Support for Under-Represented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship

Provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the College of Engineering, the Support for Under-Represented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship Program is aimed at increasing the number of persons qualified for engineering faculty and research positions from groups currently underrepresented in engineering.

A SURGE Fellow draws support from the College of Engineering, through its fellowship funds, and the home department through its assistantship funds, to provide him/her a certain level of financial support for five years. In the first year the obligation is for the college to provide a tuition and fee wavier and a fellowship stipend, currently $22,000, paid over 11 months. In the succeeding four years, the department provides the Fellow with the tuition and fee waiver, plus half-time assistantship funds for 11 months, and the college provides a supplementary $4,000 fellowship each year. Support will continue for a maximum of five years if satisfactory progress is maintained toward the doctoral degree.

Applicants must be United States citizens or have permanent resident status. Applicants must be entering a graduate engineering program with an interest in pursuing the doctoral degree on a full-time basis at Illinois. To increase the diversity of the engineering student body, preference will be given to members of one of the following groups underrepresented in engineering: women, persons with disabilities, African Americans, Latino/as, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, or Native Pacific Islanders.

Recipients

2022

Ibtihal Ferwana
Chloe Makdad
Cody Rivera
Eleanor Wedell

2021

Rafael Fauza
Margaret Lawson
Brando Miranda
Malachi Phillips

2020

Rafael Fauza
Margaret Lawson
Brando Miranda
Malachi Phillips

2019

Rafael Fauza
Samuel Grayson
Margaret Lawson
Brando Miranda
Malachi Phillips

2018 Margaret Lawson
Brando Miranda
Malachi Phillips
2017 Daniel McKee
Meghan Shanks
2015 Giordano Salvador
2014 Alex Morales
James Stevens
2013 Jessica Mullins
Imani Palmer
2012 Simon Garcia De Gonzalo
2011 Robert Deloatch
2009 Steven Dalton
Alexander Mont
2008 Lynda Yang