Electrical Engineering undergraduate students Santiago Navonne and Suzannah Osekowsky have received Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB) fellowships in technology. The fellows program pairs top engineering students from across the country with startups in Silicon Valley. Santiago will be working with Airware and Suzannah will be working with Opower. [KPCB list of fellows]
KPCB received 2500 applications from students attending university in the USA. The students submitted background information on their experiences in software development/computer science and were given a challenge question that assessed their technical ability. From there successful candidates moved onto a semi-final round where they were interviewed by an engineer from one of the KPCB portfolio companies. Successful semifinalists moved onto a final round involving a mutual selection and interview process at which time the winners received offers directly from the companies.