Presentation Title - Thornton Tomasetti Foundation

Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
PS 199 Science Center
The Urban Assembly Schools
Bridges to Prosperity
Joe Burns, Andy Goldbaum, Elisabeth Malsch, Wayne Stocks, Richard Tomasetti,
Joel Weinstein
Board of Governors, Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
Board of Governors, The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
Aaron Beebe, Rachel Jackson, Amy Macdonald, Bridget Morrissey
Activities Committee
Activities Committee
Gwen Dowdy
Foundation Administrator
Foundation Administrator
Our Mission
 Fund fellowships, scholarships and internships for undergraduate students,
and those planning to pursue graduate studies in building engineering, design
or technology.
 Provide financial support for individuals and organizations pursuing
philanthropic activities related to building engineering, design or technology.
What We Have Done So Far (2008 to date)
 55 Grants to 23 organizations & Institutions
 $630,000 in grants, scholarships, project support
Our Mission
Recent Media Mentions
Recent Media Mentions
Engineers Without Borders Projects
More than 10 grants awarded to date
Marquette University chapter received a
grant to help construct a bridge in
Sechum, Guatemala to provide reliable
and safe access to the main highway
University of Wisconsin Platteville
chapter received a grant to support
completion of a primary school complex
in Ghana, that serves 250 children.
Bridges to Prosperity
To date 3 grants have been awarded to Bridges to Prosperity Chapters.
The power of people in building pedestrian bridges in Latin America
Projects We Have Supported
Supporting Cooper Union students with
research, design, and implementation
for an Emergency Portable Shelter
(RAMESSES Project) with a breathable
skin for the developing world.
Those Amazing Engineers- Publication
for Mid-school children
University of Southern California
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Support of research
of ten architectural
doctoral students on
the integration of
façade and structure.
Build. Found
Supporting the cost, design and construction for development of sanitation
and solar-powered systems in Repatriote, Haiti
Global Orphan Project
Thornton Tomasetti
Foundation in
Collaboration with
360 Architecture, at
Source de le Grace
School, Port au Prince
Build Change
Technical high school student training program on earthquake-resistant
design and construction to include construction site safety in West Java,
Indonesia.
Supporting GeoHazards
Funded student involvement with world-class engineering research
on behavior of concrete frames with infill walls.
2015 Eli Cohen Scholar
John Kussurm from
Chicago Office
presented seventh Eli
Cohen Scholar, Jon
Striker of University of
Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
The Urban Assembly
Thornton Tomasetti mentors supporting NY City Urban Assembly Schools
$30,000 Annual National Scholarship Program
Denisa Buzatu
Adam Jesberger
Princeton
University
Penn State
University
Zachary Withall
University of
California,
San Deigo
The 2015/2016 Jury
John Abruzzo
Tanya de Hoog
Faz Ehsan
Anjana Kadakia
Wayne Stocks
www.ThorntonTomasettiFoundation.org
Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Contact: Gwen Dowdy
Foundation Administrator
917. 661.8220 info@ThorntonTomasettiFoundation.org