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2008-2009
SCHOLARSHIPS
($18,000 in Scholarship Awards!)
In an effort to stimulate the interest of students
in solid waste management and related fields, and to support
colleges and universities that offer curriculum or courses
in solid waste management and related fields, the ASME
Solid Waste Processing Division (SWPD) offers a scholarship
program
with awards totaling $18,000. The scholarship award amounts
will be divided equally between the winning student and
his or her school.
Scholarship
Rules and Requirements
Application
for Education Scholarship
RULES
AND REQUIREMENTS
- Purpose
: Financial support for solid waste management
related curriculum or courses in colleges/universities
and for students participating in those courses.
- Awards
: Total awards will amount to $18,000
equally split between the college/university and the
student. The number of awards will be as follows:
a. Graduate Scholarship - (1) $6,000 and (1) $4,000
b. Undergraduate Scholarship - (1) $4,000
c. Continuing Education Scholarship* - (1) 4,000
(*For students without a college degree employed in industry
or municipality pursuing solid waste management related
education, including part-time students. If a suitable
candidate in this category cannot be selected, this award
will be included as an additional award in any of the
other two categories.)
ASME-SWPD
will provide a complimentary one-year membership in the
ASME Solid Waste Processing Division to each student submitting
a completed application.
- Eligibility
:
- North
American (including Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Mexico and
Puerto Rico) colleges and universities with environmental
programs that include solid waste management related curriculum
or courses.
- Students
in any branch of engineering or science.
- Applicant must be a member (or a student
member) of ASME, with Solid Waste Processing Division
as a chosen field (choice 29 on the membership form).
Note: Include ASME membership application (without the
membership fee, which will be paid by ASME-SWPD for the
first year) along with the completed scholarship application.
- For
Graduate Scholarship: Students having environmental
curriculum
with solid waste related coursework and entering a Graduate
School. M.S. candidates who are currently enrolled
in
the solid waste management related field and plan to
continue in the second year of a two-year M.S. program
in 2008-2009;
M.S. candidates who are currently enrolled in the solid
waste management program and who plan to continue
on for
a Ph.D. in 2008-2009.
- For
Undergraduate Scholarship: Full time undergraduate
students
who plan to continue their undergraduate studies in the
school year 2008-2009. Seniors who expect to graduate
after the 2008 fall term are eligible. Enrollment must
include solid waste management related course(s).
Current
and 2008-2009 studies must be in the college or university
with which the application is jointly submitted.
- For
Continuing Education Scholarship: Students without a college
degree, or with an Associate degree and employed part-time
or full-time in industry or in municipal governments in
solid waste management related field, and pursuing (i)
a degree in engineering or science or (ii) taking solid
waste management related courses with an aim towards professional
certification.
-
Proposed studies must be in the school year 2008-2009
and in the college or university with which the
application
is jointly submitted.
-
One or more of the following subjects are considered as
courses in solid waste management related field: Waste
reduction and recycling; waste transportation and management;
disposal alternatives and economics; waste-to-energy;
thermal and non-thermal technologies for waste disposal;
co-disposal of wastes; mathematical modeling; composition
analysis and combustion characteristics; environmental
impacts and regulatory matters; air pollution control;
ash characteristics, stabilization and reuse/management;
water usage and its minimization, including wastewater
management; in solid waste facilities, public policies
and education for waste management. (This is not a complete
list. A school may suggest other solid waste management
related courses in its curriculum).
NOTE
: Previous student winners of Solid Waste Processing
Division Scholarship Awards are not eligible.
- 2008
Key Dates :
|
June
5, 2008:
|
Application
due date |
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July
2008:
|
Winners
selected and notified |
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October
2008:
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Awards
paid on receipt of evidence of the winning
student's full time enrollment in graduate school
and taking approved courses or engaged in approved
research project(s). (See rules 9, 10, 11) |
- Application
: Form provided to be completed jointly by
faculty member and student and to include or be accompanied
by:
A. From Faculty Member:
- Description
of the school's environmental program including solid
waste management related curriculum or courses.
- Identification of undergraduate
and graduate courses offered in the program. Include
courses, which are related to or include, but are
not exclusively devoted to, solid waste management.
- Number of students in the
undergraduate and graduate programs by courses or
areas of study.
- Future plans for the solid
waste management curriculum or courses offered.
-
Proposed use of the school's portion of the award
money. Please be specific. It is not intended that
it be applied to the student's tuition or other personal
expenses.
NOTE
: Please submit only pertinent information.
Submission of school catalog pages, courses descriptions,
magazine articles, etc. with much extraneous information
only make the judge's task more difficult. Please make
your submissions ten pages or less.
B.
From Student:
- Statement of intent to pursue a branch
of engineering as a career or professional certification
sought.
- 1-2
page statement of interest in solid waste management
related field including what the applicant envisions
as his/her possible role in the field (planning, consulting,
design, construction, teaching, research, facility
operation or management, regulatory agency, municipal
government, etc.).
- Information on any experience in
the solid waste management related field. Provide
details of current position if employed in solid waste
field.
- Copies of any papers the applicant
has written on any aspect of solid waste management.
- Information on proposed 2008-2009
studies. At least one course or research project
in
the fall term must be related to solid waste management.
- Evidence that application has been
submitted for admission or continuing studies
for
2008-2009.
- List
of current courses taken.
- Transcript
for previous college years.
- Information
on previous degrees.
- Letter
of recommendation from faculty advisor or department
head.
- Judging
: By committee appointed by ASME Solid
Waste Processing Division members.
- Basis
for selecting winners : Best qualified
and most promising, in the opinion of the judges, based
on the application and accompanying submissions. Consideration
will be given to the student's statement of interest in
solid waste management, quality of the school's program,
number of students in the program and the school's proposed
use of its portion of the award money. The Solid Waste
Processing Division reserves the right to request additional
information from or make further investigation of applicants
to be the sole judge of the qualifications of applicants
to judge the acceptability of proposed study courses and
research projects and to withhold awards if the judges
determine there are no sufficient qualified joint applicants.
- A
winning student may be disqualified
for failure to include in his/her 2008-2009
fall term program at least
one course or research project that, in the opinion of
the judges, is related to solid waste management
or to
enroll in his/her proposed graduate program.
- Each
winning student will
be notified of the award by letter sent certified mail
with return receipt requested to the address given in
the application and a copy to the facility co-applicant.
If a student winner fails to acknowledge and accept the
award in writing to the scholarship chairperson within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the letter of notification,
his/her award will be forfeited and will be offered to
another applicant.
-
The school will forfeit
its portion of the award if the student is disqualified
or forfeits the award for any reason other than failure
to enroll in the graduate program for the 2008-2009
fall
term because of physical disability.
For
further information or application forms, contact :
Amit
Chattopadhyay
Chair, SWPD Scholarship Committee
Tel: (201) 398-4311
OR
Richard
Ulvila
Program Manager
ASME International
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
Tel : (212) 591-7863
Fax: (212) 591-7671
Email : ulvilar@asme.org
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