In an effort to support students that are seeking careers in telecommunications and broadcast engineering, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the National Translator Association have selected nine students across the country to receive their spring 2020 scholarships.
Here are the nine recipients:
- Maurice Compton, University of Dallas
- Nathan Ellsworth, University of Texas at Dallas
- Andrew Heller, University of Minnesota
- Md. Tajul Islam, University of Missouri at Kansas City
- Daniel Klawson, University of Maryland at College Park
- Obagaeli Ngene-Igwe, University of Cincinnati
- Prosanta Paul, Old Dominion University
- Dylan Stewart, Old Dominion University
- Rafida Zaman, University of Missouri at Kansas City
The scholarships all range between $1,000 and $5,000, with $29,000 being awarded in total between the nine students.
Andrew Heller is the inaugural recipient of NTA’s Byron W. St. Clair Memorial Scholarship, which is given to promising students that plan to pursue a career in broadcast engineering.
“NTA congratulates Mr. Heller,” said John Terrill, president of NTA. “This scholarship is a good first step in the tradition of Byron St. Clair to enlighten young minds and encourage more interest in broadcast engineering, especially in the areas of translator and low power television.”
Ellsworth, Islam, Klawson and Stewart, meanwhile, were awarded IEEE BTS/AFCCE’s Jules Cohen Memorial Scholarships, which awards up to $10,000 to promising undergraduate or graduate students pursuing broadcast engineering.
Also of note, Zaman was the recipient of the E. Noel Luddy Scholarship, which was sponsored by Dielectric Communications.
In total, AFCCE says that these scholarships represented the groups’ largest ever award to students that they hope “will help shape the future,” said John George, AFCCE president.
AFCCE also announced dates to submit applications for its fall 2020 scholarships, which will begin March 1 and go until April 30. More information is available through AFCCE and IEEE BTS’ websites.
