ACEC NY awards scholarships to 19 New York engineering students

New York, NY Nineteen engineering students attending colleges and universities in NYS will receive $62,500 collectively in scholarships from member firms and regions of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York). Individual awards range from $2,500 to $7,500 and are given based on the students’ cumulative grade-point average, college activities, work experience and essays. Seven of this year’s winners were also alumni of the ACE Mentor Program, which pairs high school students with mentoring teams composed of industry professionals to introduce them to careers in the design and construction industry. 

Since the program’s launch in 2002, ACEC NY has awarded 280 scholarships totaling $770,500. The scholarship committee’s goal is to reach a total of $1 million in collective scholarships by 2021 in honor of ACEC NY’s centennial celebration.

Students attending NY metropolitan-area colleges were honored at ACEC NY’s membership luncheon on May 22nd at the Union League Club. Students attending upstate colleges will be recognized at the ACEC NY winter conference in Albany on January 27, 2019. 

Two students were honored with ACEC NY Award of Merit Scholarships, each in the amount of $7,500, at the ACEC NY Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Hilton Midtown NY on April 7th. Stephen Zubrycky was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of Ali Chaudhry, deputy secretary for Transportation (NYS governor’s office), and Kelly Grogan was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYC Economic Development Corp. The Award of Merit is given by ACEC NY to recognize agencies and authorities for outstanding achievements in service to NY communities. Due to additional underwriting from WSP USA and the ACEC NY regions, two additional $5,000 scholarships were given to Gabrielle Cole and Ana Moura-Cook. 

Following is a complete list of the 2018 scholarship winners:

• ACEC NY Merit Scholarship in recognition of Ali Chaudhry, Deputy Secretary for Transportation (NYS Governor’s Office) - $7,500: Stephen Zubrycky (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• ACEC NY Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYC Economic Development Corp. - $7,500: Kelly Grogan* (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• ACEC NY Regions Scholarship - $5,000: Ana Moura-Cook (Civil Engineering) | Cornell University.

• WSP USA Scholarship - $5,000: Gabrielle Cole (Mechanical Engineering) | Rochester Institute of Technology.

• ACEC NY Scholarship - $2,500: Emily Eaton (Mechanical Engineering) | Clarkson University.

• AKF Group LLC Scholarship - $2,500: Leah McGovern* (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• Dagher Engineering, PLLC Scholarship - $2,500: Anton Paljusevic (Mechanical Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• Hazen and Sawyer Scholarship - $2,500: Kristy Calungsod* (Environmental Engineering) | City University of New York.

• HDR Scholarship - $2,500: Nicole Kaiser* (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• Jaros, Baum & Bolles Scholarship - $2,500: Bryce Ikeda (Electrical Engineering) | University of Rochester.

• Langan Engineering Scholarship (In memory of Maria Isabel Ramirez (09-11-01) - $2,50: Murshedur Shahy (Environmental Engineering) | City College of New York.

• Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc. Scholarship - $2,500: William Yang (Civil Engineering) | Cooper Union.

• Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Scholarship – $2,500: Keila Peralta* (Civil Engineering) | Alfred State.

• Pennoni Engineering Scholarship – $2,500: Austin Goodwin (Civil Engineering) | Rochester Institute of Technology.

• Sam Schwartz Engineering, DPC Scholarship – $2,500: Mohammed Hossain (Civil Engineering) | Cooper Union.

• Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Scholarship – $2,500: April Mintz (Civil Engineering) | Cooper Union.

• STV Group Scholarship – $2,500: Emily White* (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. Scholarship – $2,500: DeWein Pelle (Civil Engineering) | Columbia University.

• Thornton Tomasetti Scholarship – $2,500: Elizabeth Lisk* (Civil Engineering) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

*ACE Mentor of Greater New York alumnus