The former president of Birken Manufacturing has established the first Aerospace Engineering Scholarship with aimed to bring more students into the field of engineering which is highly demanding and expensive.
Gary Greenberg gifted the sum of $100,000 to the Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture at the University of Hartford to help start scholarship for brilliant students who may want to take career in Aerospace Engineering.
Gary Greenberg the third generation of the owner of Birken Manufacturing is an aerospace manufacturing professional, he was the CEO/President of the company before being taken over by Enjet Aero in 2021.
While speaking, Gary encourage interested students to consider taken a career in Aerospace Engineering because it is a career path with bright future. He believes the scholarship will provide students with the opportunity to explore the field, especially highly academically sound students but with financial constraints.
Before becoming part of Enjet Aero, Birken Manufacturing which was founded in 1943 and based in the Hartford, Connecticut area, is a trusted and highly efficient supplier of complex aero engine components to companies such as GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce, registered more than forty (40) different aero engine parts designed and developed to it's name.
Under his leadership which span more than two decades, Birken Manufacturing has witness tremendous expansion, acquiring high tech machines and employing more technical staff to meet up with the boom in the aviation sector which require delivery of a huge numbers of high quality aero engine components within a short period of time.
The Aerospace Engineering scholarship establishes at the University of Hartford is part of the effort by Gary Greenberg to make sure Connecticut can meet up with the demand of highly skill workforce locally, for the growing aviation industry. The University of Hartford is the only place where bachelor degree in aerospace engineering could be earn in the state.
In the past, Gary Greenberg and Birken Manufacturing has worked with Asnuntuck Community College and their skilled machinist training program by providing scholarship funds to train a numbers of students in CNC machining and in quality control. They also offered them part-time apprentice training in the Birken Manufacturing workshop, so they could be employed after graduation if they were able to meet the set standard.
A publication by the University of Hartford says that Greenberg’s contribution will do a lot for students. One, by allowing them to experience small classroom instruction. Two, allowing them access to work in the industry, and number three, it will make them receive a quality-oriented educational experience.
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