ACEC NY awards scholarships to 23 New York engineering students

Shown (from left) are: Photo caption: From left to right: Gerard Bushell, President & CEO of DASNY; Charles King, Chair of the ACEC New York DASNY committee; Joseph Jarrin, Deputy Commissioner for NYCDOT; Sean Sonneman; Erika Finan; and Steven Abendschein, ACEC New York Scholarship Chair.

New York, NY Twenty-three engineering students attending colleges and universities in NYS will receive $62,500 collectively in scholarship money from member firms of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York). 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 237 scholarships totaling $640,500. The scholarship program was implemented to support up-and-coming engineers, thereby supporting the future of the profession in NYS.

Students attending New York metro-area colleges will be honored at ACEC New York’s membership luncheon on May 24 at the Union League Club. Students attending upstate colleges will be recognized at the council’s winter conference in Albany on January 29, 2017.

Two students were honored with ACEC New York Merit Scholarships, each in the amount of $5,000, at the ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on March 19^th. Sean Sonnemann was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYC Department of Transportation, and Erika Finan was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. Awards of Merit are given by ACEC New York to recognize agencies and authorities for outstanding achievements in service to New York communities.

Following is a complete list of the 2016 scholarship winners:

• ACEC New York Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYCDOT- $5,000: Sean Sonnemann (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• ACEC New York Merit Scholarship in recognition of DASNY- $5,000: Erika Finan (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• ACEC New York Eastern Region Scholarship - $2,500: Keanu Rodriguez (Mechanical Engineering) | Union College, Schenectady.

• ACEC New York Long Island Region Scholarship - $2,500 (in memory of Charles Vachris): Brandon Sinclair (Mechanical Engineering) | Hofstra University, Hempstead.

• ACEC New York Mid-Hudson Region Scholarship - $2,500: Marisa Budziszewski (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College.

• ACEC New York Western Region Scholarship - $2,500: Derek Johnson (Civil Engineering) | University at Buffalo.

• AECOM Scholarship - $2,500: Hailie Suk (Environmental Engineering) | University at Buffalo.

• AKF Group LLC Scholarship - $2,500: Khalil Rouchdy (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• Dagher Engineering, PLLC Scholarship - $2,500: Eric Katzen (Mechanical Engineering) | Hofstra University, Hempstead.

• HAKS Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors, P.C. Scholarship - $2,500: Erin McLaen (Chemical Engineering) | Rochester Institute of Technology.

• Hazen and Sawyer Scholarship - $2,500: Brent Chase (Biomedical Engineering) | Rochester Institute of Technology.

• HDR Scholarship - $2,500: Miles Garwood (Mechanical Engineering) | Binghamton University, Binghamton.

• Jaros, Baum & Bolles Scholarship - $2,500: Christopher Dusovic (Computer Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, DPC - $2,500 (in memory of Maria Isabel Ramirez - 09-11-01)Goldie Gunawan (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc. - $2,500: Raja Mustafa (Civil Engineering) | The City University of New York.

• Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Scholarship - $2,500: Ahmed Abo-Donia (Civil Engineering) | The City University of New York.

• Pennoni Engineering and Surveying of New York, LLC Scholarship - $2,500: Ahmed Abdelqader (Electrical Engineering) | The City University of New York.

• Sam Schwartz Engineering, D.P.C. Scholarship - $2,500: Mouhamadou Sy (Civil Engineering) | The City University of New York.

• Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Scholarship - $2,500: Eileen Quirk (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• STV Group Scholarship - $2,500: Jacob Dominesey (Civil Engineering) | University at Buffalo.

• Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. Scholarship - $2,500: Patrick Theodoropoulos (Civil Engineering) | Manhattan College, Riverdale.

• Thornton Tomasetti Scholarship - $2,500: Shanique Francis (Electrical Engineering) | New York Institute of Technology.

• WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff - $2,500: Daniel Henry (Mechanical Engineering) | University at Buffalo.

ACEC New York is a proactive coalition of 290 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.