Author: Grace Martin | Majors: Chemical Engineering, Food Science | Semester: January Intersession 2024 I had a plethora of reasons for wanting to study abroad in Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. I wanted to practice Spanish, I wanted to learn...
How Old is That!?
Author: Blake Sooter | Major: Industrial Engineering | Semester: January Intersession 2024 For a history buff and engineering student, one would be hard-pressed to plan a better start to the new year than studying abroad in Rome. Its immense history as one of the...
Assessing the effects of mRNA silencing of PIEZO1 gene
Author: Addison McLaughlin | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 Background My name is Addison McLaughlin and I am going into my junior year of biomedical engineering. This summer concluded my first year of research. This year, I studied the PIEZO 1...
The Overlooked Step in Quantum Devices
Author: Lance Yarbrough | Major: Mechanical Engineering and Physics | Semester: Fall 2023 Blurb: My name is Lance Yarbrough, and I am in both the Engineering College and Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I’m a senior in Physics and Mechanical Engineering, and my...
Seoul Searching
Author: Hyunseo Seok | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Winter 2023-2024 Academics In 2002, I was born in South Korea. However, due to my father’s employment, our family immigrated to the United States when I was about two years old. Ever since, I visited...
Batteries of the Future
Author: Jase Riales | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 In the summer semester of my senior year, I met Dr. Xiangbo Meng of the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Arkansas. I met Dr. Meng through his class, Hybrid Electric...
Keeping it Cool: Optimizing Air-Cooled Heat Sink Geometry
Author: Ethan Weems | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 My name is Ethan Weems, and I am a senior in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering. For the past year or so, I have been conducting research on the...
New Experiences and Perspectives in Aix-en-Provence, France
Author: Tyler Kuper | Major: Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2023 My experience studying abroad this past fall semester was my first time leaving the country and I had no idea what to expect. Sure I did my research and watched all the YouTube videos, but I hadn’t...
Research at the Mechanobiology and Soft Materials Laboratory at the University of Arkansas
Author: Abigail Lakey | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 This spring I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant in the Mechanobiology and Soft Materials Laboratory (MSML) under Dr. Kartik Balachandran. My role is to complete...
The Surrounding Sound
Author: Jackson Marsh | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Jackson Marsh, and I am a mechanical engineering major in the college of engineering. I have been doing research for the past three semesters with Dr. Han Hu in the mechanical...