Annual Report Year 2009 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

VIA SCHOLARS
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Benjamin T. Cross
Kacie C. D’Alessandro
Christina C. Davis
Hometown: Hamilton, Va.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
University of Delaware
Location of Master’s Studies: University
of Delaware
Awards and Recognitions: E.C. Davis
Scholar Award (UD Graduate School);
full football athletic scholarship (UD
Undergraduate); dean’s list every
enrolled semester at UD; four varsity
football letters at UD; 2004 CoSida first
team and 2003 CoSida second team
football Academic All-American; 2003
Atlantic 10 Football Scholar Athlete
of the Year; 2002 and 2004 UD Civil
Engineering Scholar Athlete of the
Year; member of 2003 I-AA national
championship football team as well as
2003 and 2004 Atlantic 10 champions.
Primary Area of Interest: Structures
Outside Work Experience: University
of Delaware Center for Composite
Materials internship, 2002-2003;
Delaware Engineering and Design
Corporation internship, 2004-2005.
Career Goals: I would like to obtain an
advanced research position whether
it be at a university or in the structural
engineering industry.
Hometown: Easley, S.C.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
Clemson University
Location of Master’s Studies: Clemson
University
Awards and Recognitions: Precast/
Prestressed Concrete Institute Daniel
P. Jenny Research Fellowship;
American Society of Civil Engineers
S.C. Section Scholarship; W.M.
Thames Jr. Engineering Scholarship;
General Electric Women’s Networking
Scholarship; Legislative Incentive for
Future Excellence Scholarship; Chi
Epsilon; Tau Beta Pi; Calhoun Honors
College, Clemson University.
Primary Area of Interest: Structures
Outside Work Experience: Wind
Engineering and Structures Laboratory
research assistant, Clemson, S.C.;
Florence & Hutcheson, Inc. internship,
Columbia, S.C.
Career Goals: After completing my
doctoral degree, I plan to enter
academia and become a professor at
a research university. I want to teach
future engineers along their path to
success by motivating and guiding
them throughout their academic
journey. Additionally, I want to become
a leading researcher with the capability
of combining my interests in both
concrete materials and structures.
Hometown: Rocky Mount, Va.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
Virginia Tech
Location of Master’s Studies: Virginia Tech
Awards and Recognitions: Registered
professional engineer; EPA Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship;
AWWA LARS and Thomas R. Camp
Scholarships; NWRI Fellowship;
VWRRC William R. Walker Graduate
Fellowship; WPI Graduate Fellowship;
AEESP Outstanding M.S. Thesis
Award; ASCE Thompson Award for
Outstanding Undergraduate; Tau Beta
Pi; Chi Epsilon
Primary Area of Interest: Environmental
and Water Resources
Outside Work Experience: Environmental
engineer, CDM, 2000-2003; intern,
Montgomery Watson Harza, 1997;
co-op engineer, RR Donnelley Printing
Company, 1994-1995.
Career Goals: I would like to contribute to
the field of environmental engineering
through teaching, research, and
consulting.
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