Elite Students Chosen for Scholarship Award
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) has selected seventeen outstanding students to receive its 2009-2010 scholarship award. The $10,000 scholarship award is given to top engineering and science students who exhibit motivation, imagination and exceptional performance in their field of study. This is the highest monetary award given in the United States to science and engineering students at the undergraduate level based solely on merit.
The Scholars were chosen by the ASF Scholarship Committee chaired by Dr. Harvey Miller, along with Astronauts Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Steve Hawley and Jeff Hoffman, retired academic professor Dr. Homer Gerber, Astronaut Scholars Larry Bradley and Patrick Biltgen, ASF Treasurer Michael Neukamm, ASF Executive Director Linn LeBlanc and ASF Chairman Al Worden.
In order to be eligible, students must be a U.S. citizen, attend one of the 19 institutions the Foundation supports, entering their junior or senior year or pursuing a Masters degree and be nominated by a professor. An on-campus committee reviews the applicants and then nominates the top two students to present to the ASF Scholarship Committee for consideration. The committee then selects one student from each institution (when applicable) to receive the prestigious award.
In the fall, astronauts will blast off to the colleges and universities across the nation to personally present award checks to these incoming scholars during a public presentation:
- Bryan Teague, Harvey Mudd, General Engineering
- Jonathan Walker, Georgia Tech, Aerospace Engineering
- Iordan Ganev, Miami University, Mathematics & Statistics; Environmental Science
- Brittany Boudreaux, N Carolina State University, Civil Engineering; Applied Math
- Tyler McCandless, Penn State University, Meteorology
- Cole Kazemba, University of Minnesota, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
- Yuri Kubo, Purdue University, Electrical Engineering
- Amy Rabideau, Syracuse University, Chemistry & Biology
- David Rahmani, Texas A&M University, Physics
- Adam Steinbrenner, Tufts University, Biology
- Ashley Ewh, University of Central Florida, Mechanical Engineering (renewal)
- Riley Pack, University of Colorado, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Applied Math
- Samuel Nicaise, University of Kentucky, Electrical Engineering
- Christine Morrison, University of Michigan, Chemistry
- Rebecca Szarkowski, University of Minnesota, Biomedical Engineering
- Zachary Flamig, University of Oklahoma, Meteorology
- Andrew Ishizuka, University of Washington, Biochemistry; Chemistry
- Katlyn Sullivan, Washington University, Mechanical Engineering
Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholars!