Civil engineering students receive national, state scholarships

Published: July 19, 2010

CLEMSON — A trio of Clemson University engineering students received scholarships from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ASEC) and Council of American Structural Engineers (CASE).

Daniel P. Deery of Lexington, Ky., a master's degree student in civil engineering with an emphasis in structural engineering, received the national ACEC-CASE scholarship, a $5,000 award.

Deery, a 2010 Clemson graduate who earned a 4.0 grade-point average in civil engineering, won the Herbert W. Busching Outstanding Senior Award last year.

He has been an intern for HNTB Corp. in Kansas City and Palmer Engineering in Winchester, Ky.

A pair of undergraduate engineering students each received $3,500 scholarships from the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina.

Rea Kimbrell Cauthen III, of Aiken is a rising senior majoring in mechanical engineering; Tyler Andrews of Seabrook is a senior civil engineering major.

"With only two scholarships given per year, the competition is tough," said Mike Horton, PE, vice president of Davis & Floyd and scholarship chairman for the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina. "These are exemplary students and very deserving of this award."

The Council of American Structural Engineers is a national association of structural engineering firms. It provides scholarships to students who intend to pursue advanced degrees with an emphasis in structural engineering. Applicants are reviewed and ranked by practicing engineers and are evaluated on scholastic ability, work experience, outside activities and personal recommendations.

The American Council of Engineering Companies includes more than 5,300 member firms nationally. The firms employ hundreds of thousands of engineers, architects, land surveyors, scientists and other specialists who are responsible for more than $200 billion of private and public works annually.

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