UMD Welcomes A. James Clark Scholars Class of ’25

Maryland Engineering welcomes 10 exceptional young engineers from across the state of Maryland as its newest class of A. James Clark Scholars.

The students selected for this highly distinguished program represent some of the most promising scholars of the Clark School's freshman class of 2021–22.

The A. James Clark Scholars Program, a signature A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation initiative, supports high-performing undergraduate engineering students with financial need. Clark Scholars participate in specialized academic programs along with leadership, business, and project management training. A hallmark of UMD's Clark Scholars Program is that students will additionally commit to focusing part of their studies on one of the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges. UMD’s Clark Scholars will confront these challenges with a multidisciplinary, socially aware, and entrepreneurial background and will earn a transcript notation upon completing the program.

The UMD Clark Scholars Program is made possible by Building Together: An Investment for Maryland.

Meet the Clark Scholars Class of '25:

	Bafoday Dainkeh Major: Mechanical Engineering High School: Eleanor Roosevelt High School Hometown: Adelphi, MD
	Sa "Sarah" Han Major: Bioengineering High School: Centennial High School Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
	Osbourne Lawrence Major: Mechanical Engineering High School: Eastern Technical High School Hometown: Rosedale, MD
	Abel Shiferaw Major: Computer Engineering High School: Springbrook High School Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
	Jennifer Tartaglia Major: Mechanical Engineering High School: Academy Of The Holy Cross Hometown: Kensington, MD
	Meena Toolaabee Major: Civil Engineering High School: Parkville High School Hometown: Parkville, MD
	Megan Tran Major: Bioengineering High School: Wheaton Senior High School Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
	Christopher Trejo-Ramirez Major: Computer Engineering High School: Cambridge South Dorchester High School Hometown: Fishing Creek, MD
	Jon "Jowen" Untivero Major: Computer Engineering High School: Annapolis Senior High School Hometown: Annapolis, MD
	Jeffrey Xu Major: Chemical Engineering High School: Colonel Zadok Magruder High School Hometown: Germantown, MD