Fellowships

The Trefny Center offers fellowship opportunities for faculty, graduate student, and postdoctoral leaders to support the culture of teaching and learning at Mines.

Engineering Learning Mentorship Fellows

The Engineering Learning Mentorship (ELM) Fellowship is a prestigious year-long opportunity designed for established faculty to lead and mentor others in enhancing teaching and learning practices. During their fellowship, ELM Fellows mentor a small cohort of EL Fellows by providing feedback, leading monthly mentor group meetings, and conducting teaching observations with the aim of supporting their mentees’ creation of a rich, learner-centered teaching portfolio. 

Kristy Csavina (’25-27)

Mechanical Engineering

Heather Fester (’25-27)

Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Katie Johnson (’25-27)

Electrical Engineering

Erik Menke   (’25-27)

Chemistry

Justin Latici (’26-27)

University Honors and Scholars

Rebecca Swanson (’26-27)

Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Engineering Learning Fellows

The Engineering Learning Fellows (ELF) Program is a yearlong, application-based initiative designed to support faculty in developing engaging, effective, and innovative learning experiences. Throughout their fellowship, EL Fellows curate an original teaching portfolio that includes a annotated and revised course materials, written statements, teaching innovations, and a collection of peer and student feedback.  

’26-27 Engineering Learning Fellows

Tori Borish

Physics

Megan Holtz

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Mirna Mattjik

Engineering, Design & Society

Prachi Sharma

Electrical Engineering

Michael Sheppard

Engineering, Design & Society

Frances Zhu

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Learning Student Consultants

We believe that students bring invaluable expertise and perspectives that can help shape more effective teaching practices here at Mines. Our student consultants play an essential role in fostering dialogue with faculty in our Engineering Learning Fellows program, providing feedback based on their experiences as learners, and contributing to meaningful improvements in teaching at Mines.

’26-27 Student Consultants

Amelia Richter

Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering

Marcos Rivas Nieto

Civil Engineering

Elaine Simeri

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Graduate Teaching Fellows

The Trefny Graduate Teaching Fellowship provides support for experienced graduate students and postdocs to further refine their pedagogical development. As part of their yearlong fellowship, recipients participate in monthly meetings with other Fellows and Trefny staff to explore topics in teaching and learning and advance their leadership and facilitation skills by mentoring their peers in the College Teaching Certificate Program (CTC). Fellows are also provided with personalized professional development opportunities based on the Fellow’s specific interests and professional goals.

Fellows are awarded a stipend, distributed throughout the year. Prospective applicants are required to be at Mines throughout the duration of their fellowship year, and must have already completed the CTC. Applications for the ’26-27 academic year are now closed. 

’26-27 Graduate Teaching Fellows

Levi Cass

Geophysics

Aimen Laalam

Petroleum Engineering

Katelyn Spadavecchia

Physics