Society of Women Engineers award annual scholarships
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Women studying engineering at Purdue University have been awarded more than 80 merit-based scholarships and awards through the Purdue Society of Women Engineers totaling approximately $55,000.More than 45 corporations, organizations and alumnae sponsored the awards, which range in value from $100-$2,000.
"Purdue's section of the Society of Women Engineers is the largest in the country, with more than 400 members," said Beth Holloway, director of the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue. "This program has a long history of supporting women as they pursue an education and career in the field of engineering."
The Society of Women Engineers will celebrate its 52nd anniversary this year.
Writer: Kiersti Kjonaas, (765) 494-2081, kkjonaas@purdue.edu
Source: Beth Holloway, (765) 494-3888, holloway@purdue.edu
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The award recipients are listed below:
City - State - Zip - FirstName - LastName – Major - Semester - Company/Award Name - Award Amount
Chicago - IL - 60617 - Euridice - OWARE - Engineering Education - Grad - Emily M. Wadsworth Graduate Mentoring Award - $500
Crown Point - IN - 46307 - Jillian - BALLARD - Materials Science Engineering - 6 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
Evansville - IN - 47712 - Erica - BUSH - Civil Engineering - 7 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
Ferdinand - IN - 47532 - Staci - WELP - Industrial Engineering - 4 - Rockwell Collins - $1,000
Indianapolis - IN - 46278 - Kimberly - GAAFAR - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Amy-Hoyt Waters Memorial Scholarship -
Indianapolis - IN - 46278 - Kimberly - GAAFAR - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Dow Corning Corporation - $500
Jeffersonville - IN - 47130 - Vicki - HUFF - First-Year Engineering - Toolin Award - $100
Lafayette - IN - 47909 - Kendra - ERK - Materials Science Engineering - 8 - Northrop Grumman - $500
Lafayette - IN - 47909 - Barbara - JONES - Electrical Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
Warsaw - IN - 46580 - Brittany - NORTHCUTT - Mechanical Engineering - 4 - Whirlpool Corporation - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Ashley - ACKERMAN - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Amy-Hoyt Waters Memorial Scholarship -
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Ashley - ACKERMAN - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Merck & Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kathleen - ALBERS - Mechanical Engineering - 4 - General Electric Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Teeba - ALKHUDAIRI - Biomedical Engineering - 6 - Outstanding Director - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Teeba - ALKHUDAIRI - Biomedical Engineering - 6 - Outstanding Junior, General Motors Corp. - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Josanne - BEGLEY - Industrial Engineering - 6 - Delphi Corporation - $2,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kristen - BILLINGHIRE - Mechanical Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Allison - BIXLER - Biomedical Engineering - 6 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Jasmine - CASHBAUGH - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 8 - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Yelena - DRACHEVA - Chemical Engineering - 4 - Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kristin - FAHEY - Mechanical Engineering - 7 - Northrop Grumman - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Jessica - FOX - Mechanical Engineering - 6 - Alcoa - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Molly - FU - Biomedical Engineering - 6 - Miller-Bush - $250
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Eleanor - GAMBLE - Materials Science Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Dawn - GORDON - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 8 - Outstanding Senior, Corning - $2,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Lauren - GRIFFITH - Electrical Engineering - 7 - General Electric Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Juliann - HENDERLONG - Mechanical Engineering - 7 - Alcoa - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Rachel - HOLLOWELL - Mechanical Engineering - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kathryn - HOOD - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Outstanding Freshman,Weldon Foundation - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Erin - HORIHAN - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Procter & Gamble - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Leah - HORMANN - First-Year Engineering - 2 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Cynthia - HUANG - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Sharon - HUFF - Biomedical Engineering - 2 - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kathleen - ILLK - Mechanical Engineering - 7 - Golden Spoon -
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Emily - JONES - First-Year Engineering - 2 - The Boeing Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Melanie - KEMERLING - Mechanical Engineering - 5 - Fieldhouse Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Anne - KING - Industrial Engineering - 6 - Ford Motor Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Amy - KRAFT - Chemical Engineering - - ChevronTexaco - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Elspeth - LARSON - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - JoAnn - LERNER - Construction Engineering - 6 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kassie - LLOYD - Computer Engineering - 4 - IBM - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Karen - LYNCH - Materials Science Engineering - 8 - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Ashley - MEHRINGER - Electrical Engineering - 8 - Zimmerman Family Award - $2,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kathryn - MITCHELL - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 6 - Shirley McCarty Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Michelle - MORRIS - Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology - 6 - Tree, Limb & Leaf Award - $200
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Heather - MURDOCH - Materials Science Engineering - 4 - Outstanding Sophomore, Weldon Foundation - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Rachel - NARCISO - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Whirlpool Corporation - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Menna - NOURELDIN - Civil Engineering - 5 - HNTB Corporation - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Amy - PENNER - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - 6 - Sandra Postel Leadership Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kristina April - PERLAS - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Intel Corporation - $250
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Jessica - PERRY - Chemical Engineering - 4 - Procter & Gamble - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Elizabeth - PERUSKI - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Deere and Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Hannah - PHARES - Mechanical Engineering - 7 - Shell Oil Company - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Elizabeth - REINITZ - Chemical Engineering - 6 - Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Erica - RICE - First-Year Engineering - 2 - J. Adriol Building Block Award - $300
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Erica - RICE - First-Year Engineering - 2 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Courtney - ROGGE - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 4 - Lockheed Martin - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Susanne - SCHMIDT - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Susanne - SCHMIDT - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Colleen - SHEA - Electrical Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Jessica - SLOAN - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - 6 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Madeleine - SMITH - Materials Science Engineering - 4 - Pineapple Potential Award - $250
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Kaitlin - SOMMERS - Chemical Engineering - 4 - ChevronTexaco - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Chelsea - STEELE - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - 8 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Emily - STORM - Nuclear Engineering - 6 - Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant, American Electric Power - $600
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Grayce - THERYO - Materials Science Engineering - 6 - Ford Motor Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Gabriela - TORRES - Mechanical Engineering - 6 - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Gabriela - TORRES - Mechanical Engineering - 6 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Christine - TROY - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 4 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Jessica - VANDENBURG - First-Year Engineering - 2 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Elisabeth - WAHL - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 4 - Rockwell Collins - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Elizabeth - WOLFE - Aeronautics and Astronautics - 8 - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Michelle - WOOD - Chemical Engineering - 7 - Women in Engineering Award - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Danielle - YAPLE - Industrial Engineering - 6 - The Boeing Company - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Allison - YATES - Chemical Engineering - 3 - ChevronTexaco - $1,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Sydney - YAZDANI - Industrial Engineering - 6 - Delphi Corporation - $2,000
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Maya - ZAWADSKY-WEIST - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Toolin Award - $100
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Xiaoxue - ZHANG - First-Year Engineering - 2 - Cisco Systems - $500
West Lafayette - IN - 47906 - Lauren - ZIMMER - Mechanical Engineering - 6 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
Dublin - OH - 43017 - Christine - HAINES - Electrical Engineering - 4 - Deere and Company - $500
Enon - OH - 45323 - Lindsay - WALTHALL - Mechanical Engineering - Grad - Emily M. Wadsworth Graduate Mentoring Award - $500
Parma - OH - 44129 - Kimberly - DIETZ - Mechanical Engineering - 5 - Alcoa - $1,000
Mt. Pleasant - SC - 29464 - Rachael - BISNETT - Civil Engineering - 3 - CH2M HILL - $500
Taylor Lake Village - TX - 77586 - Erin - POTZEBOWSKI - Mechanical Engineering - 4 - DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund - $500
Covington - WA - 98042 - Angie - PEREZ - Electrical Engineering - 4 - Morkescott Award - $400
Nashotah - WI - 53058 - Natalie - VILLWOCK - Civil Engineering - Grad - Outstanding Chair - $100
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