USGIF Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Recipients

HERNDON,VA -- The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) currently voiced the recipients of its 2010 Scholarship Program, for what was the Foundation’s many aggressive year yet. "I’m unapproachable that the Foundation is personification a main purpose in these students’ futures together with that of the geospatial comprehension tradecraft."

This year, the Foundation awarded $86,000 to 19 recipients. Four Ph.D. candidates, 6 master’s students, 6 undergraduates and 3 graduating high college seniors received scholarships from this year’s program. High college recipients received $2,000 scholarships, and all others received $5,000 scholarships.

"Thanks to the inexhaustible encouragement of the membership, the grant module continues to earn movement and give earnest students the chance to allege their education," mentioned USGIF President Keith J. Masback. "I’m unapproachable that the Foundation is personification a main purpose in these students’ futures together with that of the geospatial comprehension tradecraft."

All grant recipients were selected formed on their educational and veteran value in a margin connected to the geospatial comprehension tradecraft. Qualified possibilities were selected by the Foundation’s Scholarship Subcommittee.

The 2010 Scholarship Program recipients are:

Rick Crowsey functions as a debate geographer and is a doctoral tyro at the University of Southern Mississippi. His investigate focuses on spatial frequency-based data descent from imagery and the intersection of spatial data and the law. Crowsey’s work and investigate takes him to accidents, disasters and courtrooms.

Nicholas DiGruttolo binds a bachelor of science in geomatics, summa cum laude. He is a protected veteran surveyor and mapper. He is currently a margin engineering services executive for geospatial business section of Northrop Grumman Corp. and is embarking chief of science with a thoroughness in geomatics from the University of Florida.

Sarah Eason is currently embarking her bachelor’s grade in embankment and GIS at Texas State University - San Marcos. She is many meddlesome in automatic and polite diagram disciplines. During her initial two GIS courses, she warranted an ESRI Certification in creating, modifying and handling geodatabases in ArcCIS and the ESRI Certificate in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst.

Alexander Gole is currently embarking his bachelor’s grade in embankment at the Universi