to Germany or sustainable building practices. As a member of Carnegie Mellon’s 2007 Solar Decathlon Team, she visited Germany to collaborate on building designs with students from the Technische Universitat Darmstadt.
View the full Piper Article [PDF]

Rebecca Snyder, Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering '08
Singapore
Rebecca Snyder, a 2008 graduate with majors in materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering, will conduct research at Nanyang Technical Institute in Singapore. Following her Fulbright experience, Snyder will pursue a Ph.D. in bioengineering at Stanford University.
View the full Piper Article [PDF]

Rashi Venkataraman, Biological Sciences/EHPP '08
Indonesia
Rashi Vankataraman, a 2008 graduate with a dual major in biology and ethics, and history and public policy, will travel to Indonesia. In addition to her English teaching assistantship, she plans to conduct research on international public health, an extension of her three years as a health educator intern at Carnegie Mellon’s Student Health Services.
View the full Piper Article [PDF]
 

2007

Gautam Gandhi, Tepper MBA '04
India
business practices and entrepreneurship in India
Gautam Gandhi (B.S. Information and Decision Systems; Industrial Management, 1996) has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to travel to India and study the rapid industrialization of that nation's economy and the effects on Indian society. While he was an MBA student in the Tepper School of Business, Gandhi co-authored a business plan for a medical device startup and received the Hewlett-Packard Grand Prize at Rice University's annual business plan competition. Gandhi's graduate school project led him to co-found ClearCount Medical Solutions, a medical device company focused on improving patient safety by preventing medical tools and supplies from being left in the body after surgery through the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Gandhi earned his MBA from Tepper in 2004.
Press Release

Sarah Rubin, Rhetoric, MA '07
Hong Kong ETA
Sarah Rubin, earned her master's in rhetoric in May 2007, was been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Hong Kong. Her research focused on the role of Hong Kong's public radio network in establishing a deliberative democracy that encourages citizen participation in civic affairs.
Press Release
Carnegie Mellon Today Article

2006

Justin Hakuta,  SDS/Spanish, B.S. '04
Philippines
NGOs Combating Human Trafficking in the Philippines
Justin Hakuta, a 2004 Carnegie Mellon graduate, received a Fulbright scholarship that will fund his field study in the Philippines. Sponsored by the U.S. government, the Fulbright scholarship is awarded to exceptional graduate students, educators and professionals to foster the program's goal of promoting greater understanding between cultures of the world. Hakuta earned a bachelor's degree in decision science with a minor in Spanish at Carnegie Mellon. "Justin was one of the first students in our new major in decision science," said Baruch Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public Policy. "As one of our program pioneers, he helped to shape the major through his strong performance and leadership. He has a passion for life and justice."
Press Release
Justin's blog dedicated to raising awareness of human trafficking and exploring solutions.
Read or watch Justin as he shares his experience with Fulbright.

Bum Lee,  Art, '06
South Korea
Exploring the State of Cultural Exchange in South Korea Through Animation
Bum Lee, a senior in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Art, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Korea.
Press Release
Article on Bum's work
Bum's website

2005

Alisha Bhagat, Anthropology & History '05
Islamic Feminist Movement in India
Alisha Bhagat, a graduate with majors in anthropology and history and a minor in materials science and engineering, received a Fulbright Grant to work on her project on Islamic feminism in India.
Carnegie Mellon Today Article

John Oduroe, Architecture '03
Value, Culture and Responsibility: Architecture and Inner-city Revitalization

2004 

Amanda Bougades, MSPPM '06
Belgium
International Conflict Analysis
Amanda Bougades, document manager in the Office of International Education, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to attend the Brussels School of International Studies in Belgium where she will earn a master's degree in international conflict analysis. She is planning a career in human rights and peace advocacy. Bougades is enrolled in the Heinz School's Master of Science and Public Policy program.

Takahiro Noguchi, MFA '03
India
Call Centers in India that Cater to Clientele in the United States
Takahiro Noguchi, an artist who received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon in 2003, won a Fulbright Award to study in India. Noguchi, whose work combines public art and technology, works at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The Fulbright will enable him to explore the relationship between information technology workers in India (mainly those working in call centers) and end-users living in the U.S.

*The information here was obtained from prior Carnegie Mellon University press releases, publications and announcements including the 8.5x11, Carnegie Mellon Today, The Piper, and department websites.