Twenty-four engineering students attending colleges and universities in NYS will receive $65,000 collectively in scholarship money from member firms of ACEC N.Y. Individual awards range from $2,500 to $5,000 and are given based on the students' cumulative grade-point average, college activities, work experience and essays on consulting engineering. Since the program's launch in 2002, ACEC New York has awarded 214 scholarships totaling $578,000. Students attending New York metropolitan-area colleges will be honored at ACEC N.Y.'s membership luncheon on May 19th at the Union League Club. Students attending upstate colleges will be recognized at the council's winter conference in Albany on January 24,th 2016.
Two students - Steven Lowinger and Michelle DePinho - were honored with ACEC N.Y. Merit Scholarships, each in the amount of $5,000, at the ACEC N.Y. Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on March 28th. Awards of Merit are given by ACEC New York to recognize agencies and authorities for outstanding achievements in service to New York communities.
Awards given to the following: ACEC N.Y. Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYC Department of Design and Construction, $5,000 - Lowinger, Columbia University; ACEC N.Y. Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYS Environmental Facilities Corp., $5,000 - Michelle DePinho, Manhattan College; ACEC N.Y. Eastern Region Scholarship, $2,500 - Wil Nagengast, University at Buffalo; ACEC N.Y. Long Island Region Scholarship, $2,500 - Andrew Foertsch, Manhattan College; ACEC N.Y. Mid-Hudson Region Scholarship, $2,500 - Meghan Furton, Cornell University; ACEC N.Y. Mid-Hudson Region Scholarship, $2,500 - Anderson Garcia, Manhattan College; ACEC N.Y. Western Region Scholarship, $2,500 - Adrianne Claire Richardson, University at Buffalo; AECOM Scholarship, $2,500 - Connor Haddix, University of Rochester; AKF Group LLC Scholarship, $2,500 - Liam McAninch, Union College; Dagher Engineering, PLLC Scholarship, $2,500 - Nicholas Adamo, Manhattan College; HAKS Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors, P.C. Scholarship, $2,500 - Vincent Terrone, Manhattan College.
* HDR Scholarship, $2,500 - Tyler Ocwieja, University at Buffalo; Hazen and Sawyer, P.C. Scholarship, $2,500 - Charles Pallas, Manhattan College; Jaros, Baum & Bolles Scholarship, $2,500 - Brian Kiel, University at Buffalo; Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, P.C. Scholarship, $2,500, In memory of Maria Isabel Ramirez (09-11-01) - Nablul Haseeb, The City University of New York (CUNY).; Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Scholarship, $2,500 - Frank Fang; Columbia University; Parsons Brinckerhoff Scholarship, $2,500 - Alexandra Leader; University at Buffalo; Pennoni Engineering and Surveying of New York, LLC Scholarship - $2,500 - MayLin Funkenbusch, University of Rochester; STV Group Scholarship, $2,500 - Zoe Temco, Cornell University; Sam Schwartz Engineering, D.P.C. Scholarship, $2,500 - Idris Sardharwala, Columbia University; Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Scholarship, $2,500 - Ejona Hadziu, Syracuse University; Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. Scholarship, $2,500 - Mary Beth Toukatly, University at Buffalo; Thornton Tomasetti Scholarship, $2,500 - Michael Riola, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Weidlinger Associates, Inc. Scholarship, $2,500 - Benjamin Stortz, University at Buffalo.
ACEC New York is a proactive coalition of 280 firms representing every discipline of engineering related to the built environment—civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, geotechnical—and affiliated companies. Our shared goals are to further the business interests of our membership, enhance the quality and safety of the environment we live and work in, and help ensure the vitality of our communities. Visit www.acecny.org for more information.ña-Mora,
NYC DDC; Sissy Nikolaou, scholarship chair; Matthew Driscoll, NYS EFC; and Michelle DePinho. Tags: