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Giving Areas for Supporting Electrical and Computer Engineering Students
Gifts can be made online at the Online Giving Web site. To donate to the ECE Department, Select Other in the Select Fund field. In the Specify the Fund field, enter Elec. & Comp. Eng. and, if desired, the purpose or fund below that you wish to support.
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Derek Blume Memorial Scholarship
Recipient Type: Electrical & Computer Engineering undergraduates
Eligibility:
Derek Blume graduated from the University's A. James Clark School of Engineering in December 2003 with a degree in computer engineering. Derek passed away on July 29, 2006, at the tender age of 25. To honor Derek's memory and assist students at his alma mater, his family and friends established an endowed fund to support students enrolled in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University. Eligible students must be undergraduates enrolled in either electrical or computer engineering. For more information about this scholarship and about Derek, visit the University Scholarships page.
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Bodharamik Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Academic Merit. Awards are renewable up to 4 years providing the recipient continues to meet all eligibility requirements and maintains good academic standing with the University.
Description:
This scholarship is awarded to a maximum of six talented engineering students each year enrolled in the Clark School of Engineering. It was created by Dr. Adisai Bodharamik (ENG '71), the first recipient of the International Alumnus Award. The scholarship awards are renewable for up to four years provided that the student continues to meet all eligibility requirements and maintains good academic standing.
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Capitol Club - Association of Old Crows Scholarship
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
Resident of Maryland, Virginia or D.C. Academic achievement. Financial need.
Description:
This annual scholarship was established by the Capitol Club - Association of Old Crows. Recipients must be residents of Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia, and are selected on the basis of academic achievement and financial need.
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George Corcoran Memorial Award
Recipient Type: Faculty
Eligibility:
To be used to award for significant contributions to electrical engineering-especially excellence in teaching and advancement of profession. Preference is for a member of the electrical engineer faculty not passed age of 35.
Description:
Established in memory of Professor George Corcoran, former member of the Electrical Engineering Department, for an award to be presented for significant contributions to electrical engineering, especially excellence in teaching and advancement of the profession. Preference is to be given to a member of the electrical engineering faculty who has not passed his or her 35th birthday by the time the award is made.
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Jean and Everett Dillard Memorial Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Academic achievement, demonstrated financial need, potential for contributions to the field of electrical engineering.
Description:
This scholarship was created through a bequest from Jean M. Dillard and her son, Donald Dillard to provide annual scholarships for electrical engineering students in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Selection criteria includes academic achievement, demonstrated financial need and the potential for contributions to the field of electrical engineering.
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Nariman Farvardin Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Recipient Type: Undergraduate or Graduate
Eligibility:
Information on fund not yet formalized.
Description:
This scholarship fund was created in honor of Nariman Farvardin, professor and Dean of the Clark School, and former chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, to support students in electrical and computer engineering.
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Fritkin Engineering Centennial Scholarship
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
GPA 3.0 or higher. Financial need will also be taken into consideration.
Description:
Established by George (EE'59) and July Fritkin to commemorate the 100 years of engineering education at the University of Maryland. This fund provides assistance to outstanding electrical engineering students.
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Sujan Guha Memorial Award for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
One award each to graduating seniors in electrical engineering and economics for best thesis. Generally awarded for May graduation candidates.
Description:
Created by Dr. Arun K. Guha in honor of his son, Sujon Guha, a 1988 electrical engineering alumnus, to support graduating seniors for the best written theses in the fields of electrical engineering and economics.
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Shewell deBenneville Keim Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Recipient Type: Incoming Freshman
Eligibility:
Merit and financial need.
Description:
Established by Shewell D. Keim, 1949 Engineering alumnus, to support three or more annual scholarships for incoming freshmen in electrical engineering on the basis of merit and financial need.
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Arnold A. Korab Endowed Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Academic merit and financial need.
Description:
William H. Korab, a 1964 Engineering alumnus, and Anne Korab Faffley, a 1969 alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences, established this fund in honor of their father, Arnold A. Korab, a 1938 Engineering alumnus. The scholarship supports outstanding Electrical Engineering students.
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Litton Industries Fellowship
Recipient Type: Graduate
Eligibility:
Graduate student interested in a career in academia
Description:
Established by Litton Industries to support outstanding full-time graduate students in pursuit of a doctorate degree in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and who are committed to a teaching career in engineering education.
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Brent R. Mayer Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate Juniors & Seniors
Eligibility:
Academic merit and financial need.
Description:
The Brent R. Mayer Scholarship was established by the ECE Department to honor Brent R. Mayer, who graduated from UMD in December 2004 with a BS in Electrical Engineering a little over a year after being diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
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Judith Resnik Memorial Fellowship
Recipient Type: Graduate
Eligibility:
Full-time graduate student. Academic merit and promise.
Description:
This endowed fellowship fund was established by the University of Maryland, in memory and honor of University of Maryland engineering alumna, Judith Resnik, who passed away in the NASA Challenger Shuttle explosion. Recipients of the fellowship must be outstanding graduate students at the University of Maryland and will be selected based on academic merit and promise.
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Victor G. Rinker Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Assistance to children of classified or associate staff members in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Award based on financial need, then merit.
Description:
Established by the family and friends of Victor G. Rinker to provide financial assistance to the children of classified or associate staff members of the electrical engineering department at the Clark School. Financial need is the primary selection criteria and academic merit is secondary.
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Joseph A. Sciulli Memorial Scholarship
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
Maryland Resident. Academic potential, financial need, character, leadership potential.
Description:
Established by Telecommunications Techniques Corporation in honor of its founder, UMD alumnus Joseph A. Sciulli, to assist a student in Electrical Engineering through his/her four years at the University. Student must be a Maryland resident and will be judged on their academic achievement and potential, esp. in math and science, rank in class, financial need, evidence of self-help, exemplary character and leadership potential, and a demonstrated interest in Electrical Engineering for a career.
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David Simons Endowed Scholarship
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
Academic merit and financial need. Maryland residents.
Description:
In honor of alumnus and former faculty member David Simons, this fund was created by 1972 Engineering alumnus Michael Herson to support juniors or seniors majoring in electrical engineering. Students must be Maryland residents and will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic merit.
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Ted and Janice Smith Scholarship in Computer Engineering
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Academic merit, leadership potential, and financial need.
Description:
Endowed by Ted Smith, 1953 alumnus, and his wife Janice, this fund provides an annual award for outstanding undergraduate students in computer engineering. Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
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David Andrew Tretter Memorial Scholarship
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
Based on merit and financial need. If academic standing is maintained, the scholarship may be renewed for a second year.
Description:
Established by Steven and Teresa Tretter to honor the memory of their son, David Andrew Tretter, this scholarship will be awarded to a full-time outstanding junior or senior Engineering students who have academic merit and financial need.
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Trigen-Cinergy Solutions Scholarship
Recipient Type: Undergraduate
Eligibility:
Established to support energy conversion education in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University.
Description:
Established by Trigen-Cinergy Solutions of College Park, LLC, to provide an operating fund to support a graduate fellowship in energy conversion through the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering and eight undergraduate scholarships. Junior and senior electrical and mechanical engineering students will be selected on the basis of academic merit and a demonstrated interest in studying energy conversion.
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Wabtec Endowed Scholarship Fund
Recipient Type: Junior or Senior
Eligibility:
Superior scholastic/academic merit.
Description:
Established by Angel Bezos and Emilio A. Fernandez, two 1969 graduates of the school of engineering and co-founders of Pulse Electronics (later acquired by Wabtec), this fund provides an annual award to an engineering student enrolled at the Clark School of Engineering. Recipients shall be known as the Wabtec Endowed Scholars and are selected based on academic merit and financial need.
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