Hundreds of graduating high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students pursuing two-year, four-year or advanced degrees in manufacturing or engineering have been annually awarded scholarships to support their education. Each of these students have different paths and stories on their manufacturing education journey. SME Education Foundation Scholarship Recipients share their unique and interesting success stories below.
Scholarship Stories
Recent Scholarship Stories
Love of math, SME scholarship drive student’s college career
When Carlos Aleixo Domingues, now 23, was in high school in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he had no idea what the world of engineering looked like.
Engineer Champions the Next Generation of Talent
Natalia Esparragoza, a manufacturing engineer at the Jacksonville State University (Jax State) Center for Manufacturing Support in Jacksonville, Alabama, felt it was her calling to review scholarship applications for the SME Education Foundation.
3 Majors; 1 SME Scholarship
Elijah Yates, a junior at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, was awarded the SME Education Foundation’s 2025 Wayne F. Frost Directors Scholarship
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Scholarship Opportunities
The SME Education Foundation annually awards millions of dollars in scholarships to graduating high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students pursuing two-year, four-year or advanced degrees in manufacturing or engineering. One application gives students access to nearly 60 different scholarships.