Eleven electrical engineering recent and soon-to-be graduates will each receive a $6,000 Grainger Power Engineering Award from the electrical engineering department at a ceremony on Saturday, May 14. The awards are presented as a reward for academic excellence.

The Power Engineering Awards are funded by a $1.3 million endowment from The Grainger Foundation of Chicago. Missouri S&T is recognized by Grainger for its ability to attract top students and educate quality engineers and is one of only six universities in the nation chosen to receive such funding.

2016 recipients of the Power Engineering Awards are:

– Chance Alexander of Harrisonville, Missouri, a 2015 electrical engineering graduate

– Max Bevell of Kirksville, Missouri, a senior in electrical engineering

– Adam Blessing of St. Louis, a senior in electrical engineering

– Ron Deffenbaugh of Kansas City, Missouri, a senior in electrical engineering

– Bailey Gates of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, a senior in electrical engineering

– Tyler Jackson of Labadie, Missouri, a 2015 electrical engineering graduate

– Leann Krieger of St. Louis, a senior in electrical engineering

– Curtis Okafor of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, a senior in electrical engineering

– Colton Pierce of Gerald, Missouri, a senior in electrical engineering and computer engineering

– Hannah Schottel of St. Joseph, Missouri, a senior in electrical engineering

– Kyle Teevan of Kansas City, Missouri, a 2015 electrical engineering graduate

Each spring, the Grainger Power Engineering Award is typically presented to up to 12 electrical engineering graduate and undergraduate students who plan to pursue careers in power engineering. Selection of recipients is based on academic performance, exhibited interest in power engineering and extracurricular activities.

To be eligible for this year’s award, students must have graduated with degrees in electrical engineering in August or December of 2015 or May 2016 and have emphasized their course work in power engineering. All recipients had significant power engineering experience, either through company internships, research projects or design projects.