Scholarships (Premio Jose A. Vila)
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The Cuban-American Association of Civil Engineer Inc. will award annual "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship to Civil Engineer students,among the state of Florida accredited Programs. The minimum amount that each student will receive is $1,000, depending on available funding received by private donations.
The students who receive the "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship will be honored in more ways than one; it’s a monetary but also it’s the prestige of being recognized by your peers. The scholarship depends upon private donations from our members and local engineering companies. Most of all, it tells the student that he or she is among the elite in the Civil Engineering field. Just to mention some of the past recipients, they are: Mr. Joaquin Aviño P.E., former Miami-Dade County Administrator; Ms. Isabel Padron, P.E., Project Manager, Miami-Dade County; Mr. Roberto Carballo P.E., President of C3TS Engineers, Architects and Planners.
The "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship was created during the late 60’s to aid financially disadvantaged civil engineering students at the University of Miami. When FIU became accredited, our predecessors looked at FIU as another option and unanimous decision was made by the Board of Directors to include FIU in the "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship. Recently, the Association has decided to include the University of Florida.
Dr. Vila was a professor of the civil engineering curriculum at the University of Havana during the late 40’s, 50’s through the early 60’s. He taught structural, concrete, steel and pre-stress and post- tension concrete courses. Yes, pre-stress and post tension courses. During his teaching years at the University of Havana he always made time for his students, over and above his office hours. He would hold workshops and seminars to help students pass his classes. In Cuba during the early 50’s, there were two, one pre-stress and one post- tension bridges designed and constructed. As a matter of fact they are still in existence today. He was a consultant on both of these projects. In his later years, in exile, he worked for several well-known engineering firms. His strategy with young engineers was, "Lets analyze this together" or "How do you think we can solve this situation?" He would explain step by step how one would arrive at the solution. Dr. Vila was a genius, an engineer above all engineers, a true humanitarian.
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Application
Be a Sponsor
The Cuban-American Association of Civil Engineer Inc. will award annual "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship to Civil Engineer students,among the state of Florida accredited Programs. The minimum amount that each student will receive is $1,000, depending on available funding received by private donations.
The students who receive the "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship will be honored in more ways than one; it’s a monetary but also it’s the prestige of being recognized by your peers. The scholarship depends upon private donations from our members and local engineering companies. Most of all, it tells the student that he or she is among the elite in the Civil Engineering field. Just to mention some of the past recipients, they are: Mr. Joaquin Aviño P.E., former Miami-Dade County Administrator; Ms. Isabel Padron, P.E., Project Manager, Miami-Dade County; Mr. Roberto Carballo P.E., President of C3TS Engineers, Architects and Planners.
The "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship was created during the late 60’s to aid financially disadvantaged civil engineering students at the University of Miami. When FIU became accredited, our predecessors looked at FIU as another option and unanimous decision was made by the Board of Directors to include FIU in the "Jose A. Vila” Scholarship. Recently, the Association has decided to include the University of Florida.
Dr. Vila was a professor of the civil engineering curriculum at the University of Havana during the late 40’s, 50’s through the early 60’s. He taught structural, concrete, steel and pre-stress and post- tension concrete courses. Yes, pre-stress and post tension courses. During his teaching years at the University of Havana he always made time for his students, over and above his office hours. He would hold workshops and seminars to help students pass his classes. In Cuba during the early 50’s, there were two, one pre-stress and one post- tension bridges designed and constructed. As a matter of fact they are still in existence today. He was a consultant on both of these projects. In his later years, in exile, he worked for several well-known engineering firms. His strategy with young engineers was, "Lets analyze this together" or "How do you think we can solve this situation?" He would explain step by step how one would arrive at the solution. Dr. Vila was a genius, an engineer above all engineers, a true humanitarian.
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• Fill-out application,
• Be In good standing with the University with a 3.0 Grade Point Average or better,
• An official transcript, stamped and sealed by the Bursars Office,
• Have a minimum 80 credits and enrolled in the college of Civil Engineering,
• Must be Cuban, of Cuban decent or Hispanic heritage,
• Speak, read and write fluent Spanish,
• A letter of endorsement from a faculty member needs to be submitted with application.
• Deadline date is set for the First Friday of October.Once the above items have been submitted the Scholarship subcommitee will schedule an interview with the applicaant. The interviews will last approximate one hour.
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