15 MIT students named Siebel Scholars

Fifteen students from MIT’s Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering and the Sloan School of Management have been named among the 85 new Siebel Scholars for 2012.

The Siebel Scholars program was founded in 2000 to recognize the most talented students at the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering and to form an active, lifelong community among an ever-growing group of leaders. Based on academic excellence and leadership, graduate students are honored as Class of 2012 Siebel Scholars and receive a $35,000 award for the final year of their master’s degree program.

This year’s honorees from MIT are:

• Elie Adam, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Paul Artiuch MIT Sloan School of Management
• Kathryn Bach, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Robbie Barbero, Department of Biological Engineering
• Scott Carlson, Department of Biological Engineering
• Angela Chang, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• George Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Daniel Coleman, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Ed Hallen, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Ankit Jain, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Nirmesh Malviya, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Yuri Matsumoto, Department of Biological Engineering
• Melody Morris, Department of Biological Engineering
• Ranjani Paradise, Department of Biological Engineering
• Fan Zhang, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The Siebel Scholars Foundation is funded by the Siebel Foundation. Established as a private foundation in 1996, the Siebel Foundation is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation. Its mission is to support projects and organizations that work to improve the quality of life, environment, and education of its community members.