Project SEED

A Summer Research Internship Program for Economically Disadvantaged High School Students
 
 
 

ACS Project SEED Fellows & College Enrollment


Since 2010, the Project SEED Program has hosted 19 high-school students, many of whom have performed research for two consecutive summers (the maximum allowed by the program). As shown in the list of fellows below, at least 14 of these SEED students are pursuing (or are planning to pursuit) a college degree in STEM as of 2014; a ~75% retention rate.

2010 Fellows
  • Eiyad Abid; college pursuit unknown* (mentor: Dr. Tochtrop)
  • Matthew Beard; college pursuit unknown* (mentor: Dr. Crespo)
  • Jasmine Brackins; college pursuit unknown* (mentor: Dr. Burgess)
  • Lois Robinson; college pursuit unknown* (mentor: Dr. Viswanathan)

2011 Fellows
  • Miranda Bonds; college pursuit unknown* (mentor: Dr. Schiraldi)
  • Jonathan Rodríguez; at The Ohio State University since 2012 (mentor: Dr. Zhu)
  • Briana Sealey; at CWRU since 2013 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)

2012 Fellows
  • Julie De La Peña; will enter college on 2015 (mentor: Dr. Samia)
  • Omar Mahmound; at Dartmouth College since 2014 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)
  • Jonathan Rodríguez; at The Ohio State University since 2012 (mentor: Dr. Zhu)
  • Briana Sealey; at CWRU since 2013 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)

2013 Fellows
  • Ayah Abed; accepted at Cleveland State University since 2015 (mentor: Dr. Yang)
  • Q’Nyjah Britton; will apply to college in 2015 (mentor: Dr. Vishwanathan)
  • Julie De La Peña; will enter college in 2015 (mentor: Dr. Zhu)
  • Vy Lam; accepted at Cleveland State University since 2015 (mentor: Dr. Samia)
  • Raymond Santiago; will apply to college in 2015 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)

2014 Fellows
  • Ayah Abed; accepted at Cleveland State University since 2015  (mentor: Dr. Yang)
  • Daphne Bonner; will apply to college in 2017 (mentor: Dr. Pentzer)
  • Q’Nyjah Britton ; will apply to college in 2015 (mentor: Dr. Vishwanathan)
  • Anson Hiew; will apply to college in 2017 (mentor: Dr. Zhu)
  • Vy Lam; accepted at Cleveland State University since 2015  (mentor: Dr. Samia)
  • Jessica Pham; will apply to college in 2017 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)
  • Raymond Santiago; will apply to college in 2015 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)
  • Erica Truong; will apply to college in 2017 (mentor: Dr. Crespo)
  • Tiarra Yaber; will apply to college in 2017 (mentor: Dr. Tolbert)

* The career path of these students is currently unknown because they did not reply to our request for information.