Six undergraduate students from Lehigh University, including five from the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, have been selected for the prestigious DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) program in Germany for summer 2025. This internationally competitive scholarship provides students the opportunity to spend three months conducting research in their respective fields under the guidance of a professor or graduate student at a German university.
Rossin College DAAD Scholarship Recipients
- Collett Akins '27 (Materials Science) – Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
- Sabine Dalais '27 (Chemical Engineering) – RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
- Ivan Gatski '27 (Mechanical Engineering) – Technische Universität Chemnitz
- Madeline Jones '27 (Materials Science) – Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Ben Radoslovich '27 (Engineering) – Technische Universität Chemnitz
Emily Farley '27, a behavioral neuroscience major in Lehigh’s College of Arts and Sciences, also received a DAAD scholarship for biology research at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Jones and Farley received full funding for their research internships, while Akins, Dalais, Gatski, and Radoslovich will be supported through a combination of DAAD funding and a new partnership with the Iacocca Institute’s Iacocca International Internship Program.
The application process was guided by Jennifer Marangos, Lehigh’s STEM-focused advising staff member, who played a key role in supporting these candidates.
The DAAD RISE program provides undergraduates in STEM fields with hands-on research experience, cultural immersion, and professional development opportunities, strengthening global academic connections and advancing students' research skills in an international setting.