The College of Engineering recently announced the recipients of its General Electric Fellowship for Excellence. The award was established to recognize the excellence of current graduate students and to facilitate their completion of the Ph.D. program. Fellows are selected for their outstanding track records in research and professional service in the areas of advanced materials, manufacturing, and energy. Antigoni Konstantinou, an Institute of Materials Science (IMS) Materials Science Program Ph.D. student, has been named a recipient of this honor.
Ms. Konstantinou has exhibited academic excellence in both research and leadership. She currently serves as president of the 2023-2024 e-board for the John Lof Leadership Academy (JLLA). From this position, she empowers UConn’s graduate student community by nurturing essential leadership skills, especially for women in STEM. She is also a former Secretary of the UConn Chapter of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
Since joining the IMS Materials Science Ph.D. program in Spring 2021, Antigoni has been working with advisor Prof. Yang Cao and his Electrical Insulation Research Center (EIRC) utilizing materials preparation and electrical engineering techniques to develop nanostructured insulation materials to protect high-voltage electric motors from high electric fields. This research bridges Materials Science with Electrical Engineering.
IMS and the EIRC congratulate Antigoni on this well-deserved honor.