Dave Jones Scholarship 2020

My interest in asphalt technology began when I first declared a dual major, adding a major in civil engineering to my already-declared environmental major, and began talking with the faculty about what civil engineering entails - it's greatest challenges and emerging fields. After speaking with a particular Professor, who I would later take for civil engineering materials, he noted asphalt was his passion and why - the emerging technologies within it are always changing, being refined, or being devised, and with it the industry. After taking civil engineering materials, the ending section was dedicated entirely HMA design according to Superpave standards, which similar to my interest in chess, I found very challenging but worked through to completely understand the methodology, rationale, and history of HMA and Superpave mix design. One of the activities conducted was designed a test batch of Superpave HMA entirely from scratch that fell within engineering standards as a viable mix, which were then tested using Static Creep, Dynamic Modulus, and Shear tests for viability.

I worked for 6 months as an intern for a firm that dealt exclusively with transportation design, Protean Design Group. There, a majority of my work was dedicated to helping design roadways that were to be rebuilt or repaved, this included asphalt selection as well general roadway design.

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I'm an avid chess player, and take great interest in activities that challenge me to my fullest and continue to offer to new challenges.
I am also in pursuit of my private pilot's license; aviation has been a long-time interest of mine and it is one my goals in life to be a pilot.

Member of my local chapters of ASCE, FES, and AISC. Participation in design of Steel Bridge and Concrete canoe for competition at ASCE and AISC's southern conference, as well as regular club functions.