Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is encouraging engineers to focus on the power and energy industry, which is facing challenges such as making renewable energy sources cost effective and stepping into the shoes of retiring engineers. One way to address this challenge is to recognize new talent, and with this scholarship SEL celebrates the following individuals as one of the most promising engineers in the United States and in North America. Below are the students who have been selected as Schweitzer Meritorious Scholars by IEEE region, including their names, schools and expected graduation year.

Region 2 (Mid-Atlantic USA)
  • Matt Marcou - Drexel University, 2017
Region 3 (Southeast USA)
  • Ryan Bailey - University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2017
  • Oceane Boulais - Florida Atlantic University, 2017
  • Cara DeCoste - University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015
  • Molly Fink - Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
  • Andrew Wunderlich - University of South Carolina, 2017
Region 5 (Soutwest USA)
  • Benjamin Jack - Texas A&M University, 2017
Region 6 (Western USA)
  • Alexa Aguilar - University of Idaho, 2017
  • Matthew Cato - Washington State University, 2016
  • David Daigle - University of Idaho, 2016
  • Cameron Doneen - Washington State University, 2016
  • Ryan Fraser - Gonzaga University, 2017
  • Erika Isom - Washington State University, 2017
  • Zach Kasperick - Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 2016
  • Christopher Knox - Washington State University, 2017
  • Sean Murphy - Portland State University, 2016
  • David Ritter - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2016
  • Suzanne Rieseberg - Eastern Washington University, 2016
  • Thomas Teisberg - Stanford University, 2017
  • John Thompson - University of Idaho, 2015