2017 Scholarship Recipient Begum Birsoz, EIT, received a $2,500 SEAW Scholarship Award.
Begum graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Washington in June. A native of Turkey, Begum grew up in California and attended Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. While at UW, she served as founder and president of the UW SEAW Student Chapter. She also participated on the UW Hyperloop Alpha Team, the 3D Printing Club, and the ASCE Concrete Canoe team. Begum works at Boeing as a payloads design engineering Intern and will transition into a structural design engineer role. She previously had an internship with Perteet in Seattle.
She enjoys dance, swimming, tennis, and volleyball, and has engaged in local Turkish cultural events, like the Seattle Turkish Film Festival.