Graduate Teaching Fellowships

The Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program is a collaboration between ASME and mechanical engineering departments to encourage outstanding doctoral candidates in mechanical engineering education (and related engineering fields), particularly women and minorities. These fellowships are made possible with support from the ASME Foundation.

Graduate Teaching Fellowship Application

Fellowship awards in the amount of $5,000 a year are made, for a maximum of two years. Fellows are selected/renewed annually by the ASME Selection Committee.

Application Deadline: February 15

Grant Announcement: May

Grant Awarded: July

Eligibility

To be considered for a fellowship, the following criteria must be satisfied:

• Applicant must be a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, with a demonstrated interest in an academic career. A master’s degree or passage of qualifying exam is required. A lecture-responsibility teaching assistantship commitment from the applicant's department is required.
• In the term of the fellowship, the awardee must teach at least one lecture course with full responsibility for the course. The applicant's department head must certify, prior to the award or renewal/continuation notice, the commitment of a teaching assistantship and outline a description of the lecture assignment anticipated (course or semester [or quarter] need not be specified).
• Applicant will be reviewed in the spring, prior to the second and final year of the Fellowship for satisfactory academic progress and continued commitment to a career in engineering education. (see below)
• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and be a member or student member of ASME.
• Applicant must submit:
  1. Your undergraduate grade point average (GPA)
  2. GRE scores
  3. Your current résumé or curriculum vitae (CV)
  4. Two (2) letters of recommendation from faculty or M.S. committee members
  5. Transcripts of all academic work
  6. A statement about your interest in pursuing an ME or MET faculty career

If you're not yet an ASME member, you may apply for membership while also applying for a loan, scholarship, or fellowship. Jump to the ASME student member application. (ASME student membership fee is $25 a year.)

Renewal — 2nd Year Review Process

For continuation of an existing Fellowship for the second and final year, two reports must be submitted by the Fellowship recipient at mid-year, due by October 31st of the first year.

The reports, one by the student and one by the Department Head, should be submitted by email to ASME Engineering Education at EngineeringEducation@asme.org, in PDF format, from the Fellowship recipient. They should address:

1. The student's continued commitment to engineering education
2. Satisfactory academic progress
3. Research status
4. Fulfillment of teaching requirements - the awardee must teach at least one lecture course with full responsibility for the course. 
5. The report from the Department Head should give feedback on the recipient's progress and express the university's interest in continuing the Fellowship for an additional year.

If you'/re not yet an ASME member, you may apply for membership while also applying for a loan, scholarship, or fellowship. Jump to the ASME student member application. (ASME student membership fee is $25 a year.)
 

Current Graduate Teaching Fellows

2023
Brandi Grauberger (2023-24), Colorado State brandi.graub@gmail.com	Ankit Saxena (2022-24), Pennsylvania State University, axs2436@psu.edu
Derek A. Vasquez (2023-24), Florida State University derekavasquez@gmail.com	Skylar Polek (2023-24), University of Nevada polek@unlv.nevada.edu
Troy Jaisohn Kim (2023-24), Virginia Tech jais0hn@vt.edu
2022
David Leech (2021-23), The University of Alabama, drleech@crimson.ua.edu	Derek Nichols (2022-23), Georgia Institute of Technology, dnichols32@gatech.edu
Christopher Aksland (2022-23), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, aksland2@illinois.edu	Michael Hayes, Michigan State University, hayes33@msu.edu
2021
Siobhan Oca (2020-22), Duke University, skr23@duke.edu	Boni Yraguen (2020-22), Georgia Institute of Technology, byraguen3@gatech.edu
2020
Jesse Butterfield (2018-19, 2020-21), University of Colorado Mechanical Engineering Jesse.Butterfield@colorado.edu	Bryce Cox (2019-21), Oregon State University, coxbry@oregonstate.edu
	Paulo Yu (2019-21), University of Idaho paolovyu@gmail.com
2019
Joshua Brooks (2019-20), Georgia Institute of Technology  joshua.brooks@gatech.edu	Frank Mier (2019-20), New Mexico Institute of Mining & Tech frank.mier@student.nmt.edu
2018
Rachel Vitali (2018-19), University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering vitalir@umich.edu	Zach Berent (2018-19), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mechanical Engineering Berent2@illinois.edu
Daniel Moreno (2018-19), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering DMoreno9@gatech.edu
2017
Megan Tomko (2017-19), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Mtomko3@gatech.edu
2016
Allison Lee (2016-18), Brigham Young University Mechanical Engineering allisonlee8@gmail.com	Not Pictured Allison Mahvi (2016-18), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering, amahvi@gatech.edu
Jessica Menold (2016-18), Pennsylvania State University Mechanical Engineering jessmenold@gmail.com	Trevor Terrill (2016-18), Texas A&M University Mechanical Engineering trevorterrill@gmail.com
2015
Christopher Ortega (2015-17), University of Houston Mechanical Engineering cmortega@uh.edu
2014
Brecca Gaffney (2014-16), University of Denver Mechanical Engineering brecca.gaffney@gmail.com	Janet Y. Tsai (2014-15), University of Colorado at Boulder Mechanical Engineering, janet.tsai@colorado.edu
Isaac Leventon (2014-15), University of Maryland – College Park Fire Protection Engineering, isaac.leventon@gmail.com	Lily Li (2014-16), University of California, Santa Barbara Mechanical Engineering, lilyjuanlily@gmail.com
2013
Jamie Trahan (2013-14), University of South Florida Mechanical Engineering JLTrahan80@gmail.com	Thomas Stone (2013-14), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering, TStone7@gatech.edu
Matthew Eicholtz (2013-14), Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering MatthewEicholtz@gmail.com	Nicholas Morris (2012-14), West Virginia University Mechanical Engineering NMorris6@mix.wvu.edu
Joseph Schaefer (2012-14), Northwestern University Mechanical Engineering JosephSchaefer2011@u.northwestern.edu
2012
Brian Fronk (2011-13), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Brian.Fronk@gatech.edu	Bryony DuPont (2012-13), Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering, Bryony@cmu.edu
2011
Neera Jain (2011-12), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mechanical Engineering, njain2@illinois.edu	Not Pictured Ashley Bernal (2011-12), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering, bemala@gatech.edu

Past ASME Graduate Teaching Fellows

2010

Jennifer Mott Peuker (2010-11, University of Illinois)

Benjamin W. Caldwell (2010-12, Clemson University)

2009

Kira Barton (2009-11, University of Illinois)

Beshoy Morkos (2009-11, Clemson University)

2008

Robert Lowe (2008-10, Ohio State University)

Douglas Cook (2008-09, Purdue University)

2007

Amber Bonivtch (2007-09, Virginia Tech)

Gavin Garner (2007-09, University of Virginia)

2006

Enrico Manes (2006-08, Purdue University)

Joshua Vaughan (2006-08, Georgia Institute of Technology)

2005

Anne-Marie Lerner (2005-07, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Douglass Bristow (2005-07, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

2004

Bryan P. Rasmussen (2004-06, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Bethany Woody (2004-05, University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Nathan D. Masters (2004-05, Georgia Institute of Technology)

2003

Susan Stewart (2003-04, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Mary V. Holloway (2003-05, Clemson University)

2002

Shannon Stott (2002-03, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Phillip A. Vogelwede (2002-04, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Scott Thomson (2002-04, Purdue University)

2001

Silvia Ferrari (2001-02, Duke University)

David Angstadt (2001-03, Lehigh University)

2000

Heather (Langford) McClusky (2000-02, Clemson University)

Wayne Johnson (2000-01, Armstrong Atlantic State University)

Patricia Stevens (2000-01, Boeing Rotorcraft)

1999

Stephanie Kladakis (1999-2001, Mitek Worldwide/Georgia Institute of Technology)

Clayton Cooper (1999-2000, Advanced Combustion Engineering)

1998

Laura Atkinson Schaefer (1998-2000, University of Pittsburgh)

Bonnie D. Marini (1998-2000, Siemens)

1997

Eric Wayne Mulkay (1997-99, Exxon Production Research)

Kara McCole Slade (1997-99, Duke University)

1996

Stacey Angela Dixon (1996-99, University of Minnesota)

Robert P. Brady (1996-97, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

1995

Ruth Okamoto (1995-96, Washington University)

Tricia Ann Waniewski-Sur (1995-98, Science Applications International Corp./California Institute of Technology)

Christopher C. Pascual (1995-98, California Polytechnic State University)

1994

Johné M. Parker (1994-95, University of Kentucky)

Corrine S. (Connon) Lengsfeld (94-97, University of Denver)

Jennifer E. Holte (1994-97, University of Minnesota)

1993

William C. Oakes (1993-95, Purdue University)

Lisa R. Taylor (1993-94)

1992

Margueritte Patricia Brackin (1992-95, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

Gayle Ellen Ermer (1992-94, Calvin College)