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Graduate Student Catherine Wolfe CE'17 ME'19 Receives Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Fellowship

POSTED ON: October 4, 2018

Catherine Wolfe (CE'17, ME'19) received the first annual Technical Literacy Fellowship, an award given to students who attend an U.S. university or college who are either entering or currently enrolled in a master's or Ph.D. program, hosted by Thornton Tomasetti Foundation. She was given $5000 to pursue research in building engineering design or technology. Catherine aims to clarify to non-engineering audiences key concepts in designing resilient infrastructure.

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