Scholarship

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ASME Chicago Scholarship Fund

 My fellow ASME members;

Someday we shall all want to retire and enjoy the fruits our labors.  Toward that goal, we need to plan ahead and perhaps train our replacements to follow in our very large footsteps. You can do that with little effort by helping the next generation of engineers to obtain their engineering education.  The ASME –Chicago Section established its affinity Scholarship, available only to immediate family of ASME-Chicago section members, for just that purpose.  By making a contribution to the principal of the Scholarship fund, which is separate from the section operating funds, you can make that happen.

 Please consider a donation to the Chicago ASME scholarship fund by:

a.      funding immediate need,
b.      contributing to the endowment of the scholarship program, or
c.      both of the above.

·         Managers:  We need to continually fill the pipeline of engineers graduating into our profession.  Small contributions now will pay big dividends later when it comes time to fill positions opening up by retiring employees of your enterprises.

·         ASME-Chicago members:  Is your son, daughter, spouse, or a parent thinking about becoming a Mechanical Engineer?  If so, they could, as an entering freshman or a continuing undergraduate engineering student, apply for the ASME scholarship.  Small contributions now yield big dividends for future engineers.

Education reduces the risk of problems associated with poverty; engineers solve problems and design the products and systems that improve the quality of life.  Please invest in educating future engineers and join me in contributing to the Chicago ASME Scholarship fund.  You may want to consider this as a part of your annual giving plan.

□ $ 25.00     □ $ 100.00     □ $ 1000.00     □ Other (Printable PDF available)
□   Immediate need          □ Endowment    □ Both

Please make all checks payable to Chicago Chapter ASME Scholarship Fund, and mail them to:

David Klimas
Chicago Section Treasurer.
10920 S, Westwood Dr.
Palos Hills, IL  60465

 Or:

Click on the” Donate” button above, and make your contribution using PayPal.

 When making a contribution, please provide your name and USPS and/or electronic address.  The section will send a thank you letter to document your contribution to a ASME, a non profit organization under the IRS code at section 501(c)3 (Tax Deductible).
Thank you in advance for your consideration and/or contribution.

Very truly yours,

 B. F. Biederman, Chair
ASME Scholarship Development Team

ASME 2006 CHICAGO SECTION SCHOLARSHIP WINNER 

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.  

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:
AUG 2000 Jeffrey Ouyang - U of I at Urbana-Champaign, graduated 2001
AUG 2002 Jonathan Slowik - MIT, Cambridge, MA - freshman
AUG 2003 Jonathan Slowik - MIT, Cambridge, MA - sophomore
AUG 2004 Jonathan Slowik - MIT, Cambridge, MA – junior
AUG 2005 Jonathan Slowik – MIT, Cambridge, MA – senior and
                     Rebecca Ibrahim – Olivet Nazarene, Bourbonnais, IL -- junior