UI College of Engineering names Caterpillar scholarship winners

Posted August 12, 2004

IOWA CITY -- Seven students in the University of Iowa College of Engineering have been named winners of Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships for 2004-2005 academic year.

Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships are provided to the College of Engineering by the Caterpillar Foundation, Peoria, Ill. Caterpillar Inc. is a long-time partner of the College of Engineering. With 2003 sales and revenues of $22.76 billion, Caterpillar is a technology leader and the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, clean diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines.

The awards are given on the basis of merit.

One of 11 colleges on the University of Iowa campus, the College of Engineering has educational courses that date back more than a century. It teaches disciplines in biomedical, chemical and biochemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, industrial, and mechanical engineering. The college is recognized for its small, personalized size, and focused mission. Its location on a strong liberal arts campus -- with natural strengths in writing and communications, health sciences, business, law, and arts and humanities -- provides highly complementary resources to build the type of broad technological education demanded in a rapidly changing world. The college excels internationally in several specialty and interdisciplinary research areas, such as computer-aided design and simulation, human factors, environmental health solutions, biotechnology, medical imaging, hydraulics and water/air resources, and polymerization.

Iowa scholarship recipients
Cedar Rapids: Stephanie Iverson, sophomore, $1,000
Davenport: Kendra Maxwell, junior, $1,500
Iowa City: Emily Blackburn, senior, $1,000; Rebecca Fetter, senior, $1,000; Tomas Rodriguez, senior, $2,000
Muscatine: Sunny Wilson, junior, $1,500

Illinois scholarship recipients
Chicago: Jacqueline Alacantar, sophomore, $1,000

The UI Foundation is acknowledged by the UI as preferred channels for private contributions that benefit all areas of the university. For more information about the Good. Better. Best. Iowa campaign, visit its web site at www.GoodBetterBestIowa.org.

Contact Information

Kevin Collins
Director of Development, College of Engineering
(319) 335-3305 or (800) 648-6973

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