Campus and College Fellows and Scholars Programs : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst

Leadership Development

Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship

2024: Eleni Christofa, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2024: Michael Zink, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016: Russell Tessier, Electrical and Computer Engineering

HERS Leadership Institute

2024-25: Kelley Ives
2024-25: Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2023-24: Eleni Christofa, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022-23: Caitlyn Butler, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022-23: Shelly Peyton, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2016-17: Erin Baker, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES)

2025-26: Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2024-25: Jessica Schiffman, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2022-23: Caitlyn Butler, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE)

2025-26: Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2021-22: Lixin Gao—Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow— Electrical and Computer Engineering

Teaching

Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

2026-2027: Christian D. Guzman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025-2026: Meghan Huber, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
2024-2025: Anuj Pradhan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2024-2025: Nick Tooker, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022-2023: Beatriz Lorenzo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021-2022: Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2020-2021: Peter Beltramo, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2019-2020: Kara Peterman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2017-2018: Caitlyn Butler, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2008-2009: Sanjay Arwade, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2008-2009: Marinos Vouvakis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2004-2005: Tilman Wolf, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002-2003: Russell Tessier, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2000-2001: Dennis Goeckel, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fullbright Scholars

2025-26: Emily Kumpel
2025-26: Nicholas Tooker
2024-25: Juan Jiménez
2023-24: Tilman Wolf
2020-21 Caitlyn Butler

Collaborative SoTL Scholars

2025-26: Anna Marie LaChance, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

TIDE (Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Equity) Ambassadors Fellowship

2023-2024: Muge Capan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022-2023: Sam Wojda, Biomedical Engineering
2021-2022: Jessica Boakye, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2021-2022: Yanfei Xu, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
2019-2020: Xian Du, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2018-2019: Paula L. Sturdevant Rees, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Riccio College of Engineering
2016-2017: David McLaughlin, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Civic Engagement & Service-Learning (CESL) Faculty Fellows Program

2024-25: Christian D. Guzman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023-24: Anna Marie LaChance, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2021-22: Martin Hunter, Biomedical Engineering
2020-21: Stephen Fernandez, Riccio College of Engineering: Office of Equity and Inclusion Program
2014: Ana Muriel, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2014: Hari Balasubramanian, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

iCons Teaching Fellowship

2022-23: Shira Epstein, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022-23: Nick Tooker, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2020: Wei Fan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dean's KEEN Faculty Fellows in Riccio College of Engineering

2026: Jessica Boakye, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2026: Christian Guzman, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2026: Jim Lagrant, Senior Lecturer and Professor of Practice in Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
2026: Shannon Roberts, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2026: Mary Sheehan, Lecturer, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2026: Sam Wojda, Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering

Research & Creative Activity

Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Award

2026: Qiangfei Xia, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2025: Friederike Jentoft, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2004: H. Henning Winter, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2003: Daniel H. Schaubert, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2002: Michael F. Malone, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (ISI) Faculty Fellows

2025: Kara Peterman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025: Shira Epstein, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Glass Family Faculty Innovation Fellows

2025: Amir Arbabi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2025: Qiangfei Xia, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Equity & Inclusion

STRIDE Faculty Fellowship Program

2024-25: Chaitra Gopalappa, Mechanical and Industrial engineering
2024-25: Anna Marie LaChance, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2023-24: Shelly Peyton, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2021-22: Sergio Brena, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2021-22: Cathal Kearney, Biomedical Engineering

ADVANCE Team Leaders

Caitlyn Butler: ADVANCE Team Leader for Practice

ADVANCE Faculty Fellows

2025-26: Cathal Kearney, Biomedical Engineering
2025-26: Alexandra Zagalskaya, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2025-26: Sean McBeath, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025-26: Yuanrui Sang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2025-26: Muge Capan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2023-24: Stacyann Bailey, Biomedical Engineering
2023-24:Lauren Andrews, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2023-24: Emily Kumpel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023-24: Tingyi “Leo” Liu, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022-23: Chase Cornelison, Biomedical Engineering
2022-23: Song Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022-23: Juan Jiménez, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022-23: Ashish Kulkarni, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

IDS Fellowship Program (now STEMPower Fellowship)

2024-25: Stacyann Bailey, Biomedical Engineering
2024-25: Meghan Huber, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2024-25: Beatriz Lorenzo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023-24: Lauren Andrews, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2023-24: Christian Guzman, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023-24: Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Professional Development

Professional Development Fellowship

2025-26: Dandan Xu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2024-25: Nick Tooker, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Faculty Success Fellows Program (NCFDD FSP)

2026: Sunandita Sarkar, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2026: Isabel Scherl, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Public Engagement, Outreach & Translation

PIT@UMass Faculty Fellowship

2025: Chaitra Gopalappa, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2024: Emily Kumpel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023: Song Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023: Muge Capan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2023: Jessica Boakye, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023: Chaitra Gopalappa, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Public Engagement Project (PEP) Fellowship Program

2026: Taqi Raza, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2026: Jared Starr
2025: Eleni Christofa, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2024: Song Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2024: Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2020: Sanjay Arwade, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2019: Michael A. Knodler, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2018: Matthew Lackner, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2017: Erin Baker, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Family Research Scholars (FRS) Program

2026-07: Hari Balasubramanian, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2026-07: Dmitry Kireev, Biomedical Engineering

Translational Fellows & Manning/IALS Innovation Fellows

2025: Joyita Dutta, Biomedical Engineering
2025: Jessica Schiffman, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2025: Simos Gerasimidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025: Sam Wojda, Biomedical Engineering
2024: Prabhani Atukorale, Biomedical Engineering
2024: Caitlyn Butler, civil and environmental engineering
2024: Jungwoo Lee, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2024: Yubing Sun, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2024: Thai Thayumanavan, Biomedical Engineering
2023: Neil Forbes - Ernest Pharmaceuticals, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2023: Govind Srimathveeravilli, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022: Juan Jimenez/Marieb-IV, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2022: Chul Park/NaturaFloc, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022: Mariana Lopes/Optical Waters, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2021: Chul Park/OPG Wastewater Treatment, Civil & Environmental Engineering
2021: Mariana Lopes/Optical Waters, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2021: Ashish Kulkarni /Volvox Sciences, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2020: Neil Forbes/Ernest Pharmaceuticals, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2020: Amir Arbabi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019: Neil St. John Forbes, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2019: Shelly Peyton, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering