NCEES awards $265,000 through professional licensure scholarship

NCEES is proud to announce that it has awarded $265,000 in scholarships to students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia this year in partnership with the ACEC Research Institute. The NCEES Professional Licensure Scholarship aims to make engineering and surveying careers and professional licensure more accessible to students and address workforce shortages facing the industries. 

The following are the 2025 recipients of the $5,000 NCEES Professional Licensure Scholarship:

  • Erin Wilkinson, Auburn University (Alabama)
  • Katherine McGill, University of Alaska Anchorage (Alaska)
  • Dylan McMahon, University of Arizona (Arizona)
  • Nicholas Ramos, Harding University (Arkansas)
  • Joshua Rivas, University of Arkansas (Arkansas)
  • Frances Yu, California State University, Fresno (California)
  • Sadie Wolf, Colorado School of Mines (Colorado)
  • Brook Burrows, University of Connecticut (Connecticut)
  • Daniel Porotov, University of Delaware (Delaware)
  • Jyle Milstead, The Catholic University of America (District of Columbia)
  • Layla Brown, Florida A&M University (Florida)
  • Marina Serra, Mercer University (Georgia)
  • Andrew Martin, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Hawaii)
  • Conner Hill, Idaho State University (Idaho)
  • Jakub Michalik, Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois)
  • Katia Olmstead, Purdue University (Indiana)
  • Landon Bettis, Iowa State University (Iowa)
  • Josephine Butler, University of Kansas (Kansas)
  • Cassidy Schrock, Western Kentucky University (Kentucky)
  • Rodney Monette, Louisiana State University (Louisiana)
  • Rashad Gilliam, University of Maine (Maine)
  • Isabelle Rivera, University of Maryland (Maryland)
  • Jack Sullivan, University of Massachusetts Lowell (Massachusetts)
  • Jackson Hunter, Western Michigan University (Michigan)
  • Isla Pepelnjak, University of Minnesota Duluth (Minnesota)
  • Anyah Hardy, Mississippi State University (Mississippi)
  • Dominic Heater, University of Missouri, Kansas City (Missouri)
  • Jessica Calvin, Montana State University Bozeman (Montana)
  • Meghan Ann Tiahrt, University of Nebraska Omaha (Nebraska)
  • Dominik Toth, University of Las Vegas, Nevada (Nevada)
  • Meghan Blood, University of New Hampshire (New Hampshire)
  • Evan Visaggio-Lopez, Rutgers University–New Brunswick (New Jersey)
  • James Canada, New Mexico State University (New Mexico)
  • Sarah Rickborn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York)
  • Tylaha Bibbs, North Carolina A&T State University (North Carolina)
  • Sharon Wilhelm, University of North Dakota (North Dakota)
  • Benjamin Bullock, Ohio Northern University (Ohio)
  • Trevont Moore, Oral Roberts University (Oklahoma)
  • Christopher Ohman, Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon)
  • Kambi Chukwuma, The Pennsylvania State University (Pennsylvania)
  • Garrett Kemper, University of Rhode Island (Rhode Island)
  • Sam Kauffman, University of South Carolina (South Carolina)
  • Trevor Werdel, South Dakota State University (South Dakota)
  • Noah Little, East Tennessee State University (Tennessee)
  • Corthney Onyewuenyi, University of Texas at Dallas (Texas)
  • Mary MacGillvray, University of Utah (Utah)
  • Ana Lemler, Norwich University (Vermont)
  • Camden Jones, Virginia Tech (Virginia)
  • Samuel Mittge, University of Washington (Washington)
  • Connor Mitchell, West Virginia University (West Virginia)
  • Owen Moesch, University of Wisconsin-Stout (Wisconsin)
  • Madison Kulinski, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Wisconsin)
  • Samantha Ledford, University of Wyoming (Wyoming)

“We are thrilled once again this year to be able to partner with the ACEC Research Institute to support deserving engineering and surveying students on their path to professional licensure,” NCEES Chief Executive Officer Davy McDowell, P.E., stated. “Professional licensure at its core helps ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public, which is at the heart of the NCEES mission.”