The Sons of Norway Foundation named
four Nancy Lorraine Jensen Memorial Scholarship recipients
for the 2009-2010 school year
The Sons of Norway Foundation named four Nancy Lorraine
Jensen Memorial Scholarship recipients for the 2009-2010 school year. Congratulations!
The Nancy Lorraine Jensen Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen in memory of their remarkable daughter. By age 35, when she died suddenly, Nancy had already distinguished herself as an outstanding chemical engineer whose work resulted in important advances within the field of weather satellite photography. It is the wish of Dr. and Mrs. Jensen to encourage young women to enter the field of science and engineering by offering scholarships in her memory.
For more information on the winners, see the October 2009
issue of Viking Magazine.
Emily Santee,
Emily Santee is a junior at the University of Washington, where she studies chemical engineering. She plans on using her degree to develop ways to improve human interaction with the environment. After her summer internship last year, in which she researched environmental degradation at a local industrial plant-turned-park, her primary focus interest is in environmental remediation.
Emily is also an accomplished member of the UW debate team. Last year, she and her partner were one of the top fifty teams nationwide. They have been extremely successful at both local and national tournaments. She is also an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). In her free time, Emily enjoys canoeing on Lake Washington, going shopping downtown, and taking pictures.
Amanda Sorensen Amanda Sorensen is a sophomore Honors Program Aerospace Engineering major on the Dean’s List at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She plans to use her science, mathematics, and engineering education to start her own company and design more efficient and beautiful airplanes that bring the fun back into flying. She is a member of the national award-winning Eagles Flight Team. This summer she is studying for her Private Pilot license. She serves her Society of Women Engineers chapter as Fund Raising and Conference Chairs. She hopes her future designs to contribute to a society of value.
Amanda Lund Amanda Lund is a physics major and member of the honors college at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who just finished her third year as an undergraduate. She is currently doing research with one of her professors for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector, which is located at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy (the largest underground lab in the world). The experiment is trying to measure low energy solar neutrinos. After graduating, she hopes to attend graduate school and continue studying and doing research in high energy or particle physics.
Kristin Ward Kristin Ward is a freshman at Villanova University, where she is taking introduction to engineering courses, including engineering computation, physics (mechanics), and chemistry. In the coming years she plans to take more in depth courses in her discipline and plans to apply for an internship with Exelon Nuclear Power
For more information on the winners, see the October 2009 issue of Viking Magazine.
