Mount and Wu Scholarship Rewards Extracurriculars

This new fund will provide need-based support for in-state, undergraduate students with a preference for those engaged in College of Engineering extracurricular activities.
Michelle Wu, Melissa Wu, Brian Mount Enlarge
L to R: Michelle Wu, Melissa Wu, Brian Mount

Brian Mount (BSE CE ’01, MSE CSE ’03), Melissa Wu (BSE Civ ’03), and Michelle Wu (BSE ChE ’01), have recently endowed the Mount and Wu Families Scholarship. This fund will provide need-based support for in-state, undergraduate students with a preference for those engaged in College of Engineering extracurricular activities.

Melissa Wu and Brian Mount reside in Seattle, WA with their two daughters. Melissa Wu is a wastewater engineer and project manager at CH2M HILL where she focuses on the development of wastewater infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. While at the U-M, she was active in several engineering societies including Tau Beta Pi, and was a member of the club ultimate frisbee team. Brian Mount is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft in Windows Experiences, most recently responsible for multiple HoloLens launch applications. During his time at the U-M, Brian was involved in Eta Kappa Nu, Epeians, and the Michigan Marching Band.

Michelle Wu is the Vice President of Quality at Ximedica, a contract product development firm exclusively focused on the development and manufacture of medical devices and technologies, located in Providence, RI. During her undergraduate studies at the U-M, Ms. Wu was involved in a variety of campus activities, including the Pops orchestra and Tau Beta Pi. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband and three children.