UWM students land scholarships at AFS Wisconsin Regional Conference

Five men standing in a line looking at the camera. Three are wearing dark sports coats, one a navy sweater and the fifth a light-colored jacket.
Frederick Acquah, from left, (mechanical engineering); Swaroop Behera (materials science & engineering); Pradeep Rohatgi (FEF Key Professor, UWM); George Forish (Chairman, Scholarship Interview Committee and President, Precision Pattern); and Mehran Zare (materials science & engineering).

UWM engineering students were well-represented at the Annual AFS Wisconsin Chapter Regional Foundry Conference & Expo, held Feb. 4 at the Brookfield Conference Center. Three graduate students were awarded named scholarships and nine other students received Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) scholarships from the UWM FEF allocation.

Frederick Acquah and Swaroop Behera were each awarded the George J. Barker Memorial Scholarship, a competitive graduate scholarship supporting education and research that benefits the cast metals industry. Mehran Zare received the AFS Wisconsin Hank Adams Chapter Scholarship.

Behera and Zare are PhD students in materials science and engineering, and Acquah is a PhD student in mechanical engineering. 

The multi-day event brought together foundries, suppliers and educators for technical sessions, and an evening banquet recognizing student achievements.