New York, NY Twenty-one engineering students attending colleges and universities in NYS will receive $65,000 collectively in scholarships from member firms and regions of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC NY). 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. Five 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 301 scholarships totaling $835,500. The scholarship program was implemented to support up-and-coming engineers. The scholarship committee’s goal is to reach $1 million in collective scholarships by 2021 in honor of ACEC NY’s centennial celebration.

Students attending NY metro-area colleges were honored at ACEC NY’s membership luncheon on May 21^st at the Union League Club. Scholarship recipients who participated in the ACE Mentor program will be honored at the Annual Meeting on June 5^th, as the ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY will be recognized with the Chairman’s Award at this event. Students attending upstate colleges will be recognized at the ACEC NY Winter Conference in Albany on January 26^th, 2020. 

Two students were honored with ACEC NY Award of Merit Scholarships, each for $7,500, at the ACEC NY Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Hilton Midtown on April 13^th. Darren Lin was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYS Thruway Authority, and Reaz Rahman was given an Award of Merit Scholarship in recognition of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Award of Merit is given by ACEC NY to recognize agencies and authorities for achievements in service to N.Y. communities. 

Following is a complete list of the 2019 scholarship winners:

• ACEC NY Merit Scholarship in recognition of the NYS Thruway Authority - $7,500: Darren Lin (Mechanical Engineering), City College of NY.

• ACEC NY Merit Scholarship in recognition of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - $7,500, Reaz Rahman (Electrical Engineering), City College of NY.

• WSP USA Scholarship - $5,000, Aaron Fink (Civil Engineering), Cooper Union.

• ACEC NY Eastern Region Scholarship - $2,500, Christina Pavlovsky (Engineering Technology), Union College, Schenectady.

• ACEC NY Long Island Region Scholarship - $2,500, Britany D’Introno (Civil Engineering), Hofstra University, Hempstead.

• ACEC NY Western Region Scholarship - $2,500, Wakil Pranto (Civil Engineering), University at Buffalo.

• AKF Group Scholarship - $2,500, Caitlin Stanton^* (Electrical/Computer Engineering), Cornell University.

• Dagher Engineering Scholarship - $2,500, Lizzette Salmeron (Electrical Engineering), City College of NY.

• Erich Arcement Creative Consulting Scholarship - $2,500, Jeahoung Hong (Civil Engineering), Cooper Union.

• Hazen and Sawyer Scholarship - $2,500, Kristen Wainwright (Environmental Engineering), Columbia University.

• HDR Scholarship - $2,500, Austin Reese (Chemical Engineering), University at Buffalo.

• Jaros, Baum & Bolles Scholarship - $2,500, Aidan Smolar^* (Mechanical Engineering), Cooper Union.

• Langan Scholarship, In Memory of Maria Isabel Ramirez (09-11-01) - $2,500, Katherine Wegleitner (Environmental Engineering), Columbia University.

• Loring Scholarship - $2,500, Denise Claire Calungsod^* (Engineering Technology), NYC College of Technology.

• Mueser Rutledge Scholarship - $2,500, Zhixuan Zhao (Mechanical Engineering), City College of NY.

• Pennoni Scholarship - $2,500, Amitesh Prabhudayal (Civil Engineering), City College of NY.

Sam Schwartz Engineering Scholarship - $2,500, Gisselle Barrera (Civil Engineering), NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn.

• Stantec Scholarship - $2,500, QiTong Han (Civil Engineering), Cooper Union.

• STV Group Scholarship - $2,500 Michevi Dufflart^* (Civil Engineering), Manhattan College, Bronx.

• Syska Hennessy Group Scholarship - $2,500, Patrick Varuzza (Chemical Engineering), Columbia University.

• Thornton Tomasetti Scholarship - $2,500, GinaMarie Napoli* (Civil Engineering), Manhattan College, Bronx.

*ACE Mentor of Greater New York alumnus.