SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

MTS Houston Section awards over $70,000 in scholarships and student support each year, thanks to the generosity of our members and event sponsors.

MTS Houston Section Member Scholarship

In 2011 MTS Houston again received an excellent number of applications, and this year awarded $25,000 in scholarships.

Congratulations to the 2011 winners:

Andrew Coyne - (sponsored by Ione Hernandez) - $6,000	Lauren Callon - (sponsored by Ken Callon) - $6000
Katherine Horn - (sponsored by John Bomba) -$3,500	Lynley Jones - (sponsored by Bob Erdman) $3,500
Kendrall Ahrendsen (sponsored by Bruce Ahrendsen) - $2,000	Jaimie Pribilski (sponsored by Chuck Richards) - $2,000	Clair Volz -$2,000

2012 APPLICATIONS
The application criteria for the 2012 awards is tentatively as follows:

• MTS sponsor must attend at least three (3) MTS events over the past six months, including luncheon sessions and other events like the golf tournament, barbeque, sporting clays, etc.
• Student must be a direct relation to the Sponsor (son or daughter-step / foster, grandson or grand daughter-step / foster, niece or nephew-step / foster).
• Student must plan to attend full time at an accredited college or university
• Student must have a Grade Point Average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale.
• Student must have acquired acceptance to the college of his/her choice
• Student must have a financial need
• Scholarship monies will be paid to the institution in the student’s name
• Applications and supporting documents must be received no later than April 30, 2012

Please download and mail completed application form and all requested documents to:

Dewayne Hollin
Texas Sea Grant College Program
2700 Earl Rudder Fwy South Suite 1800
College Station, TX 77845
979/845-3857
email: dhollin@neo.tamu.edu

The Selection Committee will review and score all applications submitted and each applicant’s references may be contacted by telephone. The scholarship recipients will be notified by June 30, 2012.

Texas A & M University Galveston - Current Scholarship winnners

Kendall Plattner is a Senior at TAMUG, pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Maritime Systems Engineering, as well as a national member of MTS. She is a Varsity coxswain for the university rowing team, Aggie Crew. Kendall is involved with several campus organizations, including Sea Aggies for Christ, the Drama Club, and the Student Judiciary Committee. Outside of school, she works for a wedding photographer and the local Newman Center. In her studies, Kendall has been intrigued by coastal engineering, and will consider a career in the field upon her graduation in May 2006.
Juan Monge is a Maritime Systems Engineering student at the Texas A&M University Galveston campus. He plans on graduating in the spring of 2007, and wants a career in the areas of structural/coastal engineering.
Michael Arthur is a junior at Texas A&M University at Galveston. He plans on using his Maritime Systems Engineering degree to obtain a position in the offshore oil industry where he would like to do field work (offshore). With this offshore experience he hopes to acquire a construction management position where he would be a valuable asset.

ROV Committee announces the winners of its 2011 Annual Scholarships

Trevor Uptain, Adam Simko, Michael Filimon and Zachary Miller have been selected as recipients of the Marine Technology Society’s 2011 ROV Committee Scholarships.  In addition Russell Ives, Houston Fortney, Kip Hacking and Sebastian Baca received MTS ROV Committee MATE Center Scholarships.

Trevor Uptain was awarded $10,000 and will be attending the University of Washington studying Mechanical Engineering. Adam Simko was awarded $7,500 and will attend UC Davis studying Mechanical Engineering.  Michael Filimon received $5,000 and will attend the University of Rhode Island pursuing a Masters in Ocean Engineering.  Zachary Harris received $2,500 and is attending Florida Institute of Technology studying Ocean Engineering. 

As winners of the MTS ROV Committee MATE Center (Marine Advanced Technology Education) Scholarships Russell Ives was awarded $10,000 and will attend Auburn University studying Mechanical Engineering.  Houston Fortney received $7,500 and will pursue an Electrical Engineering degree at Purdue.  Kip Hackling received $5,000 and will attend Brigham Young University pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.  Sebastian Baca received $2,500 and is attending the University of Hawaii at Hilo pursuing a degree in Marine Science.  All will be recognized during the Awards Presentations at Underwater Intervention ’12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (www.underwaterintervention.com).

Drew Michel, Chairman of the ROV Committee of MTS initiated the scholarship program in 1994.  Since then it has awarded over $250,000 to deserving students who have an interest in Remotely Operated Vehicles.  Scholarship applications for 2012/13 must be postmarked by April 15, 2012.  Details on how to apply and additional information on the MTS ROV Committee can be found at http://www.rov.org/.

Click here to download an application for 2012 ROV Committee Scholarships. (MSWORD format).

Outstanding Ocean Engineering Student Award - $100 - Jeremy Young (also winner of Ingram Scholarship)

Jeremy Young (shown left with Bob Randall, Texas A&M) has been the president of the student chapter of MTS and SNAME for two years. He was also president and treasurer of the Lamda Chi Alpha social fraternity. He has been a member of the Human Powered Submarine Team for two years and participated in the races in 2003 and 2004. Jeremy served as vice president and treasurer of the Ocean Engineering Honor Society, Omega Epsilon. Jeremy has a scholarship from the US Navy and will begin active duty upon graduation in May 2005.

ROV Committee - 2004 Scholarship Winners"

Ms. Lauren Cooney - Ocean Engineering Major at MIT - $5,000
Mr. David Bryan - Marine Biology Major at Nova Southeastern Oceanographic Center - $2,500
Mr. John Fassero - Ocean Engineering Major at Texas A&M - $1,250
Ms. Bridget Brett - Ocean Engineering Major at MIT - $1,250

These students will be recognized at Underwater Intervention 2005 in New Orleans.

Other recent scholarship winners include:

TAMU Freshman Scholarship winners ($1,000 each):

Sean P. Finn, (2003)
Eric C. Keith, (2003)
Jieh L. Larson. (2003)

Ingram Scholarship winner ($2500)

Jeremy Young (2004)
John Fassero (2003)

Glen Lochte Scholarship

Ryan Koska (Junior) - 2004

CA Richards Scholarship

Christopher Aurich (Junior) - 2004

John C.Freeman Scholarship

Eric Lieb (Freshman) - 2004
Kristen Todd (Freshman) -2004

MTS Scholarship winner ($1500)

Ashley Frey

Human Powered Submarine Project - $1500

TAMUG Scholarship winners ($2000 each):

Josh Bass (2003)
Thiago Carvalho (2003)
Ira Snyder (2003)

TAMU Marine Archeaology Scholarship ($1000 each)

Ayse Devrim Atauz, Nautical Archaeology Program (2003)
Eric Morley, Nautical Archaeology Program (2003)
Randall James Sasaki, Nautical Archaeology Program (2003)

Alvin Community College: ($1000):

ROV in a bag project: $1000.

Science fair scholarship winners:

Bryce Cambell $2000 (2004)
Troung-Dzuy Troung-Cao $1000 (2004)