IBM Masters Fellowship
Award awardees
The IBM Masters Fellowship Program seeks to support exceptional Masters students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies, regardless of their field of study. The 2021 award recipients include those who are studying computer science, medical research, law, social sciences, physics, engineering, and math at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States. Congratulations to the 2021 IBM Masters Fellows.
Samuel Temesgen
West Virginia State University
Mathematics and Computer Science
Serena Staples
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Public Health
Sunita Sagi
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Computer Science
Olawole Ogunfunminiyi
Prairie View A & M University
Computer Science
Jaelen Tarry
Prairie View A & M University
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Peter Oyewale
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Urban Planning
Saisudha Naragoni
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Computer Science
Patricia Millbrooks
Grambling State University
Criminal Justice
Jeremy Andrus
Grambling State University
Criminal Justice
Funbi Ogunwale
Morgan State University
Computer Science
Darona Forster
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Computer Science
Barisi Nuka
Morgan State University
Computer Science
Ebenezer Essel
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Electrical Engineering
David Hulett
Howard University
School of Law
Farissa Tafannum
Prairie View A & M University
Computer Science
Alecia Gulledge
Norfolk State University
Electric & Electronic Engineering
Kristofer Bailey
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Engineering
Aquilla Gardner
Howard University
Law
Keith Ghant
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Computer Science
Elliott Howard
Grambling State University
Social Science
Kyle Jenkins
Alcorn State University
Computer Science
Lauren Johnson
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Mathematics
Vaishnavi Kasala
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Computer Science
Ronald Magembe
Morehouse School of Medicine
Research
Taofeek Obafemi-Babatunde
Morgan State University
Computer Science
Chiedozie Ogueri
Morgan State University
Physics
Raj Patel
West Virginia State University
Mathematics and Computer Science
Daryl Riley
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University
Engineering
Crystal Shelling
Grambling State University
Social Science
Amrin Syed
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Computer Science
Tanzia Tuie
Alcorn State University
Computer Science