Fellowships
Rambus Computer Engineering Fellowship
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Established 1999
Description:
Dr. Michael Farmwald, an alumnus of our department, donated stock from Rambus, Inc. to the University of Illinois to be used to provide funds for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Rambus Computer Engineering Fellowship has been established to recognize a graduate student in the Computer Engineering Area for outstanding research. This fellowship is a $5,000 fellowship for one year.
Criteria:
- The student must be a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign enrolled in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- The student must have demonstrated outstanding research performance in the area of Computer Engineering.
Application:
Applications for the fellowship may be submitted online. The application period will be advertised on My.ECE during the Spring semester.
Selection Process:
The Department's Fellowship Committee reviews the nomination and makes the selection.
Past Recipients of the Award:
| School Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | Alex Papakonstantinou |
| 2010-2011 | Prateek Mittal |
| 2009-2010 | Tan Yan |
| 2008-2009 | Xiaolan Zhang |
| 2007-2008 | Not given |
| 2006-2007 | Samuel Stone |
| 2005-2006 | Brian Fahs |
| 2004-2005 | Anshul Sehgal |
| 2003-2004 | Ronald Barnes |
| 2002-2003 | Ashish Jagmohan |
| 2001-2002 | Ryan Lefever |
| 2000-2001 | David Daly |
| 1999-2000 | Rakesh Dugad |