ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Engineering College Scholarship Winners

“As a recipient of the ASCO scholarship, I was grateful not only for the reward provided to benefit my educational goals, but for the kindness and professional attitude of the entire ASCO Numatics Team. My trip to Houston for the award presentation was humbling and an experience which I will remember for my entire lifetime. Members of ASCO and Emerson welcomed me with open arms and I am to this day thankful for the opportunity to participate in the events which occurred during my stay in Houston.”- Bradley A. Perry

"The best part of the trip to Houston was being able to attend both the ISA trade show and the YAPFEST event where not only young engineers like myself were present and networking, but also big time corporations were there showing off their latest products. In addition it was great to be able to meet the sales, marketing, and engineering teams from ASCO Numatics and get to know the company that offered me this scholarship."- Michael J. Denk

Check back soon for the announcement of the 2009 ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Scholarship Winners.

Bradley A. Perry
Brad is a senior studying for his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Miami. Brad has been able to balance a full-time academic schedule of 18 credits, a part-time job, family, friends and extracurricular activities while maintaining a 3.68 GPA. Brad's desire to become a mechanical engineer began as a child when he experimented with Legos to repair broken household items. Brad recognizes the need to conserve energy and his aspirations include becoming "one of the names in the history books to be credited as a contributor to improved technology which saves the world's luminous energy crisis." Working towards this goal, Brad was accepted into the Department of Homeland Security's Co-Op working with over 15 engineers and scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Michael J. Denk
Michael is an engineering student at Marquette University studying for a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in thermo-fluid science. Michael has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his academic career. Michael's interest in thermo-fluid science began to develop when he took his first thermodynamics course where he learned the concept of energy conservation. His desire is to not only improve the current thermo-fluid science methods and devices, but also to develop new ways of harnessing sources of useable energy.

ASCO Numatics Scholarship Winners, Brad Perry and Michael Denk with Andy Duffy and Robert Kemple of ASCO Numatics