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Structural Engineering Fellowship

The $20,000 Structural Engineering Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduating student based in the United States who specializes in structural engineering to conduct independent travel and research that contributes to the SOM Foundation’s current topic. The Structural Engineering Fellowship was created in 1998 to support research that has the potential to influence the practice and teaching of how structures can positively impact our built environment.

Applicants must be graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in civil and environmental engineering or architectural engineering with a specialization in structural engineering from a professionally accredited degree program in the United States. US citizenship is not required. Applicants must intend to enter the professional practice of structural engineering. The winning applicant will be required to thoroughly document their research findings and develop conclusions or suggestions for applications to teaching and/or professional practice.

Applications Open in January 2024

2022

Somf 2022 structural engineering luis berg arboskin itke
Somf 2022 structural engineering luis berg arc green school ibuku

An Ontological Study of Structures and Their Materiality

Luis Berg will explore the relationships among material, people, and nature through case studies of select structures to understand their connection to three core concepts: community impact, environmental sustainability, and engineering innovation. The aim is to motivate material use that, respecting culture and generating knowledge, builds for a better and more efficient tomorrow.

Luis Berg
University of California, Berkeley

Somf 2021 structural engineering michelle chang proposal 41st street bridge

2021

Decolonizing Urban Landscapes: Reclaiming a Black and Indigenous Right to the City through Structural Design

Michelle Chang

Somf structural engineering samantha eng 2019 02

2019

A Case Study of the Cities of Japan

Samantha Eng

Somf 2018 structural engineering paul biju duval final report 02

2018

The Poetry of Structures

Paul Biju-Duval

Somf structural engineering leah peker 10 2017

2017

The Shape of Innovation: Deriving Structural Art from Geometric Form

Leah Peker

Somf 2016 structural engineering nathan brown final report 01

2016

Integrating Secondary Goals into Structural Design

Nathan Brown

Somf structural engineering audrey ryan 2015 02

2015

Bioinspiration in Structures

Audrey Ryan

Somf 2014 structural engineering allison halpern final report 01

2014

Learning from Footbridges: Improving Urban Structural Connections

Allison Halpern

Somf structural engineering yao xiao 2013 01

2013

Repetition and Modularity in Structural Design

Yao Xiao

Somf structural engineering margaret wildnauer 2012 01

2012

Elegance, Economy, Efficiency, and the Environment

Margaret Wildnauer

Somf structural engineering ashley thrall 2011 02

2011

Deployable Structures: Elegant Kinematics for Social Sustainability

Ashley Thrall

Somf 201 structural engineering adam nizich final report 01

2010

Iconic Form: High-Speed Rail Structures

Adam Nizich

Somf 2009 structural engineering abby enscoe final report 01

2009

A Journey through Japanese Architecture, Old and New

Abby Enscoe

Somf 2008 structural engineering ted segal final report 10

2008

Aesthetics and Physical Models

Ted Segal

Somf 2007 structural engineering kiley rode final report 01

2007

Kiley Rode

Somf 2006 structural engineering wil srubar final report 01

2006

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An Evolutionary History of Architectural Structural Systems

Wil Srubar

Somf 2005 structural engineering anne kountz application essay 01

2005

Anne Kountz

Somf 2004 structural engneering leif johnson final report 04

2004

Nature as Inspiration: Tools for Structural Art

Leif Johnson

Somf structural engineering forest flager 2003 03

2003

Forest Flager

Somf 2002 structural engineering erik lin final report 01

2002

Erik Lin

Somf 2017 structural engineering chelsea honigmann final report 01

2001

Aesthetics and Engineering in Western Europe

Chelsea Honigmann

Somf 2000 structural engineering tracy kijewski correa final report 04

2000

Shaping the Wind and the Face of Tomorrow's Skyscrapers

Tracy Kijewski-Correa

Somf 1999 structural engineering mark waggoner application essay 02

1999

Common Threads in the Art of Structural Engineering

Mark Waggoner

Somf 1998 structural engineering wendy neal longley application essay 01

1998

Bridges as Engineering Accomplishments and Artistic Statements

Wendy Neal Longley

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