Scholarships
Congratulations to the following award recipients for the 2010-11 school year:$1000 Award
Seyedeh Sheida Hosseini (UC Davis – Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering)
$750 Award
Kristina Hammarstrom (University of the Pacific – Engineering Management and Engineering Science)
$500 Awards
Veronica Finol (Sacramento State University – Civil Engineering)
Audrey Shi–Ching Puah (University of the Pacific – Civil Engineering)
For the 2009-10 school year, scholarships were awarded to:
$1000 Awards
Stephanie Lee (UC Davis – Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering)
Kimberly Mercurio (University of the Pacific – Bioengineering)
$500 Awards
Serena Carbajal (UC Davis – Mechanical Engineering)
The 2008-09 school year recipients were:
$1000 Awards
Thao Le (Sacramento State – Civil Engineering)
"My first goal is to study for my mother because she did not have an opportunity to go to school"
Rosa Serrano (UC Davis – Civil Engineering)
"I dream of being an engineer to serve the public's needs, especially the growing chicano/a latino/a communities of California."
$500 Awards
Megan Kalend (University of the Pacific – Engineering Management)
"I am grateful to SWE for the opportunity to be involved in so many great activities like EYH, Boeing's Team Tech, the Region A and national Conferences, and countless outreach activities that will hopefully inspire other young girls to pursue careers in math, science, and engineering."
Tugba Ozerdirne (UC Davis – Biomedical Engineering)
"The capability of biomedical engineers to design artificial organs is what inspired me to pursue this area of study because it is an example of synergy between engineering and medicine."
"With EWB [Engineers Without Borders], I am putting my engineering skills into use. I am developing a device to improve the quality of life of another individual."
The 2007-08 school year recipients were:
$1000 Award
Caitlin McDonnell (UC Davis – Biomedical Engineering)
“Biomedical engineering brings together my academic interests and strengths. I think that the future is full of extraordinary potential and that technology will help society address unsolved problems. There are four girls close in age in my family and three of us will be in college next fall…next year will be a financial challenge.”
$500 Awards
Alina Av (UC Davis – Chemical Engineering)
"I believe that engineering is a career path for continuous observation, learning, and understanding. Even when a process has already been fully optimized, a new technology can take you by storm and you will have a brand new project to observe, learn, and understand as you solve it.”
Shuxian Yang (UC Davis – Mechanical Engineering)
“As the first generation attending a four year university in the United States in my family, I truly know the importance of education. This scholarship will allow me to work harder to achieve my education and career goals without having to worry too much about finance.”
Francine Jaramillo (UC Davis – incoming Freshman)
“One of the many things chemical engineers can do is make medicines. This career contains an infinite amount of doors filled with opportunities that can greatly better our world. And that’s exactly what I want to do with my life. Without innovation, there can be no progression.”