May Hennessy (CE) is spending her summer as an intern with Nave Newell, an engineering firm based in Wayne, PA—not terribly far from her hometown of Drexel Hill. And so far, her experience is keeping her on her toes.
“It's very different. At school, you're told all your deadlines and workloads up front. Here, new jobs come up seemingly randomly, because your project could be going in one direction and the client suddenly changes their mind,” she said. But, I've been super lucky, because all of the people at Nave Newell are so patient and helpful.”
Hennessy has a concentr...
Elaine Vallejos’s journey has taken her from Chile (where she was born) to Allentown (her hometown) to Philadelphia and Temple Engineering. Now, the mechanical engineering major and Temple Formula Racing team member is back from a seven-month summer internship with Tesla in Fremont, California. Her interest in engineering was sparked in high school.
“I was good at physics...and liked the idea of designing something structural and physical, without limiting myself to buildings or bridges,” she said.
“Every day at Tesla is completely different,” she added. “I’m on a...
Coming from West Philadelphia, Geoffrey Milord (ME) is part of the first generation in his family to go to college. When he did, he took what he described as a “leap of faith” in pursuing engineering.
“It was hard for me to figure out what I wanted to do, but I researched different jobs in science, joining organizations like the ACE mentor program (architecture, construction, engineering), and relying on my teachers,” Milord said.
He seems well on his way toward his goal of helping as many people as he can through his education and personal focus on agricultural engineer...
Temple Robotics knew they had to dig—literally.
After placing 27th out of 45 schools during the 2017 NASA Robotics Mining Competition (and 35th the year before), the team iterated on their competition robot and focused attention to the auger system.
The strategic decision paid off after a NASA rule change awarded more points to robots able to reach bottom soil, an advantage for Temple. This year, the team traveled to Kennedy Space Center and made the best of the rule change, placing 15th.
“We’ve been developing an auger for three years now, while other teams have been fo...
Third-year student Owen Pearl (ME) is a member of the Temple University Percussion Ensemble and the drummer of indie rock band, Float Upstream, so rhythm is something that comes naturally. That could explain how he became so adept at Raman spectroscopy—and research that is taking him overseas for the second time in as many years.
After studying abroad in China last year, Pearl was named Honorable Mention for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. He was also a member of an interdisciplinary team of students that won the 24-hour think-tank style SPARK competition. Now, he...
