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NBT awards 15 scholarships

Fifteen students pursuing careers in manufacturing earned $1,500 or $2,500 toward their postsecondary studies from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl.® (FMA), Elgin, Ill.

For the spring 2017 semester, NBT awarded manufacturing scholarships to the following students:

  • Christopher Caldwell, Lindale, Texas, welding technology at Tyler Junior College*
  • Pedro Duarte, Northlake, Ill., engineering technology/mechatronics at Triton College
  • Cody Fale, Sheboygan, Wis., welding-industrial at Lakeshore Technical College
  • Catalin Harabagiu, Garrison, N.Y., materials engineering at Purdue University**
  • Jonathan Hartzler, Rosedale, Ind., precision machine technology and advanced manufacturing at Vincennes University
  • Etan Heller, Madison, Wis., metal fabrication at Madison Area Technical College
  • Ryan Henderson, Sussex, N.J., industrial and manufacturing engineering at Penn State**
  • Shane Marquardt, Marinette, Wis., mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological University
  • Andrew Nix, Elk Grove Village, Ill., precision machining at Harper College
  • Tess Olson, Wheeling, Ill., welding technology at Harper College
  • Gregory Paasch, Helenville, Wis., metal fabrication/welding at Madison Area Technical College
  • Tyler Rigby, South Park, Pa., mechanical engineering at Penn State Behrend**
  • Jacob Samuelson, Mineral, Calif., mechanical engineering at George Fox University
  • Ross Snyder, Platte City, Mo., mechanical engineering at University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Mason Uhlmansiek, Rising Sun, Ind., advanced automation and robotics technology at Ivy Tech Community College

*U.K. Gupta Family Scholarship award winner
**John Grossheim Memorial (OPC) Scholarship award winners

“We are pleased to award scholarships to these deserving students and are happy to assist them in reaching their academic goals,” said Edward Youdell, president of NBT. “They recognize that skilled manufacturing careers can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally and will help them be more competitive in the current job market.”

To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants were required to be full-time students meeting a specified minimum GPA and enrolled in an engineering or manufacturing-related course of study or a trade or technical program leading to a career in manufacturing. Students were responsible for submitting academic records and an engineering- or manufacturing-related program description with each application.

In addition to the scholarship, each winner also received from NBT’s industry partner SolidWorks Corp. a copy of its Student Design Kit CAD software package. The Windows®-based 3-D CAD application gives students the ability to create “real-life” 3-D designs they can easily manipulate.

For more information, visit www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org/scholarships.