Co-op Awards 2007
Outstanding CO-OP Employer
MEDRAD
Medrad, Inc is our Outstanding Co-op Employer for 2007. We have worked with Medrad since 1997 in the placement of our co-op students. Over the years, 35 co-op students have been hired by Medrad, and many are still with the company today. Medrad has offered outstanding work assignments to our students in almost every discipline. Students must formally present to the Medrad managers and CEO of the company on their projects and findings each term before returning to school. Their commitment is from the top down and it shows!
Previous winners were:
1991 Delphi Packard Electric Corporation/GM
1992 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
1993 J&L Specialty Steel
1994 USAirways
1995 Nova Chemical Corporation
1996 Eaton/Cutler-Hammer
1997 Bayer Corporation
1998 Westinghouse Electric Company, EMD
1999 ANSYS Incorporated
2000 United Parcel Service
2001 AK Steel
2002 Mine Safety Appliances Company
2003 H.B. Maynard
2004 American Bridge Corporation
2005 Dupont Chemical Solutions Enterprise
2006 Valspar
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CO-OP STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Scott Eshkenazi
Please join our office in congratulating our Co-op Student of the Year and Co-op Employer of the Year for 2007:
Scott Eshkenazi of the Industrial Engineering department is our Co-op Student of the Year. Scott demonstrated exemplary attributes even before he got to the University of Pittsburgh. As a high school student, he and another friend founded South Florida's first chapter of Kids Can Free the Children. Over a two year span, they raised enough money to build a one room schoolhouse in Nicaragua. They were also able to elicit donations from Old Navy, Puma and Dove Soap for the children.
Scott came to Pitt as a Chancellor's Scholar and will graduate with a dual degree in economics and industrial engineering this December, 2007. Scott still maintains a 4.0 gpa.
Scott further distinguished himself as a co-op engineer for H.B. Maynard. He was entrusted with projects that were not often given to students, and he logged hundreds of nights in hotels and thousands and thousands of air miles traveling the country as a consultant for such clients as Pilot Travel Centers and Polo Ralph Lauren.
Scott was also recently named Outstanding Senior for 2007 by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. In addition, Scott has studied abroad in Spain and also toured the world during a Semester at Sea, which has given him an appreciation for people of different cultures and lifestyles. At campus, Scott worked for the Freshman Program and was an Ambassador for the Honors College. He has also been a teaching assistant for two courses. We wish Scott the best in the National Competition for the Co-op Student of the Year!
Our other finalists were:
Michael Sachs, Civil Engineer, Groundwater & Environmental Services
Aaron Hughes, Computer Engineer, Medrad, Inc.
Peter Tipton, Electrical Engineer, Department of Defense
Michael Task, Materials Science and Engineering, Crucible Research
William Castillo, Mechanical Engineering, ANSYS, Inc.
All of these students will be presented with plaques at the Co-op Dinner and Reception on Friday, December 7, 2007 at the PAA.
