CETA Celebrates Pratt & Whitney Scholars
Students who have been named Pratt & Whitney Scholars celebrated their accomplishments at a networking luncheon with the aerospace company in January.
Company leaders and UHart alumni who are Pratt & Whitney employees joined this year’s scholars at the reception. Pratt & Whitney has provided scholarships to mechanical engineering students in UHart’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture since 2019.
CETA has an expansive partnership network to support students. Pratt & Whitney--the world’s leading manufacturer of jet propulsion systems--has built a close relationship with the University. The tight-knit partnership has been mutually beneficial, with numerous CETA alumni moving on to work at the company, and P&W employees pursuing industry training at UHart’s Center for Manufacturing and Metrology, exploring advanced aspects of measurement science. Training is offered through rigorous programming that mirrors P&W employee and supplier performance expectations. In fact, the CMM was built with the generous support of P&W. In this lab, students can have project-based experience working with state-of-the-art engineering technology and machinery.
Pratt & Whitney’s support for education through the scholarship program aims to foster diversity and inclusion in engineering.