Ryan Michael Meyer was granted the 2008-09 Donald W. Clayton Engineering Excellence Award at the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction ceremony April 16.

Meyer is a senior in mechanical engineering and holds a 3.85 cumulative grade point average, placing him on the Dean’s List.

He has gained knowledgeable work experience over the past few years as an intern in the piping department for BOH Brothers in New Orleans, as an Upstream Engineering intern for ConocoPhillips, as a technical staff intern for DuPont Chemical and currently a research assistant of NASA/EPSCor Smart Joint Research for LSU. Meyer is the founder of the first LSU Red Bull Flugtag Team for the Human Powered Flying Machine Competition in 2009.

He is a member of many societies, including the Foureaux Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Society of Automotive Engineers, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

He is enrolled in the mechanical engineering Accelerated Master’s Program, which has allowed him to achieve his Master of Science degree during this final year of earning his Bachelor of Science degree.

The Clayton Awards are granted each year to an outstanding undergraduate student(s) who exhibits extraordinary character, scholastic achievement, and evident leadership in the College of Engineering.

Nominations are made by faculty, staff and students.

The award entails a stipend of $5,000 and a commemorative plaque.

The award was founded in 2004 through a generous donation by Donald W. Clayton (B.S. PETE, 1959), who was inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction in 1993, and Gloria Pichon Clayton. Mr. Clayton also established a Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship Supplement to bolster the College of Engineering as it strives for excellence.