Tue, Sep 23, 2008
Four Exceptional Students Selected
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) announced
Monday the 2008 winners of the annual USRA Scholarships. As the
2008 awardees, USRA's selection committee has chosen an outstanding
group of students in physical science and engineering disciplines
from colleges across the US.
The winners of this year's USRA Scholarships are:
- Mr. Daniel Araya, a senior in Aerospace
Engineering at Texas A&M University, who was awarded the Thomas
R. McGetchin Memorial Scholarship
- Ms. Ashley Campbell, a senior in Physics and
Mathematics at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, who was
awarded the John R. Sevier Memorial Scholarship
- Mr. Brian Kaplinger, a senior in Aerospace
Engineering at Iowa State University, who was awarded the James B.
Willett Educational Memorial Scholarship
- Mr. Edward Schwieterman, a senior in Physics
and Space Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology, who was
awarded the USRA Education Scholarship
"This program is an excellent example of USRA's efforts
supporting education and workforce development in the fields of
space science and aerospace technology," stated Dr. Hussein Jirdeh,
USRA's Director of University Relations, "We are very proud to
provide this support to such a talented and promising group of
young scholars and future scientists and engineers."
The USRA Scholarship Program is an annual award program that
provides college scholarships to outstanding students who have
shown a career interest in the physical sciences or engineering
with an emphasis on space research or space science education.
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