ESWP Scholarship News
Congratulations to the recipients of the ESWP Members Scholarship for 2023-24!
The recipients are:
- Sara Sawford (Sean Sawford- father) ā awarded $2500,
- Paige Lanning (Jen Lanningā mother) – awarded $1600, and
- Austin Zeigler (Bill Laughlin ā grandfather) – awarded $1600.
2023 ESWP Members Scholarship
We are now accepting applications for the 2023 ESWP Members Scholarship.
The Scholarship is open to the spouse, children, or grandchildren (natural, step, adopted, or ward) of a member in good standing (one or more previous, continuous years) of the ESWP ā please note that only the individuals listed on a corporate member firm roster are eligible).
The scholarships will be awarded to outstanding high school seniors or currently enrolled college undergraduate students, preparing for a career in engineering, architecture or applied sciences. The students must be accepted in an eligible, full-time course of study, at an accredited college or university. The awards will be made without regard to financial need.
Completed application forms are to be submitted to the ESWP Scholarship Committee, no later than July 31, 2023. Please emailĀ eswp@eswp.comĀ to receive an online application.
ESWP News!
ESWP Member Reis Zandier from ACAA presented to students at Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh regarding her educational and career background in Engineering. Her feedback was the students showed a great deal of interest, asking a ton of questions, which is awesome!
ESWP Members Scholarship Information
We are now accepting applications for the 2021 ESWP Members Scholarship.
The Scholarship is open to the spouse, children, or grandchildren (natural, step, adopted, or ward) of a member in good standing (one or more previous, continuous years) of the ESWP ā please note that only the individuals listed on a corporate member firm roster are eligible).
The scholarships will be awarded to outstanding high school seniors or currently enrolled college undergraduate students, preparing for a career in engineering, architecture or applied sciences. The students must be accepted in an eligible, full-time course of study, at an accredited college or university. The awards will be made without regard to financial need.
Completed application forms are to be submitted to the ESWP Scholarship Committee, postmarked no later than July 31, 2021. Please email eswp@eswp.com to receive an application.
ACE Mentoring Program News
ACE Mentor Program
Check out this new video that details information on what ACE provides and how to get involved!
ESWP’s Engineering Career Fair
ESWPās Annual Engineering Career Fair was held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Engineersā Society of Western Pennsylvania.
28 companies participated in greeting over 100 students from the tri-state area, providing a rare opportunity for students and professionals to meet employers and company representatives. Students also took advantage of the mock interviews, an opportunity for students and professionals to interact and get quick feedback on their resume and interview skills.
Thank you to all the companies and students who participated.
Future City Competition Results
The 20th Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition wasĀ held onĀ January 19, 2019Ā at the Carnegie Science Center in the brand new PPG Science Pavilion.Ā
Congratulations to the following winners of the 20th Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition!
- 1st Place:Ā Fort Couch Middle School
- 2nd Place:Ā St. Edmund’s Academy
- 3rd Place:Ā West MifflinĀ Area School District
- 4th Place:Ā St. Bede School
- 5th Place:Ā Marion Center Jr./Sr. High School
Future City Pittsburgh Alumnus of the Year –Ā Eric Belski, M.Sc.
Also, visit (and like!) our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pghfuturecity for more competition photos.
Future City News!
The announcement of the first of 4 Distinguished Alumni for 2019 has been released on Facebook today. The awardee is Brandon DāAloiso who participated in 2007 with St. Thomas More School.Ā See his impressive accomplishments:Ā
Facebook pageĀ https://www.facebook.com/pghfuturecity
Future City Pittsburgh 2019
Distinguished Alumnus
Brandon DāAloiso
Brandon DāAloiso participated in the 2007 Future City Pittsburgh Competition with St. Thomas More School, supported by educator Gina Callahan and mentor Patricia Wattick.
Brandon received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Bioengineering in 2015 from the University of Pittsburgh and a Cardiovascular Perfusion Certificate from UPMC in 2017.
As an undergraduate researcher at Pitt he worked on multiple artificial lung devices for treatment of COPD, ARDS and other lung problems which is where he learned about Perfusion.
Brandon has published articles about cardiopulmonary bypass and permeability of polymer fibers used in respiratory assist devices. He also has a patent for a Cannula Stabilization Device for ambulatory ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation).
He currently works as a perfusionist at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ā Presbyterian Hospital while pursuing a Masterās degree (M.S.) in Bioengineering at Pitt. Additionally, he serves as a co-director of a comprehensive ECMO training course for physicians to learn about this complex procedure.
Brandon Reflects on his Future City Experience:
āFuture City was definitely a long time ago for me, but it feels like yesterday. Back in those days I had no idea what I wanted to do when I grew up, but going through the experience helped me to realize something in the engineering/problem solving field was for me. Working and presenting our project to engineers was a great experience and really allowed me to learn about the field. While I took a turn and ended up doing more medical engineering, Future City allowed me to learn what engineering was and practice some of those early skills that would later serve me in school and work. Even teamwork was something we learned in the building and development of our city. Overall it was a great experience with some of my best friends until this day.ā
Student Outreach Event
ESWP 1st Vice-President Dave Borneman, and Rucha Shah of Arcadis participated as judges in the āSea, Air & Land Challengeā event at Seneca Valley High School on April 25, 2019, where Innovation and teamwork were keys at this robotics and engineering competition. Dave and Rucha volunteered as part of ESWPās Student Outreach Initiative.
Design Lives Here
Design Lives Here is a semester-long engineering initiative that equips teachers and students to participate in engineering activities within their school or afterschool program. Professional engineers serve as mentors to students throughout the year. Schools who participate are diverse ā public, parochial and private ā and have the option of making this part of their school day or an extended program. Each spring, all the participants come together for a day of engineering challenges, grouped in new teams to compete for prizes. Design Lives Here activities are inspired by the popular PBS KIDS program and website, Design Squad Nation.
Gwen Anderson, WQED Education Department Outreach Coordinator explains the program in more detail and the relationship with ESWP āWQED has received funding and support from ESWP from the inception of the Design Lives Here program. ESWP collaborates with WQED Education to pair local engineers with students from participating schools. These engineers will mentor the participants through the duration of the engineering challenges that are presented through the in-school portion of the program.Ā The overall goal for Design Lives Here is to provide students with opportunities to learn about the engineering design process, develop creativity and team building skills,Ā and to begin exploring careers in engineering.ā
ESWP supplied eleven mentors to the program this year. One of the eleven mentors is Jonathan Shimko, ESWP Member, International Water ConferenceĀ® Executive Committee Member, and Senior Project Manager at McKim & Creed explained how his experience with Design Lives Here has impacted him. āThe opportunity to support ESWP and Design Lives Here has been extremely rewarding.Ā I have had a great time teaching engineering principle to the young people and they have taught me new ways to approach problem solving.Ā Iām confident that Iām a better professional for having worked with this dynamic group of individuals.ā
The 2018-2019 Design Lives Here initiative is a project of WQED Multimedia, with major underwriting by The Arconic Foundation, MSA, PPG, ANSYS, and additional support from Rolls-Royce, Arconic, Daedalus, Independence Excavating, and founding partner the Engineers’ Society of Western PA.
2018-2019 Participating Schools:
Blessed Trinity Academy
Deer Lakes Middle School
Elizabeth Forward Middle School
Franklin Regional
Haines Middle School
Independence Middle School
J.E. Harrison Middle School
Marshall Elementary- North Allegheny
Moon Middle School
New Kensington Arnold School District
Our Lady of Most Blessed Sacrament
Propel East
Ryan Gloyer Middle School-Seneca Valley
Schiller STEAM Academy
St. Phillip
Design Lives Hereās day of engineering challenges are taking place on March 13 and 14, 2019 at WQED Multimedia. Good luck to all the schools participating in this event. To learn more about the program, please visit https://www.wqed.org/education/designliveshere.