The Board of Directors of HMR ALSITE Scholarships is happy to announce this year’s Charles E. Alexander Memorial Scholar is Emily Elia, a senior at Auburn University. Emily is a member of the Auburn chapter of the ASCE, the Auburn student chapter of ITE, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, Sigma Phi Lambda christian sorority, Sigma Phi Sigma society of physics students, and Delta Delta Delta where she served on the bid day committee. She was also the only undergraduate student on a team with graduate students assisting Dr. Hugo Zhou with signal timing research of intersections that show symptoms of unnecessary delays. Emily plans to attend graduate school with a focus on transportation engineering after completing her undergraduate studies.

  • Name: Emily Elia
  • School: Auburn University
  • Scholarship: Charles E. Alexander
  • Year: 2018