General Information

Recipients

CASFM has $2500 available for the 2011-2012 academic year. Application packages must be received by November 28, 2011.

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Scholarship Purpose: The purpose of this scholarship is to promote interest among students and the engineering community in CASFM and to promote the goals of the organization. Applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled in a graduate program closely related to CASFM’s goals at a College or University in the State of Colorado and be registered to take at least 3 credit-hours of coursework per semester. Eligible programs of study include, but are not limited to, hydrology, hydraulics, watershed management, floodplain management, stormwater management, stormwater quality, emergency response, meteorology and climatology. The scholarship recipient will also have the option to make a brief presentation on their research project at the 2012 annual CASFM conference held in September in Steamboat Springs. Registration and three nights lodging at the conference is included if the recipient commits to make a presentation by the registration deadline (typically in August).

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The 2009-2010 CASFM Scholarship recipient is Jason Messamer, who is obtaining his Masters of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He is currently working on a stormwater sampling project in partnership with the City of Fort Collins, CO in an effort to evaluate the performance of several stormwater best management practices (BMPs). Two regional BMPs of approximately the same contributing area (~500 acres) will be compared to each other and to literature values based on pollutant removal. Sampling sites were established at the inlet and outlet of each system which will allow for comparison of incoming pollutant loads, treatment achieved by each system, and a comparison of the water quality leaving each system.

The 2008-2009 CASFM Scholarship recipient is Steve Roznowski from Colorado State University. Steve graduated with a B.S. in civil engineering from Michigan Tech in 2008 and is now pursuing a master’s degree at CSU under the direction of Dr. Larry Roesner. His research is focused on the effectiveness and evaluation of best management practices (BMPs). In particular, Steve is analyzing different metrics for use in relating large-scale BMP use to overall stream health. Actual rainfall, stream flow, water quality, and benthic data are being used to assess stream health at various locations in and around the City of Fort Collins, CO. This assessment is coupled with a water quality sampling program and BMP performance data to prioritize areas where remediation will be most effective.

The 2007-2008 CASFM Scholarship recipient is Jeffrey Y. Cheng, a PhD candidate in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Colorado.

Rob Rahrs, our 2006/2007 scholarship recipient,  graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology/Climatology in May 2000, and is currently pursuing a Masters of Engineering degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at CU Denver focused on hydrologic processes.

The 2005-06 CASFM Scholarship recipient is Nancy Steinberger of Loveland, Colorado. In addition to her full-time studies as a PhD candidate at Colorado State University Nancy works part time for Michael Baker Jr.

The 2004-2005 CASFM Scholarship has been awarded to Leif Embertson. Leif received his undergraduate civil engineering degree from Oregon State University in 2001.

Kelly Hargadin is the recipient of the 2003/04 CASFM scholarship, a full-time project manager with the City of Thornton

The first CASFM scholarship was awarded to Jeremy Shaw, a graduate student in Watershed Hydrology at Colorado State University.