3 Santa Clara Students Chosen For Silicon Valley Awards

SANTA CLARA, CA — Silicon Valley Power has selected three students to award $5,000 in scholarships for those whose educational pursuits and extracurricular activities have positioned them to be future leaders in the energy industry.

The 2019 scholarship winners are as follows:

• Riana “Ria” Grewal is a recent graduate of Santa Clara High School planning to pursue a degree in international relations and political science. She wants to use her studies to better understand the global implications of large-scale energy resources and systems and implement political change.
• Lauren Guerra will start her first year at Santa Clara University in the fall of 2019, where she will pursue a degree in civil engineering. Lauren is interested in furthering her mathematical and engineering background to help develop renewable energy systems within her community.
• Shreyes Nallan is a physics and electrical engineering double major at Santa Clara University hoping to utilize his degrees to combat climate change. He is currently working on a project to generate energy from rainfall that has been funded by the American Public Power Association’s DEED program.

These winners were selected by a panel of independent volunteers representing Santa Clara’s educational and business community. The recipients were formally recognized at the Santa Clara City Council meeting of about a week ago.

Over the last 14 years, Silicon Valley Power has presented this type of scholarship to 48 deserving students, totaling $210,000 awarded. The utility is proud to do its part in supporting both Santa Clara students and the future generation of the energy industry.