Endowed Undergraduate Scholarships

ECE Alumni Scholarship

Established 1988

Description:

The ECE Alumni Scholarship is given annually to a student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for one year only. The recipient is not eligible to compete in subsequent years. The recipient will be selected in the spring semester and the scholarship presentation made at the annual spring Student/Faculty Awards Banquet.

Requirements:

  1. You must be a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, enrolled in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  2. The recipient must show proof of financial need.
  3. The recipient must have a good academic record.

Selection Process :

The Department will obtain a list of students qualified for financial aid from the Office of Student Financial Aids. The Scholarship and Awards Committee will select four sophomores and four juniors to be nominated for the scholarship. The eight students will be asked to submit a typewritten statement not to exceed two pages, double-spaced. The statement should tell "what the applicant hopes to accomplish with his/her engineering education." The applications are forwarded to the ECE Alumni Board President. Final selection of the recipient is made by a committee consisting of the ECE Alumni President, the ECE Alumni Scholarship Committee and two Board Members appointed by the President.

Award:

The ECE Alumni Scholarship includes a $2,000 scholarship and upon graduation, a Life Membership in the University of Illinois Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Association.

PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARD:
Year Recipients
2005-2006 Paul Tchertchian
2004-2005 Hyun Jeong
2003-2004 Phillip Atkins
2002-2003 James Simon
2001-2002 Peter Albrecht
2000-2001 Shi Chao Zhang
1999-2000 Eric Macauley
1998-1999 Catherine Hardwicke
1997-1998 Taly Gilat
1996-1997 Kevin Jarboe
1995-1996 Scott R. Lenser
1994-1995 Heather H. Kang
1993-1994 Mark A. Luttrell
1992-1993 Timothy Roethemeyer
1991-1992 Sanjay Agrawal
1990-1991 Mark R. Fister
1989-1990 Thomas G. Ault

Kara MacGregor

For More Information Contact:

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