Jason Bender

  • Program Years: 2011-2015
  • Academic Institution: University of Minnesota
  • Field of Study: Hypersonic Aerodynamics
  • Academic Advisor: Graham Candler
  • Practicum(s):
    Argonne National Laboratory (2012)
    Sandia National Laboratories, California (2015)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2016
    M.S., Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2013
    B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2008

Current Status

Awards

-Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, US Department of Energy, 2011
-Hertz Fellowship Finalist, Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, 2011
-Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2010
-Sibley Prize, Cornell University, 2008. For attaining the highest overall cumulative average as an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. Ranked 1st of 106
-Frank O. Ellenwood Prize, Cornell University, 2008
-Summa Cum Laude Honors in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
-College of Engineering John McMullen Dean's Scholarship, Cornell University, 2004