Awards & Scholarships

Lewis E. and Elizabeth W. Young Scholarships

Typically, scholarships of $500 to $2,000 are available for undergraduate students in mining, metallurgical, petroleum engineering, or materials science. These scholarships are administered by the Western Pennsylvania section of the Women's Auxiliary to the AIME (WAAIME), a division under the AIME Member Society, SME.

Contact waaime@smenet.org for more information.

Guidelines:Young Scholarship Application Historical and Biographies.pdf

Eligibility:AIST | SME | SPE | TMS

Student:Undergraduate

Winners List

2024 Prastuti Upadhyay, Garrett Fields (SME | WAAIME)
2023 Prastuti Upadhyay, Mohammad Anwar Karim, Garrett Fields, Akash Talapatra, Festus Animah, Abduljeleel Ajibona (SME | WAAIME)
2023 Jacob Horner, Ashton Crawford, Justin Waybright, Chase Gleason, James Benke, Sean Cotton (SME | WAAIME)
2022 Brian Arnold, Michael Briggs, William Cook, Jacob Gehrt, August Greth, Owen Potts, Jackson Spires, Adam Tesch; Chase, Chandima (SME | WAAIME)
2022 Mikey Alves, Jr., Thommy Bagunye, Zoey Carper, Gabriella Kosakowski, Victor Valencia; Elijah Bryce Goad, Alyssa Barton, Luca Hignett Lewis, Sam Scarton, Darren Kobert (SME | WAAIME)
2021 Dagen Rash, James Pollock, Joshua Riffle, Ethan Arbuckle, Tolulope Uwaya, Alexis Bruno, Daniel Lipinski, Dylan Smith, Luke Rattay (SME | WAAIME)
2020 Nicholas Elling, Jessica Nelson, Hailey Noel Short; Richard Amoako; Sidharth Agrawal, Tony Saunders, Morike Sissiko; Fatemeh Molaei, Juanita Parkerson, Molly Radway, Hussein Slavoshi, Nicholas Overleas; Danielle Gable, Ashley Woodward; Amir Eskanlou
2019 Miguel Morelia; Safiatu Barrie; Mariana Vieira de Moura, Elham Rahimi; Toussaint Boulaz, Zoey Carper, Erica McCauley, Andrew Moore, Thomas Wetzel; Ryan Mowry, Luke Rattay; Paul Holmgren, Kyle Ressler
2018 Corbin Blunt, Isaac Clizbe, Brandon Haraldsen, Baxter Jones, Kelly Lazor, Allison McFarland, Bryce McIntire, Alex Norris, Madeleine Pels, Alexander Pfreundschuh, Kelsey Popolizio, Edward Spall
2018 Matthew Seller; Walter Tate Goggin, Audrey Henson, Christian Pena, Steve L. Roberts, Luke Thaxton; Jack Arnold, Savern Lau, Brandon Matejic, Christopher Nelson, Raquel Duque Perez, Christopher Phan, Qixuan Wen
2017 Isaias Acre, Jr., Samuel Akinyemi, Abigail Bladen, Matthew Cottrell-Cumber, Luke Farinholt, Leah Frost, Avery Martin, Alexandra Miske, John Molnar, Maggie Noonan, Alexandra Russell, Hedvig Judith Unander-Scharin, and Hedieh Yazdani
2017 Andrew Walters; Andrew Click, Mary Victoria Karem, and Wenji Pitcock; Erin Brooker, Michael Keegan, Cavan Rooney; Raquel Duque Perez
2016 Samuel Akinyemi, Luke Farinholt, James Heck, Brook Shoemaker, Kristin Wagner, Eric Warrell, Bethany Witter
2015 Nick Cox, Britt Cupp, Bradley Gifford, James Heck, Brooks Morrison, John Naessens, Sean Reed, Daniel Rowles, Neha Sharma, Stuart Smith
2015 Ashish Kumar
2015 Tyler Alan, Payton Forrest, Sara Saidman, Andrew Wright
2014 Payton Forrest, Yemin Hong, Patrick Soloski
2014 Jason Cappiello, Katherinanne Escario, Maximilliam Hames, Andrew Stine, Lucas Switts, Michael Wright
2014 Emily Casola, Chase Charron, Dillon Clark, William Conrad, Ryan Curtis, Andrew Day, Nicholas Gober-Keller, Adam Lis, John Naessens, Stephanie Poole, Sam Sydnor, Elizabeth Van Nostrand
2013 Mara Hissam, Alexandra Stockdale; Michelle Harman; Greg Brenner, Robert Caudill, Andrew Hill, Melyssa McFarland, Ariana Mitchell, Amir Najarzadeh, Yigong Zhang
2013 Cassandra Brown, Emily Casola, Dillon Clark, Adam Lis, Jeffrey Lokerson, Stephanie Poole, Jenna Spencer, Andrew Stine, Samuel Sydnor, Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Brittany Wilson
2013 Jason Cappiello, Kenneth Carey, Kenneth Clifford, William Conrad, Izaak James Dail, Julia Delgaudio, Nolan Eckroade, Jason Hilsen, James Hoffman, Todd Nixon
2013 Victoria Johann, Ruby Johnson, Lynn Kern, Cori Larson, Andrew Louk, Matthew Pragdat, Patrick Reeder, Amber Shaffer, Susie Symons
2012 Ashley Benedetta, Trevor Buck, Alexander Bulk, William Conrad, Clayton Fleshman, Christopher Hidy, Andrew Hobert, Ruby Johnson, Russell Jones, Ashlyn Karchner, Linley Mescher, Chelsea Newnam, Garrett Ripa, Melissa Volkmar, Matthew Wilkins
2012 Mara Hissom and Alexandra Stockdale
2012 Anthony Clifford; Adam Madar, Christopher Cillon, Maria Kretzing, Matthew J. Decker, Michael Keener; Katarina Rashel Gump, Matthew Osborne
2011 Ashley Benedetta, Trevor Buck, Alexander Bulk, William Conrad, Clayton Fleshman, Christopher Hidy, Andrew Hobert, Ruby Johnson, Russell Jones, Ashlyn Karchner, Linley Mescher, Chelsea Newnam, Garrett Ripa, Melissa Volkmar, Matthew Wilkins
2011 Katarina Rashel Gump and Matthew Osborne
2011 Matthew J. Decker and Michael Keener
2011 Christopher Cillon and Maria Kretzing
2010 Clinton Robertson; Robert Richard Burns; Jarrod A. Willis; Alexander Bulk, Laird Andrew Horigan, Nicholas Joseph Mayfield, Brian Bailey
2009 Brian Bailey, Laird A. Horigan, Allison Hoyt, Matthew Lee Inge, Cory J. Mills, Brent Slaker, Isaac M. Witt
2009 Joshua Booten, Greg Brenner, Jhon Jairo Silva-Castro, Steve Chafin, Mark Faulhaber, Mallory Miller, Russell Reed, Clifton White, Justin White
2009 Amy Louise Burt, Charles T. Nohlovu, Liah Thanh Pham; Ibrahim Ghrissi, Michael Shesko; Tom Bailey; Patrick D'Elia
2008 Jhon Jairo Silva-Castro; Patrick D’Elia, Christopher Fedishen; Tom Bailey; Ken Kochman, Jeramie Morschhauser; Erich Dohm, Matthew Lee Inge, Corey J. Mills, Richard Tyler Overstreet, Brent Slacker, Issac M. Witt
2007 John Bowling, Jason Franklin, William Huneycutt, Brendan Kuhn, James LaRue, David McConnell, William Miller, Christopher Noble, Jonathan Pippin
2007 Samantha Evans, Jeremy Holt, Gaetano Iannacchione, Davey Miller, Patrick Pelley, Jr., Christopher Stewart
2007 Tyler Placha; Matthew Mowry; Joshua Bailey, Kelly Thompson; Joseph T. Dudas, Justin Friend, Zachary M. Heilman, Drew Michelle Sakai, Jonathan Weiss; David Soltesz; John Taylor
2007 Triana Ambarsari, Robert Davis, Chad Freeland, Steven Keim, Bridget Mead, Rosemary Patterson, William V. Roney, II, Nicholas Sprague, Andrew Storey
2006 Triana Ambarsari, Robert Davis, Chad Freeland, Steven Keim, Bridget Mead, Rosemary Patterson, William V. Roney, II, Nicholas Sprague, Andrew Storey
2006 Samantha Evans, Jeremy Holt, Gaetano Iannacchione, Davey Miller, Patrick Pelley, Jr., Christopher Stewart; Tyler Placha; Matthew Mowry; Joshua Bailey, Kelly Thompson; David Soltesz; Justin Friend, Drew Michelle Sakai, Jonathan Weiss
2005 Lindsey French, Adam Haywood, Nigel Holley, Kenneth Logan, James Martin, Kimberly Phillips, Rebecca Ruckman, Charles Warren
2005 Manda Metzger, Jonathan Weiss; Matthew T. Mowry; Patrick A. Pelley, Jr., Jason Pennybacker, Kevin Rakes; Tyler Placha
2005 Brian Adzima and Brian Lockwich
2004 Kristen Dahl, Adam Haywood, Brady Johnson, Jessica Keane, Robert Little, Daniel Narayan, Kara Smith, Stephen Statham, James Young
2004 Justin Bushneck, Nancy Dorsett, Michael Mullins, Lucas O’Neal, Samantha J. Stahle, Jackie Lee Toombs, Christian Warfield, Brandon Williamson, James Leyh; Jonathan Weiss; Gary Galley, Paul Vuljanic; Courtney Shade
2004 Paul T. Bouvy and Kelly L. Killcrece
2003 Crystal Seals, Melissa Martinie, Jeff Salomon, Chad Seechrist, Brent Bradshaw, Tyson Murphy, Jeffrey Dawson, Samantha J. Stahle, Brandon Williamson, Christian Warfield, James Leyh, Christopher Zinn, Adam Parr
1970 Jacob B. Linaberger, Stephen M. Gedgoudas, Ronald Gene Hallmark, Terry Allen Helton, Millard Scott Masteller, Robert B. Belt, Dale N. Walker, Joseph Lanoy, Donna M. Powanda, Andrew E. Fox
1969 Edwin A. Crombie III, Michael J. Haynes, Jacob B. Linaberger, David N. Hoffman