LSRPA Awards 2018 Elmeryl Davies Memorial Scholarships

On Mar 2, 2019

In January 2019, the Licensed Site Remediation Professional Association (LSPRA) announced the recipients of an Elmeryl Davies Memorial Scholarship for 2018. This is the fourth year the LSRPA has awarded the $2,000 scholarships, which are named after the late wife of Julian Davies, a founding member of the LSRPA.

To qualify for the scholarship, students must be in their junior or senior year of a four-year accredited geoscience or engineering program and interested in pursuing a career in the environmental field. The applicants were evaluated based on their academic achievements, their work experience and involvement in other activities, academic and professional references, and a statement of their career goals.

Melissa Barnes, a senior at Susquehanna University, was awarded the LSRPA scholarship last year. A dual major in earth and environmental sciences, and environmental studies, she has a 3.84 cumulative average and has made the Dean’s List each semester. She also was awarded the Susquehanna Scholarship for academic achievement.

Rebecca Eustice, a senior at Rutgers-Newark, is majoring in geoscience engineering with a 3.89 cumulative average. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Middlesex County College and the Tau Sigma National Honor Society at Rutgers. She has been interested in a career in site remediation since she became aware of a Superfund site in her hometown of South Plainfield.

Paula Heredia, a senior at NJIT, is majoring in civil engineering with a 3.77 cumulative average. She is president of NJIT’s student chapter of the American Water Works Association. Proud of her Columbian heritage, her career goal is to become a licensed environmental engineer.

Laurel Klein, a senior at Stockton University, is majoring in environmental science with a 3.85 cumulative average. Laurel had a summer internship with the New Jersey Division of Military and Veterans Affairs and is interested in a career involving air quality, GIS applications, and field work.

Dillon Meike, a junior at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, is majoring in civil engineering with a 3.77 cumulative average. He is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and Engineers Without Borders. He looks forward to a career in site remediation and wastewater treatment.

Brittany Washington, a senior at Rutgers-Newark, is majoring in geoscience engineering with a 3.55 cumulative average. A Newark native, Brittany has a passion for geology, math and geophysics and had an internship at the University of Maryland, where she analyzed seismic data from southern Antarctica.

Jilian Whiting, a senior at Cornell University, is majoring in environmental engineering with a 3.87 cumulative average. She made the Dean’s List in each of her semesters at Cornell and has had summer internships at Matrix New World and Langan Engineering.

 

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