Civil engineering student receives Tau Beta Pi Fellowship

Anahid Behrouzi, a senior majoring in civil engineering and Spanish language and literature at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Behrouzi, an NC State Park Scholar, was honored for her scholastic achievements, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the field of engineering. She is the vice president of the Chi Epsilon honor society and the Society of Women Engineers. Behrouzi is also an Engineering Ambassador in the College of Engineering.

After graduation, Behrouzi plans to pursue graduate research in structural engineering analysis and design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Tau Beta Pi, founded in 1885, is the world’s largest engineering society and provides more financial assistance to engineering students than any other engineering society in the world. Membership is awarded on the basis of high scholarship and exemplary character.