Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$3,250
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The late Yvonne Brill is known for her genius in rocket and jet propulsion design, but to her daughter, Naomi Brill, she was just mom. Naomi noted that her mother’s main accomplishments came after Yvonne, a former SWE national treasurer and multiple award recipient, had had her three children. The lifestyle wasn’t easy for Naomi, especially since the family lived in a rural community just outside of Princeton, New Jersey, where no other mother worked outside of the home. Naomi remembers being called to the elementary school principal’s office every year to confirm that, indeed, her emergency contact — mother Yvonne — was an aerospace engineer, and not a homemaker.
Among other honors, Yvonne Brill received the SWE Achievement Award, the SWE Resnik Challenger Medal, the NASA Public Service Medal, the ASME Kate Gleason Award, the IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Wyld Propulsion Award. She received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama in 2011. She also holds a patent on the hydrazine-resistojet thruster enables weather and telecommunications satellites to stay in their proper orbit above the earth, enabling better weather forecasting and more expansive smartphone communications, even today.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $3,250.
Eligibility
- Undergraduate students in their sophomore, junior, or senior year and studying aerospace or biomedical engineering are eligible to apply.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified