Author: Mattie McLellan | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Spring 2024 I am developing scientific instrumentation for small satieties that obtain atmospheric content data. Using light to measure wavelength absorption in the atmosphere, the chemical...
AIAA Student Conference Recap
Author: Benjamin Harp | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Spring 2024 I am currently doing research with Dr. Huang in mechanical engineering. Our lab is designing a miniature satellite that is to be launched into orbit to do atmospheric research. My...
Attending the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
Author: Emma Paulus | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2024 The common phrase “pain is relative” may have more scientific backing than most people would think. My research delves into the role that expectation plays in pain tolerance, threshold, and...
La Vie Française d’un Américain: Learning as a Foreigner in Grenoble
Author: Cole McCallum | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Summer 2023 During the summer of 2023 I chose to participate in a language immersion program in the French city of Grenoble. This study abroad offered me the opportunity to change the way I...
My Italian Summer
Author: Mattie McClellan | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Summer 2023 I am Mattie McLellan and am majoring in mechanical engineering and physics. This summer, June of 2023, I went to the Rome Summer Campus. I took Art and To Rome with Love when I...
CubeSats at Kennedy Space Center
Author: Jade Thomas | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Fall 2023 For this conference, I presented work related to my internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center this previous summer. I was the project lead with a team of 15 other interns. We...
Proposing Curriculum Changes Inspired by Research Experience
Author: Stephen Pierson | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 I traveled to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section 2023 Conference to present my poster on my senior capstone project, which is the design of a laser-based...
Molto Bene
Author: Ben Harp | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics | Semester: Summer 2023 While in Italy, I took two classes. One of them was a basic course in the fine arts and the other one was a basic course in economics. While I originally chose these courses because...
Field-Driven Heat Sink Design Presentation
Author: Ethan Weems | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 My name is Ethan Weems, and I am an Honors student majoring in mechanical engineering with minors in mathematics, computer science, and data analytics. I was recently afforded the opportunity...
Ein Neues Erlebnis
Author: Sydney Sommers | Majors: Mechanical Engineering, German | Semester: Fall 2022 In late August of 2022, I boarded a plane, prepared for the longest flight I had been on in my life. The destination? Frankfurt, Germany—and then on to Darmstadt. I had my snacks and...