ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program Deadline is April 3

FLORHAM PARK NEW JERSEY USA U.S. students pursuing a degree in engineering are urged to apply by April 3 to the ASCO Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarship program.

ASCO will award two $5000 scholarships to U.S. engineering students provide $1000 grants to their colleges engineering departments and host the students at The Amazing Packaging Race at PACK EXPO International in 2016.

The application period is now open and the deadline to apply is April 3 2016. Details and forms are available at: http://www.asco.com/en-us/Pages/scholarship.aspx.

Over the past 9 years ASCO has awarded $80000 in scholarships to 16 students based on their potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the industrial automation engineering profession. In addition ASCO has provided another $16000 in grants to the engineering departments of the colleges in which the winners are enrolled.

The ASCO scholarship is merit-based and will be awarded on the candidates potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the industrial automation engineering profession particularly as it relates to the application of fluid control and fluid power technologies. A panel of ASCO executives and independent judges will select the finalists.

To apply students must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program in an instrumentation systems electrical mechanical or automation engineering discipline at an accredited U.S. educational institution for the 2016/2017 academic year. Candidates must also maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale and be a U.S. citizen or legal U.S. resident. The deadline to apply is April 3 2016. Details and forms are available at http://www.asco.com/en-us/Pages/scholarship.aspx.

ASCO will award the scholarships at The Amazing Packaging Race at PACK EXPO International to take place in Chicago from November 6 - 9 2016. The race sponsored by ASCO is a fun and educational event that pits teams of packaging students from programs around the country against each other in a race to gather points by completing tasks at specific PACK EXPO booths.

About ASCO
ASCO an Emerson company offers comprehensive solutions of fluid automation products for a broad range of process and manufacturing industry applications. The companys global scale increases speed to market its deep expertise across applications transforms ideas into measurable outcomes and its people create solutions that maximize efficiencies and optimize customer applications. ASCOs fluid control and pneumatic product lines include a full range of solenoid valves angle body piston valves valve manifolds cylinders filters regulators lubricators and a complete range of accessories. For more information visit www.asco.com.

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) based in St. Louis Missouri (USA) is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial commercial and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management Industrial Automation Network Power Climate Technologies and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2015 were $22.3 billion. For more information visit Emerson.com.