Engineering and Design Scholarships

Annual scholarship(s) awarded to Manufacturing Engineering students with demonstrated financial need. 

Focused on removing financial barriers through scholarships for students with demonstrated  financial need in relevant disciplines. Three scholarships are given to students pursuing a bachelor degree with an emphasis on underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students demonstrating financial need that adhere to the following parameters:

• Full-time student majoring in relevant fields of study
• Recommended overall GPA of 3.2 – 4.0
• Must possess excellent leadership and communication skills
• Interest in the aerospace, defense or cyber security industry preferred
• Demonstrated financial need

This scholarship was established in 1992 in honor of the late Professor Elias Austin Bond. One scholarship is awarded to an upper-division undergraduate student involved in the Vehicle Research Institute of the Engineering & Design Department.

This scholarship offers an annual award to a department major or majors. Award may be given to one candidate or divided among several.

This scholarship was established to honor Claude Hill who pioneered the plastics program at Western Washington University. An annual scholarship is awarded to a full-time Plastics & Composites Engineering major.

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Demonstrated financial need
• Scholastic achievement
• Career objectives

This endowment was established in 1991 by Marvin A. Southcott, Professor Emeritus of Western Washington University, to fund scholarships in Industrial Design. The scholarship is awarded annually to a student who demonstrates potential for excellence in Industrial Design.

Three scholarships are funded annually by the foundation to be awarded to students in the Engineering & Design Department.

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Demonstrate high academic potential combined with creativity and leadership
• Candidate must be a full-time student
• Demonstrated financial need

This scholarship was established in 1994 by the family of Professor John Joseph Kutz as a lasting and meaningful tribute to Professor Kutz's significant contributions to the plastics industry and to Western's Plastics & Composites Engineering program. One scholarship is awarded annually to a Plastics & Composites Engineering major with special interest in recycling of plastics.

Eligibility based on the following parameters:

• Demonstrated financial need
• Applicant’s professional activities related to the plastics industry.

This scholarship is awarded to Engineering & Design students.

This scholarship was established by friends, colleagues and students of Dr. Donald Moon on the occasion of his 1983 retirement from the industrial arts teacher education program at Western.

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Junior or senior with a declared major in the Engineering & Design Department
• Demonstrated financial need
• Demonstrated scholarly achievement

Annual scholarship awarded to a Manufacturing Engineering major of junior standing. 

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Junior Manufacturing Engineering student
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0
• Applicants must be graduates of a high school in Island, Skagit, Snohomish, or Whatcom Counties
• Recipient is required to work during summer breaks and with a proven aptitude for engineering.

This award was established in 1990 in honor of Dr. Sam Porter, Professor Emeritus. One scholarship to be awarded to an undergraduate student in the Engineering & Design Department. When all other qualifications are essentially equal, the award(s) shall be granted to underrepresented and economically disadvantaged applicants.

Students must be majoring in Polymer Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.

Two annual scholarships for majors in Polymer Materials Engineering or a related major. Applicants should demonstrate initiative and high academic potential.

An annual scholarship awarded to a student enrolled in the Polymer Materials Engineering program.  Preference given to students with an interest in injection molding and a demonstrated financial need.

An annual scholarship awarded to an Engineering & Design student with a demonstrated financial need.  Preference given to a first year student. 

An award given to a student interested in a career in polymer/plastics science and technology, who is enrolled in the Polymer Materials Engineering program.

Annual scholarships are awarded to full-time majors in the Engineering & Design Department.

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Scholastic achievement
• Career objectives
• Demonstrated financial need
• Extracurricular activities such as community involvement

One annual scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior who has a declared major in the Engineering & Design Department.

Eligibility is based on the following parameters:

• Demonstrated financial need
• In lieu of financial aid eligibility, a student may submit a personal statement declaring special circumstances for financial need

One annual scholarship is awarded to an Electrical and Computer Engineering student with a priority given to those who are not eligible for federal funds. 

• Strong academic record

One annual scholarship awarded to students in the Engineering & Design Department who meet the following requirements:

• A plan to enter the aerospace industry upon graduation;
• Demonstrated financial need;
• Outstanding academic merit;

Additional considerations:

• Have dependent children. Students with dependent children are eligible for additional financial support for childcare via SPEEA.
• Are non-traditional students (for example veterans, first generation to college, returning to college after time in the workforce, etc.)

One scholarship awarded to a student who demonstrates the following requirements:

• Polymer Materials Engineering major;
• Financial need;
• Outstanding academic merit, as determined on a year-to-year basis;
• Enrolled in at least 1 credit of research

Scholarships are to be awarded to students who are currently enrolled or will be enrolling in a CNC machining-based engineering program.