Scholarship Information
Richard George Matheson Memorial Engineering Scholarship
Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
Cycle: Fall
Value: $1,400
Recommended By: Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
Process: Recommendation Required
Criteria:
Awarded to the student entering third year of the Sustainable Design Engineering degree program with the highest academic standing in their second year.
Awarded to the student entering third year of the Sustainable Design Engineering degree program with the highest academic standing in their second year.
Background:
These annual scholarships and awards were established at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1994 by the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island (APEPEI), now known as Engineers PEI. The scholarships are named after distinguished PEI engineers whom were active and instrumental members in the Association of Professional Engineers. The establishment of a PEI Branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada (E.I.C.) in 1952 brought together a group of engineers. Eventually, this group was responsible for the formation of the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island. At a meeting of the E.I.C. Branch in October 1954, a decision was taken to proceed with the setting up of A.P.E.P.E.I. and the P.E.I. Engineering Profession Act was passed and given Royal assent on March 18, 1955. The Association opened its first permanent office in Charlottetown in 1989. Over the lifetime of the Association, both the volume and value of engineering work undertaken on the Island have increased substantially and this is reflected in the increase in the number of engineers practicing in PEI.
These annual scholarships and awards were established at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1994 by the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island (APEPEI), now known as Engineers PEI. The scholarships are named after distinguished PEI engineers whom were active and instrumental members in the Association of Professional Engineers. The establishment of a PEI Branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada (E.I.C.) in 1952 brought together a group of engineers. Eventually, this group was responsible for the formation of the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island. At a meeting of the E.I.C. Branch in October 1954, a decision was taken to proceed with the setting up of A.P.E.P.E.I. and the P.E.I. Engineering Profession Act was passed and given Royal assent on March 18, 1955. The Association opened its first permanent office in Charlottetown in 1989. Over the lifetime of the Association, both the volume and value of engineering work undertaken on the Island have increased substantially and this is reflected in the increase in the number of engineers practicing in PEI.
