CRB Students Receive the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards

Two current CRB students have been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This highly competitive fellowship has been recognizing and supporting outstanding graduate students pursuing full-time research-based mater's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including STEM education. NSF GRFP was established in 1952 to recruit individuals who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions to STEM and STEM education.

Anunth Ramaswami

Anunth is a student member of the NSF Human Augmentation via Dexterity (HAND) Engineering Research Center (ERC). His research focus develops algorithms that use haptic sensing to enable robot hands to perform dexterous manipulation tasks.

"I am honored to receive the NSF GRFP and am thankful for my mentors both at Cornell and Northwestern who supported me throughout the process. I look forward to leveraging this opportunity to advance robotics for the benefit of society, alongside an exceptional community of mechanical engineering researchers." - Anunth Ramaswami


Aravind Ramaswami
Aravind's research focuses on learning autonomous control policies for multi-robot manipulation and assembly tasks. He develops robot learning algorithms that enable teams of mobile robots to learn complex tasks through direct physical interaction with a human.

"I am extremely grateful to have received the NSF GRFP fellowship along with my fellow Mechanical Engineering students. I am excited about the new research that this fellowship will let me explore, and the new discoveries it will enable." - Aravind Ramaswami

Helena Young, also a NSF GRFP award recipient, will join the CRB in Fall 2026.

The NSF provides a three-year annual stipend is provided to each student awardee, along with a cost of education allowance. Since 1952 the NSF has funded over 70,000 Graduate Research Fellowships from over 500,000 applicants. Over 450 have become members of the National Academy of Sciences and more than 40 Fellows have advanced to become Nobel Laureates.

Join the Center for Robotics and Biosystems in congratulating these students.