A 2012 Georgia Tech graduate is one of 32 Americans named as 2014 Rhodes Scholars this weekend.
Melissa L. McCoy plans to pursue a master’s degree in science through research in environmental chemical engineering while at Oxford University in England, according to a bio provided by the Rhodes Trust.
Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at Oxford. In some instances, funding covers four years of study. The winners, who were announced Saturday, were selected from 857 applications endorsed by 327 different colleges and universities.
McCoy, who is from Dallas, Texas, graduated summa cum laude last spring with a degree in chemical engineering, according to the bio.
At Georgia Tech, she established an organization that focused on social entrepreneurial technology. McCoy also co-founded an organization that sought to address water scarcity after disasters. The program was piloted in partnership with the Red Cross in a Chilean town decimated by an earthquake, according to her bio.
She is a co-inventor and patent-holder of a digital manufacturing authentication technique.
The 32 students from the United States will join an international group of scholars chosen from 14 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 80 scholars are selected worldwide each year, according to a news release.
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