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Applications are now being accepted
for the 2009 ASME Chicago Section Scholarship. You can view the Rules and
Application using the links to the left.
ASME 2006 CHICAGO SECTION SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Rebecca Ibrahim is the daughter of ASME member David Ibrahim. She is a graduate of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School and a member of the National Honor Society. Ms. Ibrahim and her father have attended several ASME Chicago Section meetings. This year she particularly liked the “How to Solve Problems” and the “Non-Destructive” lectures. At ONU, Ms. Ibrahim will be the Chair of the ASME student section this academic year. Last year during Engineer’s Week, her ASME student section arranged a “Mock Interview Night.” Local engineering firms conducted the interviews and provided critiques of the students’ performances afterwards. Rebecca coordinated the Engineering Week activities. “During that week we talked to high school students about what [an] engineer is and the importance and the need to [excel]… in math and science.” Rebecca has compleed her second summer internship at Motorola. She worked in the Motorola Distribution Center in Elgin, IL. At Motorola she worked with a team of Motorola personnel and a Northern Illinois University student/faculty team that, according to her Motorola Project Manager, “helped us solve some packaging issues in order to reduce freight costs and reduce costly damage to high end customer units after repair.” The end result was a list of specific recommendations to management that “resulted in significant cost savings to our inbound freight.” She also worked with another intern to design a more ergonomic packing bench. They came up with a creative solution and worked with vendors to fabricate a prototype. Ms. Ibrahim has been an orchestra member since fifth grade and is currently a free-lance violinist. This extra-curricular activity goes well with her engineering aim. She states that “Ed Zander, the CEO of Motorola told us interns that it is important that ‘we have a balanced life.’” She plays first violin for the University orchestra and hence serves as concertmaster—a position her Professor of Music says “required added time and strong leadership skills.” Ms. Ibrahim feels that the most important aspect of her life is her faith. “Because of my faith, high ethics are more than just rules that a company gives its employees; it is a way of life. To be a good engineer, integrity is essential.” In April 2004 and April 2006, she joined others, led by an Associate Professor of Engineering at OSU, in building a convention center at a seminary campus and missionary housing for a new school in Argentina. The Argentina trips “required meetings, much expense, eleven hour plane flights, and many hours of hard work. In all cases, she was very willing to give of herself to help someone else.” The Scholarship Committee (SC) is comprised of two at-large members, serving staggered two-year terms, and the Chairs of Chicago Section and Skokie and Calumet subsections. The Chicago Secretary serves as the SC Chair. The Scholarship Committee reviews the applications and makes the award decisions. The effort involved obviously changes with the number of applicants, but has been typically been less than 4 hours per year. The ASME Scholarship Committee will next review applications, if any, for the ASME Chicago Section Scholarship in July 2007. ASME Chicago Section Senior members who wish to be considered to serve a two-year term on the scholarship committee should contact David Mattoon at mattoond1@asme.org or at 1547 N. Sheridan Rd. Lake Forest, IL 60045. The scholarship rules are being revised for improved clarity and the revised rules and application will be made available after they have been approved by the section. Applications will be due by July 1, 2007 and should be sent to Mr. Mattoon at the email or postal address provided above. Applicants must be closely related to a member in good standing of the Chicago Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International: 1) children and grandchildren, whether natural, stepchild, adopted, or ward; 2) parents; and, 3) legal spouses. Our past ASME Chicago Section scholarship winners: |
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Rebecca
Ibrahim, a senior mechanical engineering student at Olivet Nazarene University
(ONU), has been awarded an ASME Chicago Section 2006 Scholarship – for the
second time in two years. The following is a summary based upon her scholarship
application, essays, and letters of recommendation.