UC Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics department awards 40 scholarships
Aerospace engineering student Elizabeth Rochford receives a scholarship certificate from department head Kelly Cohen, Ph.D.
The University of Cincinnati’s department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (AEEM) recently awarded 40 of its students with scholarships.
Four types of scholarship were awarded, each honoring the history of the department, which is the second-oldest department of its kind in the nation.
The Bradley Jones Scholarship, named for the flight navigation systems inventor and founder of the AEEM department, awards fifth-year students deemed most outstanding in scholarship, character, personality and achievement.
The R.T. Davis Scholarship is given to full-time students of “good personal and professional integrity” with a preference for study in the field of computational mechanics.
The Ferdinand L. Weston Memorial Scholarship promotes scientific development in aeronautics and honors Lieutenant Ferdinand Weston who was a member of the United States Air Force.
The Knowlsen and Irene Byar Scholarship awards students pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering. It was established by UC aerospace engineering alumnus Tom Byar to honor his parents.
The 2019 scholarship winners are listed below.
Mark Turner, Ph.D. addresses the scholarship winners at the awards ceremony.
Bradley Jones Memorial Scholarship
- Adam Herrmann
- Simon Livingston
R. T. Davis Scholarship
- Manu Kamin
- Zirui Mao
- Edward Mansfield
- Mayank Sharma
- Kyle Windland
Ferdinand L. Weston Memorial Scholarship
- Evan Burke
- Kyle Dunlap
- Elizabeth Rochford
Knowlson and Irene Byar Endowed Scholarship
- Tobin Anderson
- Brett Beard
- Elliott Burdick
- Joshua Clabbers
- John Danko
- Peter Elliott
- Aidan Flanigan
- Peter Glaubitz
- Ethan Grayson
- Matthew Ha
- Adam Herrmann
- Josiah Herring
- Nick Kearns
- Weston Lavy
- Nathan Lawler
- Sebastian Lemieux
- Simon Livingston
- Edward Mansfield
- Zachary Meacham
- David Mulligan
- Evan Ozmun
- Zachariah Phillips
- Dylan Roach
- Andrew Russell
- Cole Rutter
- Ethan Sanders
- Tyler Ptrischau
- Nicholas Statzer
- Mason Turvey
- Ethan Verquer
- Kaitlyn Wetta
Learn more about UC’s Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics department at ceas.uc.edu/aero.
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