Scholarship Program - 2009

The Forum Board of Directors voted to award tuition scholarship for the year 2009 to deserving Rice School of Engineering students. Focus of the awards was on applicants who were in or planning to be in the Professional Masters program in the School of Engineering. The funding of these awards was possible though funding coming from the Forum’s Contractor Corporate and Associate Membership annual dues and income from attendance at our Monthly Roundtables and Annual Forum.

Applications were formally solicited and evaluated by the Forum’s Scholarship Committee. We are pleased to announce the following successful applicants and their awards.

Roque Sanchez – Award $5,000
Roque is currently a senior at Rice and will graduate with a BA Environmental Engineering Science. He will begin his course work as a professional engineering masters student in August 2009. Roque’s interests are in environmental engineering, resource management, distributed power generation, and the integration of sustainable concepts into engineering practice.

Huda Khalid – Award $2,500
Huda will be a senior in the fall of 2009 majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering. Upon completion of her BS degree in 2010, Huda plans on continuing her education toward a Professional Masters degree. During the past academic year Ms. Khalid participated in the Rice American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter Concrete Canoe competition. Last summer she interned in Houston with Geo Environmental, an environmental and construction company.

Jonathan Lo – Award $2,500
Jonathan will be a senior in the fall of 2009 majoring Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering. Upon completion of his BS degree in 2010, Jonathan plans on continuing his education toward a Professional Masters degree. Mr. Lo would like to help tackle the energy crisis due to its widespread relevance and impact on society.

Yves Meyers – Award $2,500
Yves will be a senior in the fall of 2009 majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering. Upon completion of his BS degree in 2010, Yves plans on continuing his education toward a Professional Masters degree. His career interests are involvement in sustainable design especially with regards to energy generation and the efficiency of its use.