Engineering, Engineering Technology Students of the Year

The Georgia Engineering Alliance has, for the second consecutive year, selected students to receive two prestigious awards to be presented during its 2012 Georgia Engineers Week Awards Gala on Feb. 25.

No other institution in recent history has been honored with both of these student awards, according to a press release. 

Garrett Bailey, a senior majoring in mechatronics engineering, is the state’s Engineering Student of the Year. Christopher Cutter, a senior in mechanical engineering technology), is the Engineering Technology Student of the Year.

Bailey recently became the first recipient of SPSU’s new Engineering Innovation Scholarship, and he has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his time at SPSU. A non-traditional student, he holds a degree in philosophy from Georgia State University and, among other pursuits, worked as a ferryman on Martha’s Vineyard for several years before coming to SPSU.

Cutter’s 3.46 GPA places him in the top 15 percent of seniors in the MET program, and he has made the Dean’s List and received a Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship for the past two years. He is secretary of the campus chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers and is active on the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team.

“Chris is a bright and determined student, someone who always takes the initiative and is not a follower,” wrote one of his professors in nominating him for the GEA award, according to a press release. “He has a very special personality.”

Georgia Engineers Week will be celebrated Feb. 20 through Feb. 25.