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:
- Your undergraduate grade point average (GPA)
- GRE scores
- Your current résumé or curriculum vitae (CV)
- Two (2) letters of recommendation from faculty or M.S. committee members
- Transcripts of all academic work
- 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:
- The student's continued commitment to engineering education
- Satisfactory academic progress
- Research status
- Fulfillment of teaching requirements - the awardee must teach at least one lecture course with full responsibility for the course.
- 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 |
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| 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 | |
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Bryce Cox (2019-21), Oregon State University, coxbry@oregonstate.edu |
Paulo Yu (2019-21), University of Idaho paolovyu@gmail.com |
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| 2019 | |
Joshua Brooks (2019-20), Georgia Institute of Technology |
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 |
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Daniel Moreno (2018-19), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering DMoreno9@gatech.edu |
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| 2017 | |
Megan Tomko (2017-19), Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Mtomko3@gatech.edu |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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)