Celebrating SoCEE’s Summer Doctoral Fellowship Recipients

A celebratory graphic with a blue background and white text that reads: Top Section (Header, centered and large): “CONGRATULATIONS!” Middle Section (Sub-header, light gray-blue box): “SoCEE’s 2025 Summer Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Awardees” Main Section (Photos and Names): Five circular headshots of award recipients are arranged in two rows. Each headshot is labeled with the recipient’s name and department in white text. Top row (left to right): Quinn Packer – Civil Engineering: Smiling person with glasses and shoulder-length brown hair in a suit and tie. Haimanti Bala – Civil Engineering: Person with long wavy dark hair and glasses, smiling in front of flowering trees. Israt Jahan – Environmental Engineering: Person with straight dark hair wearing a white top, softly smiling. Bottom row (left to right): 4. Oluwaseun Olufowobi – Civil Engineering: Person with braided hair styled in a bun, wearing a black collared top, looking directly at the camera. 5. Maxwell Wondolowski – Civil Engineering: Smiling person with a shaved head and beard, wearing a checkered shirt and tie, with a leafy background. Bottom Section: UConn’s logo appears at the bottom, reading: “UConn College of Engineering – School of Civil and Environmental Engineering” Hexagon graphics in gradient gray appear in the corners for visual design.

We’re thrilled to share that five outstanding Ph.D. students from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been awarded the UConn Summer Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This competitive $2,000 fellowship is designed to support students as they work toward completing their dissertations.

Congratulations to:

  • Quinn Packer

  • Oluwaseun Olufowobi

  • Haimanti Bala

  • Maxwell Wondolowski

  • Israt Jahan

Each of these students is tackling pressing challenges in civil and environmental engineering, and this support will help them continue advancing their impactful research throughout the summer.

We’re proud of their accomplishments and excited to see what they achieve next!