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...
Shape Memory Polymers and Aerospace
Author: Jade Thomas | Majors: Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace) and Physics (Astronomy) | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Jade Thomas and I am a part of the College of Engineering and the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am double majoring in Mechanical...
Advanced Cooling Using Microchannel Heat Sinks
Author: Stephen Pierson | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Stephen Pierson, and I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Back in the fall of 2021, I met my current mentor, Dr. Han Hu, and toured the Mechanical Engineering Department’s...
Heat Sink Design Project
Author: Lauren Westfall | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Lauren Westfall. I am a sophomore in the college of engineering getting my degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace. I am working on my research in the...
Generating Plasma for Flight
Author: Ethan Graef | Majors: Mechanical Engineering & German | Semester: Fall 2022 Electric transportation is the future of human society, but why do we not have many electric aircraft yet? When we’re talking about electric aircraft development, a typical idea...