Minority Scholarship Awards for Incoming College Freshman
The AIChE Minority Scholarship Award is presented to 10 incoming college freshman annually. Applicants shall be required to be high school graduates during the 2010-2011 academic year and be members of a minority group that is under-represented in chemical engineering, i.e., African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaskan Native. Applicants must plan to enroll during the 2011-2012 academic year in a four-year college or university offering a science/engineering degree. Applicants are encouraged to choose classes leading to a degree in chemical engineering.
2011 Winners:
Abdulkareem Adesokan, Cornell University; Olamide Alabi, University of Michigan- Dearborn; Chelsea Clark, University of Texas- Austin; Yewande Dada, Southern Methodist University; Moriah Elusta, Illinois Institute of Technology; Arisbeth Ibarra Nieblas; University of Arizona; Iniki Juarez- Haden, Kanses State University; Rim Mehari, Stanford University; Jamil Muhammad, Morehouse College;Lorenzo Norrid, University of Norte Dame; Stephanie Romero, University of California- Los Angeles; Claudia Smith, Purdue University; Marcus Watson, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Andrea Williams, Chatham University
See Past Winners of this award
Award:
A one-time award of $1,000 per student. Approximately 10 scholarships are presented annually.
Sponsor:
Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) with funding support from Women's Initiative Committee (WIC) and AIChE Foundation.
Presentation:
Students are recognized at the National Student Conference Awards Ceremony each year.
Deadline for Submission: June 15, 2011
Read Rules, Criteria and Submission Guidlines (PDF format)
Download Rules, Criteria, and Guidelines.
Application Form (The application is being revised and will be available in Spring 2012)
2009 Winners:
Adeboye Adejare, Jr., University of Science, Philadelphia; Hugo Manuel Camarera, University of Berkeley; Alisa Cohen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Shameka Ethley, Texas A & M University; Rocio S. Garay, Carnegie Mellon University; Melinda Haghighatian, The University of Texas at Austin; Sarah Herrero, Texas Tech University; Katrina N. Lambert, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Alan Lee, Texas A&M – College Station; Jihad Ameer Mims, Georgia Tech; Marcos Pantoja, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Perezanta, University of Houston; Marko Popovic Jr., University of Notre Dame; Bryson Rajendran, Georgia Tech; Jasmine Reese, Wayne State University; Jonathan D. Taylor, Auburn University; Niajee K. Washington, Cornell University; Terinei Tolbert, Florida A&M University
For assistance,please contact Donia Elsherbeni, AIChE, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10016, Phone: (646) 495-1331, donie@aiche.org