Senior Thesis Activities

The 2005 Senior Awards and Recognition Banquet was held on April 29, 2005 at the Nittany Lion Inn. We were very pleased to present nearly $94,000 in scholarships and awards to deserving AE undergraduate students. We are extremely grateful for the phenomenal generosity of our many alumni and friends who so faithfully support the AE Scholarship and Awards Program each year. Meet the top eight senior thesis presenters.

A panel of forty industry professionals met during the afternoon to judge the top eight fifth-year thesis presentations.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Gladys M. Baird Memorial Scholarship
Baker Ingram Assoc. Scholarship
Jack & Laraine Beiter Excellence Endowment
Borda and Fernsler Families Scholarship
Bovis Lend Lease Scholarship
BR+A Consulting Engineers Scholarship in Memory of Prof. Jack Everetts
BR+A Consulting Engineers Scholarship in Memory of Prof. Melvin Isenberg
Cagley and Associates Scholarships
Clark Construction Group Scholarship
Class of 1975 Scholarship
Class of 1999 Scholarship in Honor of Sharron E. Williams
DeSimone Consulting Engineers Scholarship
EwingCole Award
Foreman Architects-Engineers Scholarships
Foreman Program & Construction Managers Scholarships
Prof. John Flynn Memorial Scholarship
Louis and Judy Geschwindner Endowed Scholarship
Illuminating Engineering Society - Philadelphia Section Scholarship
Illuminating Engineering Society - Susquehanna Section Scholarship
The Lighting Practice Scholarship
Robert J. McNamara Scholarship
Charles A. Merica Memorial Scholarship
Vincent L. Pass Scholarship
Melvin H. Peters Endowed Scholarship
Pittsburgh Builders Exchange Scholarship
James M. Pohlen Memorial Scholarship
John R. Potter Memorial Scholarship
Franklin W. Ruth Memorial Scholarship
Ryan-Biggs Scholarship
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Scholarship
SmithGroup Scholarship
Elwood S. Tower Corporation Scholarship
C. Herbert Wheeler Scholarship
York International Scholarship
Michael and Virginia Youchak Scholarship

AWARDS
Thornton-Tomasetti Group - Outstanding Record of Study in Structures
Larry Perez Award - Outstanding Record of Study in HVAC
Peerless Lighting Award - Outstanding Record of Study in Illumination
PACE Group - Outstanding Record of Study in CM
James G. Davis Construction - Outstanding Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP)
John J. Brinjac Memorial - Outstanding 5-Year Record of Study in AE (Design)
Southland Industries - Outstanding Thesis in the Area of Specialty Construction
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. - Outstanding Thesis in the Area of Sustainable Design
Holbert Apple Associates - 4th Year Outstanding Performance in Structures
CUH2A - 4th Year Outstanding Performance in HVAC
CUH2A - 4th Year Outstanding Performance in Illumination
PACE Group - 4th Year Outstanding Performance in CM
Allan Naugle Memorial Award
Clark Construction Group - Charles A. Merica Award
Gershon Meckler Memorial Award for Innovative Building Mechanical System Design
Turner Construction - Hettema Leadership Awards
Howard and Callie Kingsbury Award for Excellence in Architectural Acoustics
PSPE/PEPP - Professional Practice Award

SENIOR THESIS AWARDS
PSPE/PEPP - Best Overall AE Senior Thesis
Bovis Lend Lease - First and Second Place CM Senior
Theses
Acuity Brands/ Lithonia Lighting - First Place Lighting/Electrical Thesis in Memory of Mickey Woods
St. Onge Ruff & Associates - First Place Mechanical Thesis
Cagley & Associates - First Place Structural Thesis
Barton Associates - Second Place Lighting/Electrical Thesis
Barton Associates - Second Place Mechanical Thesis
Hope Furrer Associates - Second Place Structural Thesis