🎉 Congratulations to Will Schmid, our new Chevron Fellow! 🎉

We are incredibly proud to announce that our senior PhD student, Will Schmid, has been awarded the prestigious 2025-26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship!

⚡ About the Fellowship: This competitive award stems from a partnership between the Rice Sustainability Institute and Chevron, designed to nurture future leaders in the energy sector. The program supports graduate students whose research will help drive the transition to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy.

Will is one of only nine students selected from across the School of Engineering and Computing, a testament to his outstanding dedication and innovative research.

The entire lab is thrilled to see your hard work recognized. Congrats, Will! 👏

The official link from Rice University:
https://engineering.rice.edu/inside-rice-engineering?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=384947006&utm_content=384947006&utm_source=hs_email