Angadbir Sabherwal receives Wallace E. Barron Award

2016 May 11

Angadbir Sabherwal, a senior in mechanical engineering, was named a Wallace E. Barron Scholar for remarkable achievements in academics and leadership. The Wallace E. Barron Award was established by the Iowa State University Alumni Association to recognize outstanding seniors who display high character, outstanding achievements in academics, and promise for continuing these qualities as alumni.

Below highlights some of the many achievements Sabherwal has accomplished over the years.

Being involved in many organizations has helped Singh create a broad network of friends and support. He has been involved as a community adviser, teaching assistant for a manufacturing lab, co-philanthropy chair for Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta, several volunteering & outreach activities, as an ambassador for Minds of Tomorrow, Board Member of the Iowa State Daily, and an undergraduate assistant in the industrial assessment center. When asked about the variety of his activities, Singh says he likes to be involved in everything. “I like to be in the background working hard and supporting all these organizations,” he adds.

Through Singh’s studies, he has earned multiple internships with Van Gorp Corporation, a co-op in North Kansas City with USG Corporation, an internship with Compressor Controls Corporation in Urbandale and is presently pursuing an internship with Siemens PLM. Working with Van Gorp Corporation gave Singh the ability to put his coursework to the test in a small company feel where he was the only intern and wore many different hats, he is extremely thankful to his supervisor. He says working with USG Corporation in Kansas City was one of his most amazing experiences. “This was my first time working for a Fortune 600 company. Luckily I was working in a small plant, so it still had the same small feel of my first internship,” says Singh. He worked on everything from safety projects to equipment to environmental projects to interacting with Union contractors. Singh’s most recent internship is his first actual “desk/computer based” job where he is working on a highly technical software project with Siemens PLM.