Dalhousie student honoured amongst ASHRAE 2020-21 Society Scholarship recipients

ASHRAE has announced the recipients of 30 Society scholarships, totaling US$167,000, for the 2020-21 academic year. One Canadian was among all of the U.S. recipients.

“We are extremely proud of the 2020-21 ASHRAE Scholarship recipients,” said Michel Hayek chair of the ASHRAE scholarship trustees.

“These individuals represent the future of the HVAC&R industry and ASHRAE is pleased to support this bright future by providing scholarship opportunities to students each year.”

There were seven award recipients that received $10,000 scholarships, 14 that received one-year $5,000 scholarships and nine awards providing one-year $3,000 scholarships, including one for student Stephen Batsa, mechanical engineering, at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Batsa is the recipient of the Henry Adams Scholarship, named in memory of charter member and sixth president of ASHRAE’s predecessor society, ASHVE.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021-22 undergraduate engineering, technology, regional/chapter, and university-specific scholarships. The application deadline is December 1, 2020.

For more information on ASHRAE’s scholarships, including eligibility requirements and application materials, visit www.ashrae.org/scholarships.

Founded in 1894, ASHRAE is a global professional society committed to serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields.

As an industry leader in research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE and its members are dedicated to promoting a healthy and sustainable built environment for all, through strategic partnerships with organizations in the HVAC&R community and across related industries.