Astronaut Scholarship Awarded to NC State Senior
North Carolina State University senior Brittany Boudreaux has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The scholarship will be presented to Boudreaux by Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker Charlie Duke during a free public ceremony to be held on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. in 210 Park Shops on the NC State campus.
Boudreaux is completing double majors in civil engineering and applied mathematics. After Hurricane Katrina, she spent the summer of 2006 as an engineering aide at the New Orleans District Corps of Engineers assisting project managers overseeing reconstruction on non-invasive techniques for evaluating non-porous materials. She co-authored an article accepted for publication in Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering. Boudreaux plans to pursue a Ph.D. and aspires to forestall future disasters such as the levee failure in New Orleans.
Boudreaux is one of 17 students nationwide to receive this scholarship. The Astronaut
Scholarships are awarded annually to students who show exceptional performance in the fields of science, engineering or mathematics. Recipients must exhibit motivation, imagination and intellectual daring, as well as exceptional performance, both in and outside the classroom.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization established by the Mercury Astronauts in 1984 with the goal of aiding the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology. The ASF has awarded more than $2.8 million in scholarships to date, including $188,000 to NC State students.
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