Missouri S&T students receive Grainger Power Engineering Awards

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On May 22, 2014
Photo courtesy of Nathan Leezer, a 2014 mechanical engineering graduate.

Photo courtesy of Nathan Leezer, a 2014 mechanical engineering graduate.

Twelve electrical engineering seniors and recent graduates will each receive a $5,000 Grainger Power Engineering Award from the electrical and computer engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The awards are presented as a reward for academic excellence.

The Power Engineering Awards are funded by a $1.3 million endowment from The Grainger Foundation of Chicago. Grainger recognizes Missouri S&T for its ability to attract top students and educate quality engineers and is one of only six universities in the nation chosen to receive such funding.

Each spring, the Grainger Power Engineering Award is typically presented to up to 12 electrical engineering graduate and undergraduate students who plan to pursue careers in power engineering. Selection of recipients is based on academic performance, exhibited interest in power engineering and extra-curricular activities.

To be eligible for this year’s award, students must have graduated with degrees in electrical engineering in August or December of 2013 or May 2014, and have a power engineering emphasis in their course work. All recipients had significant power engineering experience, either through company internships, research projects or design projects.

2014 recipients of the Power Engineering Awards are:

– Hollyn Benson of St. Louis, a May 2014 electrical engineering graduate

– Vincent Bohl of Kansas City, Mo., a December 2013 electrical engineering graduate

– Sean Coerver of Festus, Mo., a May 2014 electrical engineering graduate

– John Conte of Crystal City, Mo., a December 2013 electrical engineering graduate

– Donald Crites of St. Louis, a December 2013 electrical engineering graduate

– Kevin Foflygen of Springfield, Mo., a May 2014 electrical engineering graduate

– Brooke Greathouse of DuBois, Pa., a May 2014 electrical engineering graduate

– Stephen Moerer of Parkville, Mo., a May 2014 electrical engineering master of science graduate

– Clayton Powell of Sikeston, Mo., a May 2014 electrical engineering graduate

– Kaitlyn Schikore of St. Charles, Mo., a May 2014 electrical and computer engineering graduate

– Daniel Schrader of Evansville, Ill., a December 2013 electrical engineering graduate

– Luke Watson of Albuquerque, N.M., a December 2013 electrical engineering Ph.D. graduate.

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