Reagan Stewart, incoming M.Eng. student in biomedical engineering, has been announced as the first student to receive Cornell Engineering’s inaugural M.Eng. Dean’s Fellowship – a merit-based, full-tuition award granted to students with potential for significant contributions to engineering.
“Reagan is a perfect example of the brilliant and ambitious students we will be supporting with the new M.Eng. Dean’s Fellowship,” said Yong Joo, senior associate dean for the M.Eng. Programs at Cornell Engineering. “Our M.Eng. programs offer many career pathways for students and it’s clear Reagan will excel at whatever she is inspired to do next.”
Cornell Engineering offers M.Eng. degrees in 15 fields. Through flexible curriculum design, practical interdisciplinary study, and advanced hands-on learning, these one-year programs can be tailored to suit an individual’s specific interests and professional goals. As a biomedical engineer, Stewart said her goal is to one day create medical devices to support those with physical or social disabilities, enabling them to live their lives without limitations.
Stewart earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering with a concentration in bioinstrumentation from the University of North Texas (UNT), where she graduated in 2021 after making the president’s list every semester. She was a research assistant in the university’s Micro and Nanoengineering in Medicine Laboratory, where she assisted in the preparation and assembly of lung chip devices. She also interned in the Human Movement Performance Lab at the UNT Health Science Center, where she created a statistical parametric mapping learning module for future students.
Stewart was a member of the UNT Department of Biomedical Engineering Student Advisory Board, the founding president of the UNT chapter of the biomedical engineering honors society Alpha Eta Mu Beta, and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
"It is difficult to describe how happy and honored I am to receive such a prestigious award,” Stewart said. “I am thrilled to begin my next chapter at Cornell University, continue my education in the field of biomedical engineering, and call Ithaca home this upcoming year.”
Nomination and selection for the M.Eng. Dean’s Fellowship is highly competitive. All M.Eng. applicants are automatically considered for the fellowship as part of the standard application and nomination process. Each awardee is offered two semesters of fully-paid tuition and the number of M.Eng. Dean’s Fellows chosen will depend on the amount of funding available in a given year.
For more information about M.Eng. financial aid, visit the Cornell Engineering admissions website.
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