Bailey Butler, a chemical engineering major, and Laine Rainbolt, a computer science major, are students from the College of Engineering and have been awarded the 2024 FutureFuel Scholarship Award. The Terry Martin Endowed Outstanding Intern Award sponsored by FutureFuel Chemical Company is a $1,000 scholarship provided annually to an outstanding intern or interns.  

Butler spent her internship with Jost Chemical in St. Louis, Missouri, as a sustainability intern. Rainbolt spent her internship in Stuttgart, Germany, with TeamViewer as a software development intern.  

Rainbolt said, "I began the role as a quality assurance analyst for the Internet of Things team, writing test automation scripts in Python for the developers of our embedded product. I was then given the opportunity to transition into a front-end development position, using C++ with QML to modernize our demo application. This array of responsibilities allowed me to gain perspectives from multiple phases of the software development life cycle. I learned not only the technical skills of the coding languages but also the professional skills of working with a full-time team of engineers.  

"I am so honored to be receiving this award, and I am so grateful to my team, the University of Arkansas and Future Fuel for making it happen."

Butler said, "I worked within the Environmental Health and Safety Department, and my main responsibilities included greenhouse gas accounting and developing sustainability initiatives. I also completed numerous other tasks, including TRI reporting and creating content for a sustainability tab on their website. I spent a lot of my time educating myself on greenhouse gas accounting and carbon dioxide emissions. My research allowed me to accurately calculate Jost's Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and create a complex Excel tracking device for their Scope 3 emissions. I gained so much valuable experience from working with numerous field experts, attending meetings within various departments and collaborating with my colleagues. 

"I am so honored to be awarded this scholarship acknowledging my hard work over the summer and am extremely grateful for the support of my education within the chemical engineering field." 

We congratulate these U of A students on their hard work and receiving this scholarship!  

The scholarship was established in 2014 by FutureFuel in recognition of Terry Martin, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Martin has provided service and mentorship to students in the Electrical Engineering Department and the College of Engineering during his tenure as a faculty member, assistant department head of electrical engineering and senior associate dean for academics.  

The scholarship is open to students in the College of Engineering who have worked a full-time or part-time internship within the academic year. Preference is given to mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and computer science majors.