Program supports students with a CEME Undergraduate Research and Leadership Award of $10,000 per academic year. Awardees work an average of ten hours per week on research projects in CEME laboratories during the academic year, successfully complete CEME-related courses, and actively participate in a leadership role in a range of CEME programs.
Applications here.

The 2009 Grainger Awards Banquet was held on April 23, 2009, in the Grainger Library. Twenty students finishing their B.S., M.S and Ph.D. degrees each received $6,000 through the Grainger Foundation.
Check our progress on CEME projects through March 2009.

Solar Decathlon 2009

The Solar Decathlon is a competition sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy in which twenty university teams from the U.S. and Europe design and build a sustainable and energy-efficient house completely powered by solar energy. The University of Illinois team, led by ECE Professor Patrick Chapman, designed Gable Home which won Second Place Overall. It took first place in Appliances, Hot Water and Entertainment and second in Net Metering, Comfort Zone and Lighting Design.