2016 ITS Georgia Wayne Shackelford Engineering Scholarship Application

The Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia is once again providing its annual Wayne Shackelford Engineering Scholarship – named after the ITS Georgia founding Chairman and former GDOT Commissioner.

Your contact is Andy Phlegar  andy.phlegar(at)atkinsglobal.com. Download the application here.

The ITS Georgia Chapter supports student involvement in the engineering profession, and hopes to encourage future Georgia ITS Engineers through the scholarship.

The ITS Georgia Chapter may award up to three scholarships, depending upon the number and quality of applications that are received. All award decisions will be made after a review by the Scholarship Committee and action by the Board of Directors. The Chapter reserves the right to reject any or all of the submissions should they be found inadequately prepared, or the content unacceptable. ITS Georgia has budgeted up to $6,000 for scholarships in 2016.

Applications for the ITS Georgia Wayne Shackelford Engineering Scholarships will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Students must be enrolled in an ABET accredited university in Georgia.

2. Each applicant shall submit a transcript for any college coursework competed (an unofficial transcript is acceptable). A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

3. The candidate should be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in a transportation related field, such as civil engineering, urban planning, computer engineering or electrical engineering.

4. Applicants are asked to submit an essay (maximum of 1,000 words) in response to the following prompt:

Assume that in 30 years Connected and Autonomous Vehicles will account for 100% of the vehicle fleet. In your opinion, what will the job of the ITS Professional look like in that future?

Last year’s scholarship winners in Engineering Georgia magazine.