USC Celebrates two Tau Beta Pi Fellows
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Two students in the College of Engineering and Computing have been awarded prestigious Tau Beta Pi Fellowships. Ashley C. Smith has received one of 37 $10,000 fellowships for graduate school support. Clinton T. Canady was awarded an undergraduate scholarship valued at $2,000 for his senior year at USC.
Smith, a May 2007 Summa Cum Laude graduate with a degree majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, plans to complete an advanced degree in construction engineering and management at the University of Michigan. While at USC she was the starting catcher for four years on USC’s Softball team and named as Academic All-American and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2006. She served as Corresponding Secretary for Tau Beta Pi, as President of Chi Epsilon and as a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Council, Gamma Beta Phi, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and did extensive community serve with other USC athletes through Team Gamecocks. She is also the recipient of the Collegiate Softball Scholarship and the Brother Austin Barry National Chi Epsilon Scholarship.
Canady, a rising senior Mechanical Engineering major and member of the South Carolina Honors College, will continue his studies at USC next year. He has been an active member of Tau Beta Pi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and served as President of Pi Tau Sigma, Delta Tau chapter (a mechanical engineering honor society). Canady has conducted undergraduate research in Friction Stir Welding with Dr. Anthony P. Reynolds, in USC’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
All Tau Beta Pi Fellowships are awarded on the competitive criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession. All fellows are members of Tau Beta Pi and may do their graduate work at any institution they choose. Dr. Francis Gadala-Maria in USC’s Department of Chemical Engineering serves as the USC Tau Beta Pi chapter advisor.
Tau Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University in 1885. It has collegiate chapters at 232 engineering colleges in the United States and active alumnus chapters in 18 cities. It has initiated more than 490,000 members in its 122-year history and is the world’s largest engineering Society.
Clinton Canady is a graduate of Lexington High School and the son of Ann and David Givens.
Ashley Smith is a graduate of Portage Northern High School, in Portage, Michigan. She is the daughter of Rick Smith and Judy Acker-Smith.
