| Scholarship Recipients 2007 |
Yi- Hui Lee
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarship
- B.S. Electrical Engineering
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Farzana Ansari
- Rockwell Scientific Scholarship
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Kristen Silverberg
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarship
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Amy Lin
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarship
- B.S. Computer Science
- University of Southern California
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Lily Anug
- Rockwell Scientific Scholarship
- B.S. Civil Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Kendra Van Buren
- Rockwell Scientific Scholarship
- B.S. Civil Engineering
- University of California, Los Angeles
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| Scholarship Recipients 2006 |
Rachel Morford
- Northrop Grumman Space Technology Scholarship
- B.S. Electrical Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Farzana Ansari
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarships
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Nazli Kahveci
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarships
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Erica Ueda
- Boeing Satellite Systems Scholarships
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- University of California, Los Angeles
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Scholarship Recipients 2005 |
Rachel Morford
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Scholarship
- B.S. Electrical Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Sara Al-Beaini
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Scholarship
- B.S. Engineering
- Harvey Mudd College
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Swathi Ganapathi
- Rockwell International Scholarship
- B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Baley Fong
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Scholarship
- B.S. Chemical Engineering
- California State University, Northridge
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Lisa Cowen
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Scholarship
- Ph.D. Materials Science
- California Institute of Technology
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Eyitayo Ajewole
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Scholarship
- M.S. Engineering Management
- California State University, Northridge
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| Scholarship Recipients 2002 |
Heather Heiman
- Loring Nicholson ScholarshipElectrical Engineering
- California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
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Amy VanMunn
- Rockwell Scientific ScholarshipElectrical Engineering
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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| Laurel Koester
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Sheridan Vo
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Johanna Wonsowicz
- TRW Space and Electronics ScholarshipIndustrial Engineering
- University of Southern California
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Jennifer Harris
- TRW Systems Command and Control Intelligence ScholarshipIndustrial Engineering
- California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
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| Scholarship Recipients 2001 |
Kristen Carlson
- Ms.
Kristen Carlson is a graduate student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,
majoring in electrical engineering. She is in the combined
bachelors/masters honor program. She has been a member of SWE since
1996 and is a mentor to an undergraduate SWE member. She was awarded
Cal Poly's prestigious graduate internship with the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in northern California. At the National Lab, she is
conducting research for her master's thesis on biomedical photonics.
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Jennifer Harris
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Ms. Harris is a senior at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majoring in
industrial engineering. She has been very involved with the SWE student
section since 1999 including positions as vice president, regional
student representative, and is the current president. Jennifer is this
year’s recipient of the Loring Nicolson scholarship. The Loring
Nicolson scholarship is funded entirely by the SWE-LA section. This
scholarship and is awarded to a student who best represents those
values that define our organization, values which Loring herself
exemplified. In addition to her activities at school, Jennifer supports
her education by working at the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board in San Luis Obispo. As the information systems technician
she provides technical support to the Board's staff of 100 employees.
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Laurel Kester
- Ms.
Kester is currently a junior majoring in Industrial Engineering at Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo. Last year, she was the academic director for
SWE, a new position she created. As academic director, her main goal
was to obtain support for their Evening with Industry Scholarships and
Awards. She achieved her goal, raising more than $15,000 in support for
11 scholarships. This was a large task which required Laurel to collect
applications, communicate the scholarship requirements, recruit faculty
members to evaluate the applications, and present the scholarships at
the banquet. Although quite involved in outside activities, she has
been able to excel academically as demonstrated by her 3.9 gpa.
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Veronica Loete
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Ms. Veronica Loete is a sophomore at USC majoring in environmental
engineering. While only a sophomore, she has shown a high level of
maturity. She is an active member of SWE, working in the sister/sister
workshop and is extremely active in the Engineering Student
Ambassador's Program. As an Ambassador, Veronica gives campus tours to
prospective students, conducts student panels, and even conducts
scholarship interviews. She is in the WVT Rusch Honors Engineering
Program and she must maintain an overall gpa of 3.6 to stay in the
program.
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Kelly Okonek
- Ms.
Kelly Okonek is a senior at UCLA majoring in chemical engineering. She
has been a SWE member since she was a freshman and is the Evening with
Industry Chair for this upcoming year. Her academic achievement is
exemplified by her acceptance into the select honors course - the Human
Genome, in which she received the highest grade in the class. After
this class in the spring of 1999, Kelly switched from Liberal Arts to
Chemical engineering. She has excelled in her studies maintaining a 3.9
gpa and is ranked second among upper level chemical engineering
students at UCLA.
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Maria Pavlovsky
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Maria is a senior at Loyola Marymount, majoring in civil engineering.
She has been involved with SWE since she was a freshman and is very
active in the American society of civil engineers. She emigrated from
Russia in 1994, and has excelled in engineering at Loyola, with a 3.8
gpa. Last year she was a teaching assistant for statics class and this
summer, she worked at Spacian Technologies, a software engineering
company for structural engineering applications. To support her
education, Maria will continue working at Spacian part-time during the
school year.
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Julia Tam
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Ms. Julia Tam is a graduate student at UCLA pursuing her master’s
degree in electrical engineering. She received her bachelor's degree
from UCLA where she was a very active member of SWE. As the external
vice president last year, she created a resume database, published a
quarterly newsletter, and raised $4,000 for their Evening with Industry
banquet. She is extremely ambitious, planning to complete her master's
degree in one year, while also supporting her degree as either a
teaching or research assistant.
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Johanna Wonsowicz
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Johanna is a senior at USC majoring in industrial and systems
engineering. She has been very active at the student SWE section. Last
year she was responsible for maintaining and updating their website and
currently she is the vice president of corporate affairs. Last May she
won the technical presentation award at the SWE Region B conference. In
addition to her SWE activities, last year Johanna founded an on-line
magazine for USC students and is on the editorial board.
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| Scholarship Recipients 2000 |
Jeannette Wait
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Ms.
Jeannette Wait is a graduate student at USC pursuing her master’s
degree in structural engineering. She graduated from Harvey Mudd
College in May 1999 with a 3.7 gpa. At Harvey Mudd, she was an active
member of SWE. Her current research involves electromechanical
components under dynamic loads to establish their fragility levels. Her
long-range interests include working with the FEMA agency for damage
detection and structural health monitoring. She spent this past summer
working at Los Alamos National Laboratories in a large scale testing
laboratory as one of 15 researchers selected nationwide.
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Hayley McGuire
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Ms.
Hayley McGuire is a senior at USC majoring in aerospace engineering.
She has been very active in SWE and is our Loring Nicolson recipient.
Her past positions include Historian and External Secretary. Last year
she was the corporate representative organizing section meetings with
companies. In addition, she organized the Afternoon with Industry event
in which companies met with SWE members after the USC career fair. In
addition, she helped coordinate the regional conference. Currently, she
is the section president. She spent this past summer interning at
Hughes Space and Communications. This past year, she helped support her
education and her father by assisting him with his business repairing
Braille writers, typewriters for the blind.
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Rebecca Cohl
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Ms.
Rebecca Cohl is a senior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, majoring in
mechanical engineering. She has been involved with SWE since she was a
freshman. Last year was the mechanical engineering major chair and this
year she is the outreach coordinator for high school students. She
helps pay for her education by tutoring math at the University Academic
Skills Center and will continue this year. She spent the past summer at
Hewlett Packard in their research and development department in
Corvalis, Oregon. She maintains a busy schedule, but is a dedicated
student, maintaining a 3.7 gpa.
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Van Tran
- Ms.
Van Tran is currently a junior majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo. Last year, she was the outreach coordinator for
SWE, visiting local schools from grammar to high school to educate
younger students on engineering. In addition, she created the High
School Shadow Program in which high school students followed an
engineering student for a day on campus. She is also involved in two
design clubs, the Cal Poly Space Systems and the Cal Poly Solar Car
Club in which students work in teams to create various manufacturing
products. Although quite involved in outside activities, she has been
able to excel academically as demonstrated by her 3.9 gpa.
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Marcy LaViolette
- Ms.
Marcy LaViollette is a junior at Harvey Mudd College majoring in
environmental studies within the school of engineering. She is an
active member of SWE, acting as the faculty liaison, coordinating
professor/student events including social dinners. In addition, she
helped coordinate Harvey Mudd’s WEST conference with Judy, in which
high school girls are introduced into engineering and science on
campus. She won an internship at E.S.R.I, a computer software designer
of ArcView, a geographical Information system. This past summer, she
worked for the forestry service and would like to pursue environmental
engineering once she graduates.
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Julia Chen
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Ms.
Julia Chen is a sophmore at UCLA, majoring in electrical engineering.
She is a Regents Scholar and although only a sophmore, is very mature
and committed to her studies. She is an active member of SWE and a
member of the Regent Scholar Society in which this year she will mentor
incoming freshman. She is a gifted muscian, playing both the piano and
cello for several years. She spent this past summer at her first job
working at D-Link , a small software and internet company.
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Shirley Ni
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Ms.
Shirley Ni is a senior at USC majoring in computer science. She has
been a SWE member since she was a freshman. She has served as a
volunteer with USC’s Medical project of the Californas, an outreach
program and is a volunteer at the LA County Medical Center. She has
excelled in her major, maintaining a 3.8 gpa as well as winning one of
the two IBM Research Awards for women and one of the five Microsoft
National Women’s Technical Awards.
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Judy Hsu
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Ms.
Judy Hsu is a sophmore at Harvey Mudd College and also a Harvey Mudd
Merit Scholar. She is very active in SWE and currently serves as the
co-president of her section. She helped organize the WEST conference
which provided career guidance to female high school students,
introducing them to engineering and science. She is an upward bound
tutor working with underprivileged high school students as part of her
work study program.
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Rochelle Visaya
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Ms.
Rochelle Visaya is a senior at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majoring in
industrial engineering. She was the secretary for her section last year
and is currently the SWE engineering representative. In addition to her
activities in SWE, she was the vice president of her sorority and is
very active in the Asian-American community at Cal Poly, organizing
several Lantern Festivals on campus which celebrate Asian cultures. She
spent this past summer in a co-op position at Imagation in Camarillo.
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