Donald F. Adams Distinguished Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Mechanical Engineering

Fellowship experience opportunities

The goal of this fellowship is to enable high-achieving undergraduate students in Mechanical
Engineering to participate in a significant undergraduate research experience under the
mentorship of one of our mechanical engineering faculty and allow students to present and
promote their research.

Summer fellowship awards

  • Up to $8,000 (400 hours at $20/hr for 10 weeks) in the summer semester
  • Up to $1,000 for research supplies and materials or travel to present research
  • Develop a research highlights video describing your experience

ELIGIBILITY

This fellowship is open to mechanical engineering undergraduate students working for faculty advisors in Mechanical Engineering. Preference will be given to students having completed their junior year but it is open to all mechanical engineering undergraduates.

Application Instructions

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2026 Fellowship Recipients

KEAGAN FIELD

Project: 

Thermal Transfer Behavior of Novel Additively Manufactured Foams

Advisor:

Dr. Daniel Rau

 

KEATON PHIPPS

Project:

Integrated Conversion of Sugar Beet Processing Residues into Biogas and Biochar for Sustainable Energy Production

Advisors:

Dr. Erica Belmont & Sandra Atisey

MARGARET HOLLINGSHEAD

Project:

Investigating Aerodynamic Behavior Related to Stall and Vortex Induced Vibration

Advisor:

Dr. Jonathan Naughton

 

CASSIDY POWERS

Project:

Design and 3D Printing of Programmable Stiffness Metamaterials for Failure Resistant Aerospace Structures

Advisor:

Dr. Ankit Saxena

RILEY NIELSON

Project:

Infared Vat Photopolymerization for Tunable Multimaterial

Advisor:

Dr. Daniel Rau

 

TYLER WALLENDORFF

Project:

Impact of Different Fillers on the Ink Viscosity and Front Behavior in Frontal Polymerization-based 3D printing: Mature Lunar Regolith Loaded Ink for Lunar Infrastructure Building

Advisor:

Dr. Xiang Zhang

 

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Donald F. Adams

The Donald F. Adams Distinguished Undergraduate Research Fellowship is made possible by the
generosity of the late Dr. Don Adams, a former professor in the Mechanical Engineering
Department for 27 years where he formed and served as Director of the Composites Materials
Research Group.

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