WARES, through the financial support of our members, is proud to support the next generation of rail engineers by providing financial support to local students pursuing careers in rail engineering through annual WARES Scholarships in Railway Engineering.

WARES currently awards $10,000 per year to students enrolled in bona fide rail engineering programs at universities within the Mid-Atlantic region. We also support select local engineering-focused educational programs and events. Currently, we support the following programs and events:

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If you are interested in hiring interns or graduates or teaching classes as a visiting instructor, please contact Rebecca Moran, Instructor in Electrical Engineering at (814) 940-3331 or SLD130@psu.edu.

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If you are interested in hiring interns or graduates or teaching classes as a visiting instructor, please contact Dr. Allan M. Zarembski, Director of the Railroad Engineering and Safety Program, at (302) 831-7002 or allan.zarembski@udel.edu.

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If you would like your program or event to be considered for W.A.R.E.S. scholarships, please contact Scholarship Chair Art Keffler at akeffler@verizon.net or (703) 209-3780.

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2024/25 WARES Scholarship Winner

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500 each:

Andrew Kennedy

Owen Blumenfeld

Congratulations to these deserving students!

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2023/24 WARES Scholarship Winner

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500 each:

Jared Kish

Calvin Spector

University of Delaware $2,500:

Jordan Thomas

Congratulations to these deserving students!

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Past WARES Scholarship Winners

2022/23

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500:

Spencer Wood

University of Delaware $2,500:

Richie Pulgini

2021/22:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500:

William Ferry

Kerry Chen

University of Delaware $2,500:

Alyssa Freund

2020/21:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500:

Evan Knoll

University of Delaware $2,500:

Tyler Bernstein

2019/20:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering $2,500:

Jonathon Ambrosino

University of Delaware $2,500:

Matthew Chalupa

University of Kentucky $2,500:

Habib Abdil

2018/19:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Nate Norris, Senior

University of Delaware $2,500

Matthew Kuehner, Senior

Gateway Community College $2,500

Jake Maturo and Lane Maher

2017/18:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Luiz Almeida, Senior

University of Delaware $2,500

William Marello, Senior

Gateway Community College $2,500

Jake Correia and Sullivan Mrowka

2016/17:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Chad Messner, Junior

University of Delaware $2,500

Steven Esposito, Senior

Gateway Community College $2,500

Corey Butler and Andrew Poulin

2015/16:

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Andrew Fayerweather, Junior

University of Delaware $2,500

Nicholas Nagele, Senior

2014/15:

AREMA Education Fund Committee 12 ­ Rail Transit Scholarship $2,500

Yanshuo Sun, University of Maryland, Graduate Student

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Alex Reinsmith, Junior

University of Delaware $2,500

Ben Dawes, Senior

2013/14:

AREMA Education Fund Committee 12 ­ Rail Transit Scholarship $1,000

Andrew Giardina, Penn State Altoona, Sophomore

Penn State Altoona Railway Transportation Engineering (RTE) $2,500

Brice Barrett, Sophomore