Annual Report Year 2009 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

VIA SCHOLARS
MASTER’S STUDENTS
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Craig M. Shillaber
Elizabeth A. Skvarenina
Zaeinulabddin M. Adam
Hometown: Deerfield, N.H.
Location of Previous Studies: University
of New Hampshire
Awards and Recognitions: University
of New Hampshire Presidential
Scholar; Tau Beta Pi; University of
New Hampshire Alumni Association
Legacy Scholar; University of New
Hampshire Civil Engineering Graduate
Achievement Award
Primary Area of Interest: Geotechnical
Work Experience: Internship at Appledore
Engineering, Inc.; lab assistant at the
University of New Hampshire
Career Goals: I plan to progress toward
professional licensure by spending
a few years working in geotechnical
engineering consulting and design.
Later, I hope to pursue a doctorate and
possibly become a professor.
Hometown: West Lafayette, In.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
Purdue University
Awards and Recognitions: National Merit
Scholarship winner for undergraduates;
member of Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta
Pi.
Primary Area of Interest: Environmental
and Water Resources
Outside Work Experience: Summer 2005,
Summer undergraduate research
fellowship at Purdue, worked with
faculty and graduate student mentors
doing research on the Assessment of
Surfactants Biodegradability During
Graywater Recycling for Advanced
Life Support Applications; 2005-
2007, worked as an undergraduate
researcher assisting in various projects
and tasks in the laboratory.
Career Goals: I wish to obtain a position
related to water or wastewater
treatment.
Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Location of Master’s Studies: Utah State
University, Logan, Utah
Awards and Recognitions: Dean’s lists.
Primary Area of Interest: Transportation
and Infrastructure Systems
Outside Work Experience: Project
engineer, George Butler Associates,
Inc. Kansas City, Kan.; project
manager, Engineering Airwaves,
Khartoum, Sudan.
Career Goals: I plan to pursue a career in
academia besides doing consulting in
the area of infrastructures and transport
engineering.
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