This amazing Air Force cadet is now a Rhodes Scholar

Associated Press
Mar 31, 2018
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A U.S. Air Force Academy student from Tennessee has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Trust…

A U.S. Air Force Academy student from Tennessee has been named a Rhodes Scholar.


The Rhodes Trust said Nov. 18 that Jaspreet "Jesse" Singh, of Oak Ridge, is one of 32 students from the United States who will receive full financial support to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Each year 32 young students from the United States are selected as Rhodes Scholars.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan)

According to the trust, Singh is a senior at the Air Force Academy, where he is pursuing a bachelors' degree in mechanical engineering. Singh's research addresses questions of policy, ethics, and the management of military assets and nuclear weapons.

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Singh has interned at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and conducts research at the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension. He also has completed several ultra-marathons.

At OxfordSingh will read for master's degree in engineering science.

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