THE PROGRAM
Student Engineer of the Year Award is a prestigious honor:
The eight programs of the UW College of Engineering and Applied Science (Architectural, Civil, Chemical, Petroleum, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Energy Systems) each nominate their top graduating senior for this award. The Scholarships and Awards Committee reviews the nominees’ written nomination forms and interviews each of the candidates to select the Student Engineer of the Year. The award recipient receives an unrestricted grant of $2,500 and each of the seven Honorees receives a $1,250 grant. WES sponsors all nominees to attend the annual convention to be recognized at the Awards Banquet.
Award winner and Honorees for 2017 - 2018:
Student Engineer of the Year
Brenna Doherty – Mechanical Engineering – Columbia, Maryland
Program Honorees
Jessica Brist – Architectural Eng - Billings, Montana
Zaphaniah Connell – Computer Eng - Casper, Wyoming
Tayln Costello – Petroleum Eng - Pinedale, Wyoming
William Covill – Civil Eng – Pinedale, Wyoming
Richard Czaikowski – Chemical Eng – Sugar Land, Texas
Logan Taylor – Electrical Eng – Sinclair, Wyoming
Five Scholarships total $10,000:
Scholarship winners for the 2017-2018 academic year
Past Presidents’ Scholarship
Bethany Orrick and Thomas Christensen II
General Scholarship
Phlip Black
General Scholarship
Surveyor Scholarship
Carl Oslund Scholarship
Travis Curry
The Selection Process requires coordinated effort:
For all scholarships, except the Incoming Freshman Scholarship, the WES Scholarships and Awards Committee distributes application forms and announcements at the beginning of the Spring semester with a submittal deadline near the middle of February. The committee then rates each of the written applications and the candidates with the best scores are invited to participate in an interview with the committee. Selection is made based on the written application and interview performance.
The UW Engineering Summer Program (ESP) encourages high school students to explore engineering as a choice for college and for life.
The UW College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wyoming Engineering Society, in conjunction with the J. Kenneth & Pat Kennedy Endowment, offer high school juniors anopportunity to participate in a summer program of hands-on experiences in various engineering fields. Participants can choose to build a digital circuit, study solutions to an environmental issue, test the aerodynamics of a tennis racket, or design timber trusses. Laboratory sessions provide basic instruction – students put their knowledge to the test.
As an ESP Scholar, participants work one-on-one with faculty members specializing in the student’s interest areas. Curiosity and enthusiasm - not tests and grades - inspire discovery. This program expands horizons, develops creative thinking and problem solving skills, and challenges imagination.
ESP is held on the University of Wyoming campus, with some of the best laboratories and equipment in the Rocky Mountain region. Thirty students are selected to participate in the program.
For more information on ESP at the University of Wyoming, click here à ESP
THE COMMITTEE
Rick Deuell, Chairman
1653 Diamondhead Court ~ Laramie, WY 82072
(307) 760-3277 ~ rdeuell@qwest.net
Committee members:
Raymond Jacquot ~ Angie Schrader ~ Joe Lord ~ Thomas V Edgar ~ David M Bagley
David Whitman ~ Leonard James Lutz
Assisting the WES Scholarships and Awards Committee are a group of volunteer coordinators representing each of the programs of the College of Engineering and Applied Science:
Architectural Engineering – Tony Denzer
Civil Engineering – Thom Edgar
Chemical/Petroleum Engineering – David Bagley
Electrical/Computer Engineering – John Pierre
Mechanical/Energy Systems Engineering – Denny Coon
Surveying Program – Mark Rehwaldt
Various revenue sources fund the Scholarships and Awards Program: