Thank you for your interest in the SSQ Scholastic Grant-in-Aid. Our 2006 essay contest is complete, please try back in 2007.
This Society for Software Quality grant-in-aid is offered in the memory of
P.A. "Dusty" Rhodes who was a founder of the SSQ and a firm believer in quality software education.
The award is based on an essay contest which is to foster an awareness of quality software principles.
The 1995 Essay contest winner was Anna C. Ceberio/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Here is the winning essay on
Software Process Improvement.
The Spring 1996 Essay contest winner was Sunita Menon/University of Houston, Clearlake. Here is the winning essay on
Defect Prevention.