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Fitts Scholars and Fellows

Meet the Fitts scholars and fellows whose scholarships and fellowships support academic excellence, graduate research and student success in ISE.

Last Updated: 06/11/2026 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date

The Edward P. Fitts Endowed Scholarship in Industrial Engineering supports ISE students who demonstrate strong academic achievement. Edward P. Fitts established the scholarship on June 23, 1999, to help talented students pursue their educational goals.

A decade later, the Fitts Fellowship Program was established to support outstanding ISE graduate students. As a result, the Fitts legacy continues to benefit both undergraduate and graduate students through scholarships and fellowships.

“Deb and I are so pleased and honored to have supported such an outstanding group of scholars. They are all excellent ambassadors for NC State.”

A headshot of Edward P. Fitts standing in front of a black background.

Ed Fitts

B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1961

2019 Fitts Ice Cream Social

Fitts Scholarship Recipients

2000-2001Curtis Armatige, Julie Cunningham and Amy Farrar
2001-2002Curtis Armatige, Julie Cunningham, Amy Farrar, Jerome Mohr and David Wiest
2002-2003Curtis Armatige, Jerome Mohr and David Wiest
2003-2004Jerome Mohr and David Wiest
2004-2005Lamar Cantelou and James Culbreth
2005-2006Jon Branham, Lamar Cantelou, James Culbreth, Holly Weyrich and David White
2006-2007Zach Adams, Shawn Richardson and Sarah Telford
2007-2008Zach Adams and Jim Tsai
2008-2009William Heath, Adam Herrman, Wallace Poole and Jonathan Woodall
2009-2010William Heath, Adam Herrman and Jonathan Woodall
2010-2011Jeff Huber, William McCall, Pritesh Patel and Brittany Robinson
2011-2012William McCall, Brittany Robinson and Dean Pixton
2012-2013William Caffrey, Elle Howe, Jerel Jordan, Kevin McCann, Dean Pixton and Matt Robertson
2013-2014William Caffrey, Elle Howe, Jerel Jordan, Kevin McCann and Hannah Wetmore
2014-2015William Caffrey, Elle Howe, Jerel Jordan, Nicholas Lepore, Kayla Summer and Hannah Wetmore
2015-2016Patrick Brown, Elle Howe, Eric Nagy, Kayla Summer and Hannah Wetmore
2016-2017Maxwell Davis, Sedona Hilt, Kurtis Konrad, Ally Schueneman and Mikayla Slomski
2017-2018Sedona Hilt, Kurtis Konrad, Ally Schueneman, Mikayla Slomski and Alec Thomas
2018-2019Aiden Berry, Matthew Halsted, Rollin Jenkins, Kurtis Konrad, Lingchao Mao and Mikayla Slomski
2019-2020Aiden Berry, Catherine Chirichillo, Thu Le, Lingchao Mao and John Schell
2020-2021Catherine Chirichillo, Rachel Harris, Meriem Laroussi, Matthew McMillan and Ryan Winz
2021-2022Catherine Chirichillo, Miriam Colglazier, Chase Delcharco, Brenna Kenney, Meriem Laroussi, Elijah Presnell and Lydia Underwood
2022-2023Noah Bowman, Addison Davis, Mackenzie Marino, Catherine Reckard, Jenna Stamatov and Sarah Tabor
2023-2024Niomi Garcia, Anna Hallmark, Brandon Hernandez-Enriquez, Magdalen Lavelle, Daniel Peeler, Elizabeth Teeters, Elias Ward
2024-2025Brandon Hernandez-Enriquez, Danielle Lewis, Daniel Peeler, Cameron Sivilla, Lydia Stucker, Elias Ward and Audrey Westlund
2025-2026Ali Abdulzahra, Brandon Hernandez-Enriquez, Fallon Kichman-Heath, Yao Li and Naim Oudeh

Fitts Fellowship Recipients

Spring 2009Bjorn Berg, Jill Howard Iser, Lindsay Moomaw, Jessica Springer and Ye Tian
2009-2010Bjorn Berg, Nils Buch, Zhibin Deng, Timothy Horn, Qingwei Jin, Lindsay Moomaw, Martin Samayoa, Raymond Smith, Jessica Springer, Ye Tian and Yingying Wang
2010-2011Zhibin Deng, Martin Samayoa, Raymond Smith and Yingying Wang
2011-2012Caglar Caglayan, Pegah Pooya, Ziteng Wang and Shuohao Wu
2012-2013Caglar Caglayan, Shashank Goyal, Tiantian Nie, Pegah Pooya, Ziteng Wang and Shuohao Wu
2013-2014Shashank Goyal, Shadi Hassani Goodarzi, Sha Luo, Tiantian Nie, Caroline Webster and Maryam Zahabi
2014-2015Qi An, Kimberly Harms, Shadi Hassani Goodarzi, Sha Luo, Caroline Webster and Maryam Zahabi
2015-2016Lena Abu-El-Haija, Qi An, Ankit Bansal, Sareh Meshkinfam, Iman Vasheghani Farahani and Ling Zhang
2016-2017Shan Jiang, Yayun Jin, Carter Keough, Sareh Meshkinfam, Saeed Saffari and Ellen Wittenberg
2017-2018Katie Basinger, Saeed Chavoshi, Mahmud Hasan, Jiali Huang, Breanna Swan and Abdolhossein Tohidi
2018-2019Jiali Huang, Kejun Li, Ruoting Li, Amirreza Sahebi Fakhrabad, Manish Tripathy and Kimia Vahdat
2019-2020Parth Chansoria, Danika Dorris, Cheoljoon Jeong, Ruoting Li, Xin Li and Fengming Lin
2020-2021Kurtis Konrad, Fengming Lin, Seyedeh Mohadese Arabi and Karl Schuchard
2021-2022Seyedeh Arabi, Paul Cirino, Danika Dorris, Tanzid Hasnain, Sebastian Rodriguez and Kimia Vahdat
2022-2023Seyedeh Arabi, Yamil Essus, Jaehyuk Kim, Sebastian Rodriguez, Ashley Seamon and Jack Wilson
2023-2024Yongseok Jeon, Mahmud Khan, Jaehyuk Kim, LaStella Miles, Ashley Seamon, Rashik Siddiquee and Xinyu Xu
2024-2025Bumjoon Cho, Mahmud Khan, LaStella Miles, Madison Roy and Yumeng Zhang
2025-2026Bumjoon Cho, Mahmud Khan, Ren-Hao Lu, LaStella Miles Sinclair, Madison Roy, Bo Shao, Dilara Soydan, Ashley Stanfield and Yumeng Zhang

The Impact for Fitts Scholars and Fellows

The Fitts Scholarships and Fellowships have made a lasting impact on the NC State Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Through generous support from Ed and Deb Fitts, these awards help attract and retain talented undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential.

Fitts scholars and fellows benefit from financial support that allows them to focus on academics, research and professional development. As a result, students can pursue opportunities that strengthen their educational experience and prepare them for successful careers.

In addition, the program helps build a strong sense of community within the department. Events and networking opportunities connect Fitts scholars and fellows with faculty, peers and donors who share a commitment to excellence. These experiences create valuable relationships that often extend beyond graduation.

Furthermore, Fitts scholars and fellows contribute to the department’s reputation for academic achievement, innovation and research excellence. Their success reflects the lasting value of scholarship and fellowship support while helping ISE continue to attract outstanding students from across North Carolina and beyond.