2015 Goldwater Scholarship Nominees
Chemical Engineering students Jacob Barlow BS’17 and Emma Kaeli BS’18 were two of four students nominated for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship by Northeastern University. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive, merit-based award for outstanding students in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering who are interested in pursuing a career in research. The scholarship was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater, who showed a keen interest in science and technology during his 30 years in the U.S. Senate.
Jacob Barlow, an Honors student from Pennsylvania, chose to double-major in chemical engineering and biochemistry because he aspires to conduct medical research at the intersection of the synthetic and biological worlds. Bridging the realms of engineering and biology, Jacob is in the midst of an independent research project drawing on the resources of both a nanomedicine lab and a microbial genetics lab. He has also performed research at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Division of Precision Medicine, at PharmaCadence Analytical Services, and in a computational modeling laboratory. Jacob’s goal is to obtain a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.
A chemical engineer from Medway, MA, Emma Kaeli’s research career at Northeastern began even before she was admitted as a University Scholar: she volunteered in a laboratory while she was still in high school. She has since worked as a Gordon Scholars research assistant on breast cancer detection and won a Scholars Independent Research Fellowship to carry out a project on increasing the efficiency of materials used in solar panels. Emma is currently on co-op at the Innovation Center of Rogers Corporation, a materials manufacturer. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in materials science and continue her work on photovoltaic materials, which she believes are essential to address global needs for environmental sustainability and human development.