Samantha Eng, MS student, was chosen as the recipient of the 2019 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation Structural Research Fellowship.
SOM Foundation cited Samantha's thoughtfulness in her research proposal and travel Itinerary, which they feel demonstrates her skill and maturity to carry out the research. Her thoughtfulness is consistent with the foundation's goal "to provide opportunities to do in-depth research, meet with other professionals in the field and pursue independent study outside the realm of established patterns.”
Samantha will use the SOM Fellowship to travel to Japan to research how structural innovation in conjunction with architectural innovation can humanize the growing density in cities using Japanese cities as a case study. Geographically constrained, Japan features numerous structures which help to alleviate its highly populated areas in a dignified manner.
Samantha believes that “dignity is the key to humanity” and plays an important role in executing solutions to the growing concern of over-population at the global scale.
Samantha Eng is the first CEE student to win the SOM Structural Research Fellowship since 2009!