2026 Student Scholarships

A key objective of the Society is to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of precision engineering, to promote its dissemination through education and training and to promote its use by science and industry. To this end, ASPE established a Student Scholarship Fund in the 1990s to give an opportunity for future precision engineers, students, to attend the ASPE Annual Meeting by defraying some of the costs associated with conference attendance. ASPE awards numerous scholarships designed to encourage future precision engineers.

Application Deadline

Friday, July 31, 2026

Eligibility

• The candidate must be pursuing a master’s or doctoral thesis at an accredited university and must be a full-time student.
• The student’s work should be of sufficient quality to merit selection as an oral or poster presentation.
• The recipient must attend the conference to receive the monetary benefits of the scholarship.

Please note that past recipients of the scholarship are ineligible to apply.

Scholarship Application

Please submit out a completed 2026 ASPE Student Scholarship Application form along with the required supporting documents as outlined in the form. For questions, please contact scholarships@aspe.net

Scholarships Offered:

R. V. Jones Scholarship

The R. V. Jones Scholarship is valued at $2,000. and supports the student winner in the form of waived conference and tutorial fees and a stipend to cover the travel costs to the ASPE Annual Meeting. The R.V. Jones Scholarship is made possible through the generous support of many ASPE Corporate and Individual Members who have donated to the ASPE Scholarship Fund.

Biography

Recent Recipients: Mallory Whalen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Mark L. Schattenburg, Advisor) | Barbara Groh, The University of Texas – (Dr. Michael Cullinan, Advisor)

Graham J. Siddall Student Scholarship

The Graham J. Siddall Student Scholarship recognizes a student scholar in the field of precision engineering. This prestigious award is valued at $2,500 and supports the student winner in the form of waived conference and tutorial fees and a stipend to cover the travel costs to the ASPE Annual Meeting.

Biography

Recent Recipients: Kevin Laverty, University of Arizona, (Dr. Brandon Chalifoux, Advisor) | Malachi Landis, Northwestern University (Dr. Ping Guo, Advisor) | Parth Pandya, The University of Texas at Austin (Dr. S. V. Sreenivasan, Advisor) | Yaoke Wang, Northwestern University (Dr. Ping Guo, Advisor) | Ian L. Heyman, University of Texas at Austin (L. Zhou, Advisor) | Alper Dumanli, Oregon State University (Burak Sencer, Advisor) | David Cayll, The University of Texas at Austin (Michael A. Cullinan, Advisor) | Martin J. Ward, The University of Texas at Austin (Michael A. Cullinan, Advisor)

Jan van Eijk Student Scholarship

The Jan van Eijk Student Scholarship is valued at $2,500 and is endowed for 5 years. The scholarship supports the student winner in the form of waived conference and tutorial fees and a stipend to cover the travel costs to the ASPE Annual Meeting.

Biography

Recent Recipients: Eun Kyu Kim, Yonsei University (Prof. Jun Young Yoon, Advisor) | Lei Cao, Tsinghua University (Advisor: Sen Lu) | Jingjie Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Advisor: Lei Zhou)

Thomas A. Dow Student Scholarship

The Thomas A. Dow Student Scholarship recognizes a student scholar in the field of precision engineering. Valued at $2,000, this scholarship supports the student winner in the form of waived conference and tutorial fees and a stipend to cover the travel costs to the ASPE Annual Meeting. The Thomas A. Dow Student Scholarship is made possible by a five-year endowment with contributions from individual donors who are colleagues and former students of the NCSU Precision Engineering Center.

Biography

Recent Recipients: Daniel Pechgraber, Technical University Wien (Advisor: Prof. Ernst Csencsics) | Kaan Bahtiyar, Oregon State University (Advisor: Burak Sencer) | Jixuan (Sean) Feng, The University of Texas at Austin (Advisor: Lei Zhou, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Jerry Paros Scholarship

The Jerry Paros Scholarship is valued at up to $3,000. and supports the student recipient in the form of waived conference registration, tutorial fees and a stipend to cover travel costs to attend the ASPE Annual Meeting. The Jerry Paros Scholarship is funded through the Jerry Paros Precision Engineering Fund which was established in 2026 to support student activities within ASPE.

Biography forthcoming

ASPE Student Scholarships

In addition to the above named scholarships, the ASPE also offers scholarships to cover the student’s conference registration fee and, depending on the availability of funds, one or more tutorials. These scholarships are made possible through the generous support of many ASPE Corporate and Individual Members who have donated to the ASPE Scholarship Fund.

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