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The Mazilu Engineering Research Fellowship

This Fellowship was created by Jaime K. Mazilu Brown '05 Th'06 via Saguaro Technology, Inc., a company founded and run by her mother, Doina Mazilu. The goal of the fellowship is to encourage students to pursue graduate studies and academic engineering careers in the United States.

Eligibility

To be eligible, students must be an engineering sciences major in the AB and/or BE program or be a Partner School Dual-Degree program student at Dartmouth/Thayer and be a US citizen or permanent resident. Students must also have an advisor at Thayer.

Application

An award of up to $5,000 will support a student research project during one academic year. The selection committee will seek to award the fellowship to four students in 2025–2026. The Fellowship cannot be used for tuition.

Deadline

Friday, September 26, 2025

Submission Form

Submit Application

Project Reporting

Students will submit a final report to the Thayer faculty mentor and to the Mazilu family at the conclusion of the research experience. This report will be written in the established Thayer thesis format; there is no page limit for this report. A final culminating presentation is also required, whereby the student will present his/her research to the selection committee, highlighting the goals of the research, significant results, and implications for future research. The Mazilu family will make every possible effort to attend this presentation.

Fellowship Recipients

Hannah Ren
2023–2024
Advisor: John Zhang

Cameron Wolfe
2022–2023
Advisor: Laura Ray

Emily Martinez
2021–2022
Advisor: Colin Meyer

Jason Liu
2020–2021
Advisor: Fiona Li

Camilo Toruno
2019–2020
Advisor: Rahul Sarpeshkar

Lisa Je
2018–2019
Advisor: Jifeng Liu

Catherine Carey
2017–2018
Advisor: Amro Farid

Jack Kirsch
2016–2017
Advisor: Karl Griswold

Beichen Dai
2015–2016
Advisor: Ryan Halter

Albert Kim
2014–2015
Advisor: Ulrike Wegst

Alfredo Velasco
2013–2014
Advisor: Jason Stauth

Adwiteeya Misra
2012–2013
Advisor: Solomon Diamond

Andrew C. Ceballos
2011–2012
Advisor: Eric Fossum

Sam A. Tanyos
2010–2011
Advisor: Karl Griswold

Ellen Ludlow
2009–2010
Advisor: Mark Borsuk

Dermott J. McHugh
2008–2009
Advisor: Mark Borsuk