Scholarship

Applications are now open for the STLE Detroit 2024 Scholarship!

STLE 2024 Scholarship Announcement

Scholarship of $2000.00 for Graduate or Undergraduate Students

The Detroit Section of STLE (Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers) is announcing our 2024 Scholarship Program.   We intend to award one scholarship:  for $2000.   Both graduate and undergraduate students may apply.

The STLE Detroit Scholarship Program is based on three items:

  1. copy of transcript
  2. letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
  3. a written essay to describe “how does tribology and/or lubrication relate to your research or future career goal?” or “detail a frictional application that interests you?”  Please keep your response to 1500 words or less.

All information is due on or before April 1, 2024.   The Detroit STLE Scholarship Committee will evaluate all submissions during April, and a winner will be notified in May.  

The STLE Detroit Section has a long history of supporting education thru scholarship.   We look forward to encouraging and rewarding the future tribologists and lubrication engineers in the area.  Attached below, please find the STLE Detroit Section Scholarship Application Form.    For more background on STLE, please visit http://www.stle.org.    Please let me know if you have any questions.   I look forward to receiving your submission online or by mail.

Mr. Bill Kearney
E-mail: Bill.Kearney456@gmail.com
Tel: (248) 380-7596 or (248) 302-8531 (cell)

2023 STLE Detroit Scholarship Winner Announced!

Anna Morozova – Oakland University – $2000

2022 STLE Detroit Scholarship Winner Announced!

Parth Deopujari – Wayne State University – $2000.00

2020~2021 STLE Detroit Scholarship Winners Announced!

Sadiyah Sabah Chowdhury – Michigan State University – $2000.00
Ryan Khawarizmi – Michigan State University – $2000.00

Two scholarships are available.

STLE Detroit would like to thank Chrysan Industries for their generous support of our Scholarship program for 2020! Their contribution makes our program even better.

2020 Program

STLE Detroit Scholarship Announcement 20-21 final

STLE Detroit Scholarship form 20-21 final

2019 Scholarship Submissions Due!

Our scholarship application process is open and awaiting qualified submissions!

The Detroit Section of STLE (Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers) is announcing our 2019 – 20 Scholarship Program. The STLE Detroit Section has allocated a fund of $4500 to be awarded as scholarships for the 2019 – 20 academic year. We intend to award two scholarships: one for $2500 and one for $2000.

The STLE Detroit Section Scholarship Program is based upon three items:

Copy of transcript.
Letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
A written essay to describe “how does tribology and/or lubrication relate to your research or future career goal?”

All information is due on January 15, 2019. The Detroit STLE Scholarship Committee will make a determination on the winners by late February 2019, and winners will be notified in March 2019. In addition, winners and their academic advisors will be invited to make a short presentation about their research programs during our Spring 2019 Speakers Meeting on April 24, 2019 at Eaton in Southfield, MI. Winners and Advisors will be guests of the section.

NOTE – the 2019 program is closed. Please see the Scholarship tab for our 2020 program!

2015~2016 STLE Detroit Scholarship

Award Winners

2015 scholarship winner

2015-2016 STLE-Detroit Scholarship winner Chuanlin Tao (center) along with her Advisor Gary Barber
(right) and STLE-Detroit Scholarship Chair, Simon Tung (Left)