County Engineers Association of Maryland

Roger H. Willard Scholarship Program

To promote the field of Civil Engineering and encourage graduates to pursue a career involving Public Works at the local level, CEAM has established the Roger H. Willard Scholarship Foundation with the University of Maryland.  Mr. Willard was a founding member and first president of the Association.

Roger H. Willard Scholarships

Roger H. Willard Scholarship - 2 years

Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of George F. Neimeyer - 1 year

Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of John H. Marburger, Jr. - 1 year

Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of Wilson Ballard - 1 year

Recipients for the 2007-2008 Academic Year:

The recipient of the Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of Wilson Ballard is Amjad Shahin. This is the second year he is receiving this scholarship. Amjad is from Bowie, Maryland, and he is a senior in the civil and environmental engineering department. He transferred to the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland from Prince George’s Community College in 2005 where he received several awards for his academic achievement in science and math. Amjad is a member of the ASCE student chapter, the concrete canoe team and Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. He has worked for Audio Communications in Bowie since 2003 to finance his education and has interned at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. He has also volunteered at the UMD’s Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering as a mentor to incoming engineering students. Amjad is interested in transportation engineering and project management, and plans to go on to graduate school to pursue a degree in civil engineering. 

This year’s recipient of the Roger H. Willard Scholarship is Kevin Harnish. Kevin is a junior from Annapolis, Maryland majoring in civil and environmental engineering. Since 2005, he has earned a spot in the University Honors Program and on the Dean’s List. He is also a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Societies. This summer, Kevin worked as an intern with the SHA on Wilson Bridge project and last summer he worked for both the Beam Design Project and Truss Design Project in College Park. Kevin is very interested in exploring infrastructure and transportation engineering, and project management in preparation for a graduate education and future career in civil engineering.

Christopher Payne, from Elkton, Maryland received the Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of George Neimeyer. Chris is a junior, majoring in civil and environmental engineering with plans to minor in aerospace engineering. He is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Societies, and the American Society for Civil Engineers. This past summer, he worked at the Maryland Transportation Authority as a structural intern to finance his education and gain valuable experience. He is currently a research assistant in the combustion lab of the Clark School. After graduating from the University of Maryland, Chris would like to attend graduate school for an advanced engineering degree. One of his dream jobs is to be a roller coaster engineer, designing rides at large amusement parks around the world.

Lastly, Andrew Young is this year’s recipient of the Roger H. Willard Scholarship in Memory of John Marburger. Andrew is a junior, originally from Manchester, Maryland. He is pursuing the construction management track at the Clark School and has also earned spots in the University Honors Program and on the Dean’s List. He has been a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the UMD Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 2006.  Andrew is seeking an internship in project management for next summer with an engineering company in the Baltimore–Washington area to springboard his engineering career.