Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$1,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Olga Aparicio was born in 1958, in San Miguel, El Salvador to Berta Marina Quiteño and Leonidas Aparicio. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador in 1984, where she graduated at the top of her class and as the sole female graduate of the program for that year.
Throughout her career Olga was a trailblazer for innovation in the telecommunications industry. During her tenure at NEC and Cable and Wireless, Olga was a key contributor to the standardization of optical transport networking technologies in the early growth of fiber telecommunications services.
At Noblis, Olga was a Solutions Architect as well as a Principal Investigator in Network Virtualization Technologies. She provided thought leadership to numerous technical projects at Noblis as an advisor, contributor and leader. She recognized early the advantages of decoupling network controls from hardware and allowing the network to be managed by a much more flexible software layer.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $1,000.
Eligibility
- Class: Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate
- Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science
- Preference given to candidates demonstrating financial need.
- Candidates must attend George Mason University, The George Washington University, University of Virginia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or another HBCU or HSI.
- Minimum GPA: 3.5.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United States
Nationality
American
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified