Annual Report Year 2004 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Via Scholars — Master’s StudentsLaurie MazurskyHometown: Baltimore, Md.Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University(Summa Cum Laude)Awards & Recognitions: AISC/SouthernAssociation of Steel FabricatorsScholarship; Walter Gill KirkpatrickPrize in Civil Engineering;Vanderbilt University’s CivilEngineering Program Award.Primary Area of Interest: Structures –buildings.Work Experience: Intern, StructuralAffiliates International, Inc.Career Goals: Begin as an engineer-in-training in a structuralengineering firm.Joshua P. MiddletonHometown: Newbern, Va.Undergraduate: Virginia MilitaryInstituteAwards & Recognitions: Brother to sixsisters.Primary Area of Interest: ConstructionWork Experience: Contractor and workcoordinator of Habitat forHumanity House in Buena Vista,Va.; Middleton Construction Co.(10 years).Career Goals: I would like to becomea professional engineer within five years and to make adifference in the engineering community.VIA SCHOLARSMichael MotleyHometown: Charleston, S.C.Undergraduate: The CitadelAwards & Recognitions: Tau Beta Pi,Phi Kappa Phi, The Citadel’sHimelright ScholarshipPrimary Area of Interest: StructuresWork Experience: Field engineer,Southeastern Surveying Inc.,Charleston, SC; field engineer,Leighton Contractors, Brisbane,Australia.Career Goals: I would like to do consulting and eventuallybecome a college professor.Julia NovakHometown: Hampton, Va.Undergraduate: Virginia TechAwards and Recognitions: Tau Beta PiPrimary Area of Interest: Water treatmentWork Experience: Civil engineer inwater/wastewater group atWhitman, Requardt & Assoc., LLP.Career Goals: I would like to conductresearch and development work tobring clean water to the world.38Caroline K. NguyenHometown: Graham, N.C.Undergraduate: NC State UniversityAwards & Recognitions: NSF GraduateFellowship; NSF Computer Science,Engineering, and MathematicsScholarship; W.C. Billy CreelMemorial Scholarship; ProgressEnergy Scholarship; CP&LScholarship; Dean's List; ChiEpsilon.Primary Area of Interest:Environmental (copper corrosion,drinking water)Work Experience: Hazen and Sawyer, Intern, May 2001–Aug.2003Career Goals: Consult after master’s degree and obtain professionalengineering license. Possibly return to academiafor a doctorate.Donald P. ScholzHometown: Plymouth Meeting, Pa.Undergraduate: University of DelawareAwards & Recognitions: Vice-president,Chi Epsilon; secretary, Tau Beta Pi;URS Corporation Award; Liston A.Houston Scholarship; HowardRobertson Sr. MemorialScholarship; American Society ofHighway Engineers Scholarship;University of Delaware ScholarAward; University of DelawareHonors Program Scholarship.Primary Area of Interest: Structures(bridge design/rehabilitation)Work Experience: Intern, McCormick, Taylor and Assoc.Career Goals: Work in and eventually lead a private firm inthe design of medium-and long-span bridges.
Robert Charles WilliamsHometown: Coalwood, W.Va.Undergraduate: West VirginiaUniversity Institute of Technology(Magna Cum Laude)Awards & Recognitions: President, WVBeta Chapter, Tau Beta Pi; AlphaChi; Dean’s List; WV Engineeringand Science Scholarship; NationalDean’s List; Collegiate All-AmericanScholar.Primary Area of Interest: Constructionengineering & project managementWork Experience: Intern, Columbia Gas Transmission (2summers); intern,Triad Engineering Inc. (2 summers);teaching assistant, Reinforced Concrete Design and FluidMechanics.Career Goals: Start a successful engineering firm capable ofcompleting projects in all areas of civil engineering.‘I hope to work for a governmentalorganization orNGO in international development,focusing on underdevelopedcountries...’—Edward Brian HoustonVIA SCHOLARSJennifer WrightHometown: Moorestown, N.J.Undergraduate: Washington & LeeUniversity (B.S. in mathematicsand engineering science)Awards & Recognitions: Phi BetaKappa; Washington and LeePhysics Departmental Award.Primary Area of Interest: Fluidmechanics/hydrology/environmental modelingWork Experience: Lockheed MartinEngineering Leadership Development Program,Moorestown, NJ, one year.Career Goals: Obtain a Ph..D in environmental engineeringand become a teacher or professor of environmentalmodeling.Kevin D. YoungHometown: Blacksburg, Va.Undergraduate: Virginia TechAwards & Recognitions: LicensedProfessional Engineer (Va.)Primary Area of Interest: Hydrosystems(urban stormwater management,river mechanics analysis, floodplaindelineation and modeling).Work Experience: Design technician,land development (7 yrs.), projectengineer, land development (1 yr.);project engineer, hydraulics and hydrology (2 yrs.);Anderson & Associates, Inc., Blacksburg, Va..Career Goals: Possibly pursue a Ph.D. and either teach orwork on the regulatory side of storm water management.Anna ZaklikowskiHometown: Buffalo, N.Y.Undergraduate: ClarksonAwards & Recognitions: ClarksonLeadership Award and Scholarship;Clarkson Presidential Scholar& Dean’s List; Chi Epsilon; PhiKappa Phi; FMC Corporation Dr.Bretchger Award & Scholarship.Primary Area of Interest:Environmental (drinking watertreatment, wastewater treatment)Work Experience: Intern, BioEconomyPartners, Inc.; co-op, Sterns & Wheler, LLC; intern, FAA;intern, FMC Corp.; NSF REU Marine Science &Engineering, Ocean University of Qingdao, China.Career Goals: Develop and implement environmentally sustainabledrinking water and wastewater treatment practicesand technologies.Lauren ZuravnskyHometown: Cranford, N.J.Undergraduate: Villanova University(Summa Cum Laude)Awards & Recognitions: Member of the1st place design team, 2004Parsons Brinkerhoff CapstoneDesign Competition; Dean’s Awardfor Academic Excellence; Tau BetaPi; Chi Epsilon.Primary Area of Interest:Environmental Engineering (wastemanagement topics).Work Experience: Engineering intern (2 years), Nicholas J.Bouras, Inc.; intern (3 years), engineering and environmentalhealth and safety departments, Anheuser-Busch,Newark, N.J.Career Goals: To be happy and successful.39
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