SWE New York is excited to announce the winner of the 2024 Einah Reza Manalo Pelaez Memorial Scholarship!
Ayaka Fujita is interested in biomedical engineering. She is currently studying chemical and biomolecular engineering at NYU, where she works in the Kurabayashi lab. In her free time, she loves playing the saxophone and exploring the city!
Ayaka was awarded a $1000 scholarship and a SWE membership.
2023 Winners ($1000 each)
- Taina Contreras, Electrical Engineering, New York University
- Lizelle Ocfemia, Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Tejaswini Sudhakar, Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York
2022 Winners ($1000 each)
- Jennifer Duong, Environmental Engineering, City College of New York
- Rachel Leong, Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University
2021 Winners ($1000 each)
- Joanna Guillen, Civil Engineering, The City College of New York
- Jessica Morales, Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University
- Esther Whang, Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
2020 Winners
- First Place ($5000): Arpita Abrol, Computer Science, Stony Brook University
- Second Place ($3000): Katrina Wong, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
- Third Place ($2000): Anisha Tyagi, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
Special recognition ($1000 each):
- Selena Tan, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
- Alice Shi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University
- Sapna Ramesh, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
- Shannon Liu, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute
- Xiao Wang, Civil Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Gabrielle Brown, Biomedical Engineering, Hofstra University
2019 Winners
- First Place – Graduate ($1000): Ariana Rennie, Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University
- First Place – Undergraduate ($1000): Renee Tremblay, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute
- Second Place ($700): Lina Tenenbaum, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute
- Third Place ($500): Samantha Vitez, Mechatronic Engineering, Vaughn College
