Karolyn Babalola

Karolyn Babalola is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  She received her B.S. in computer engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County where she was a Meyerhoff scholar.  She is currently doing research in electrophysiology in the Laboratory for Neuroengineering under the advisement of Dr. Robert Butera.  Karolyn is a Georgia Tech Presidents Fellow, a Texas Instruments Focus Fellow, an IBM Focus Fellow and a FACES Fellow.  Karolyn is motivated by her desire to increase diversity in research, particularly by increasing the number of African Americans pursuing Ph.D.’s in science and engineering.  She tutors undergraduate minorities in engineering and works to motivate high school students to study engineering in college.  Karolyn currently mentors three undergraduate women in the Intel Opportunity Scholars program and will serve as the president of the Black Graduate Student Association for the 2005-2006 school year.

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Program contacts 

Student applications are now being accepted. Please apply via the website below:
http://users.ece.gatech.edu:80/~gmay/applfaces.html

 FACES Scholars  Dr. Reginald DesRoches reginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu

Career Initiation Grant Dr. Reginald DesRoches reginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu

Faces Fellowships  Dr. Jeffrey Streator jeffrey.streator@me.gatech.edu

SURE  Dr. Gary May gary.may @ece.gatech.edu

Portable Post-Doc Dr. Reginald DesRoches reginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu