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