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2019 Rawson Scholarship Recipient UpdateRead the accomplishments of our 2019 scholarship recipients below. Lauren Coolbaugh - Western Kentucky University Megan Herrington - University of Tulsa I’ve been able to establish meaningful relationships with my professors and, while my summer research internship was canceled because of the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, I’m hopeful that I will get to work in a research lab in the Chemical Engineering department in the fall. Of all my experiences this year, two of my favorite things have been working as a mentor in Tulsa Girls Math Circle for middle school students and serving on the Honors Selection Committee this past Spring! Kolby Kiesling – Abilene Christian During this year, I developed and carried out lab procedures for testing numerous sensors: depleted oxygen, nitrate, ammonium, pH, turbidity, temperature, GPS, infrared camera, conductivity. I wrote software for data acquisition purposes that harvested the sensor data from an Arduino Mega 2560 to a Raspberry Pi Model 3B 1 GB RAM using Python3. I also utilized RF communication through LoRa to transmit data from the Raspberry Pi to a remote server to display and update results. I was inducted into the ΣπΣ honors society for physics students at my university. Out of my graduating class of more than 1,000, I was selected as 1 of 50 to be a University Scholar. I was extended a job offer by Raytheon Technologies for software engineering but will be attending the University of Texas at Dallas for a master’s in computer science. Erich Langstine – North Carolina State This past year, I have taken Calculus II-III, Chemistry, Physics I, and MATLAB as I have been working to officially transfer into the NCSU Mechanical Engineering department from the First-Year Engineering program. I achieved the honor of being on the Dean's list in the fall, and I am on track to achieve this again at the conclusion of this semester. On top of my academic achievements this year, I have also accepted a Co-op position with GAF beginning January of 2021. I will be working alongside a mechanical engineer in the glass mat plant in Chester, SC and working to maintain and improve the machinery in the plant which operates 24/7. Xavier Rios – University of North Texas I was recently interviewed by the engineering department for an article on undergraduate successes in college. I was chosen based on my stellar academic achievements, many scholarships and community engagement. Engineering has been a huge passion of mine, but recently I have also added a major in Math with a focus in statistics to my college career plan. With the move to South Texas, I will be attending the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where I will be studying Statistics. I plan to work with professors on applied research and plan to work with hospitals assisting in valuable data collection that could help doctors and nurses find patterns in curing patients. I am grateful to ABMA for being such a valuable resource to me and I highly recommend all engineers who look to go into the boiler industry to pursue this scholarship in the future! Ethan Venegoni – Abilene Christian I was initially planning on joining ACU on a summer study abroad program to Leipzig, Germany, but due to this virus, this opportunity is fading fast. Despite this, I have inquired with two potential companies about internships over this summer to replace this trip to Germany. Next semester, I am planning on taking my last fundamental physics class and three classes with a concentration on mechanical engineering. I have had such an amazing freshman year at Abilene Christian, and it is all thanks to everyone at ABMA. Emily Wolf - IUPUI I was able to attend a supply chain management panel and learn a lot more about the major. Supply chain management is essential in manufacturing and distribution, and I think it will help me be successful in any industry, especially with boilers. I have fully signed on to complete three majors in Supply Chain Management as well as Marketing and Business Management. Next year, I will start taking classes more specific to these majors. I am also focused on community service and practice my social skills and planning. This year, I received the "Excellence Leadership" Award for my residence hall as well as the "First-Year Student Involvement Award" from the IUPUI Student Organization Center. I've been so grateful for the assistance from ABMA with this scholarship because it has allowed me to thrive in my academic journey and worry less about the financial burden of education. |