Fellowships

Harriett & Robert Perry Fellowship Award

In Electrical Engineering - Established 1996

Description:

In 1996 the Harriett & Robert Perry Fellowship was created by a gift from Robert Perry, an alumnus of our department. Mr. Perry and his late wife wished to establish a fund that would help to ease the financial burden for students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering seeking an advanced degree. Each award will be in the amount of $5,000.

Criteria:

The awardees are selected using the following criteria:
  • The recipient must be a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • The recipient must have demonstrated promise in his/her graduate program.
  • The recipient must demonstrate financial need as a result of the need to support a family, lack of funding, etc.

Applications:

  • Completed application form.
  • Student vita or dossier specifying previous education, work experience, research experience, publications, presentations and relevant service.
  • Letter of recommendation from advisor.

Selection Process:

Applications for the fellowship may be submitted online beginning in January of each year. The Department's Fellowship Committee reviews the nomination and makes the selection.

Past Recipients of the Award:

School Year Recipient
2007-2008 Hyung-Seok Hahm
Stephen Lindemann
2006-2007 Uttam Reddy
2005-2006 Robert Balog
2004-2005 Ananya Sen Gupta
2003-2004 Yunhui Chu
2002-2003 Mohamed Omar
2001-2002 Sujay Sanghavi
2000-2001 Kiwook Kim
1999-2000 Jonathan Ashbrook
1998-1999 Guobin Liu
1997-1998 Daniel Logue

Kara MacGregor

For More Information Contact:

Kara MacGregor
kmacgreg@uiuc.edu
153 Everitt Laboratory, MC-702
(217) 333-9706