<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/tarek-ibrahim.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/11/2025</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Ph.D. Candidate Named Finalist for Prestigious Award in Applied Polymer Science</title><description>Groundbreaking research by University of New Haven doctoral candidate Tarek Ibrahim ‘23 M.S., ‘26 Ph.D. earned him national recognition among finalists from Stanford, Cornell, Northwestern, and the University of Michigan.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>November 11, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2025/tarek-ibrahim-nasa.jpg" alt="Tarek Ibrahim ‘23 M.S., ‘26 Ph.D."/></image><image-caption>A recipient of the prestigious NASA Space Grant Graduate Student Fellowship, Tarek represented the University at the annual NASA Connecticut EXPO.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>dept-chemistry-chemical-engineering</tag><tag>name-hao-sun</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-engineering-applied-science-phd</tag><tag>research</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>