Ohio State student receives Goldwater Scholarship
Jason Randel, a junior in engineering physics, received a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Nationally, the Foundation awarded 300 scholarships for 2003-2004, from a field of 1,093 mathematics, science, and engineering students nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities.
Randel’s undergraduate research involves working with the Ohio State Relativistic Heavy Ion Research Group to test detectors that will be used to detect the explosion of short-lived particles, created when heavy particles are collided at relativistic speeds.
Sokol Receives NexTech Fuel Cell Scholarship
Tom Sokol, a chemical engineering student, won the 4th annual NextTech Fuel Cell Scholarship Essay Competition.
This year, students were asked to complete an essay on the topic “Compare competing fuel cell technologies for portable power applications including direct methanol, aluminum-air, and solid oxide, and predict the potential for near term commercial products.” Sokol’s essay, entitled “Fuel Cells: An Analysis of Near-Term Commercial Viability” was judged tops by a panel of engineering faculty.
Mechanical engineering student not afraid to push it to the next level
Whether Gary Beisner is driving the mini Baja for Ohio State or flying around the country for American Airlines, he never considers giving less than 110%.
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During Beisner’s three co-ops at American Airlines, he became less of a co-op and more of an employee. As a result of spending in total over a year during three co-ops, Beisner was able to see several facets of American Airline’s operations at the Maintenance and Engineering Center in Tulsa, OK. By the end of his tenure, Beisner was involved with project oversight that required him traveling to supplier sights to overcome bottlenecks.
“You should ask, ‘What can I learn?’ not ‘What can this company do for me?’,” said Beisner.
After meeting this impressive young engineer, it is not difficult to imagine why his co-op experience was so successful.
For more information about the College of Engineering’s
Cooperative Education and Internship Program, please visit http://career.eng.ohio-state.edu/ecip/index.html.
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Students Display Award Winning Vehicles at the SAE
Congress
The Ohio State Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter hosted
a booth at the SAE Congress in Detroit in March, displaying the award
winning vehicle, the Buckeye Bullet, and exhibits of the FutureTruck,
SAE Mini Baja and Formula SAE. The students received a 2nd place award
in the Eaton Student Booth competition.
Engineering Students Present Donation to Campus Food Pantry
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| Left to right: Tau Beta Pi race organizers Rob Gordon, LeAnn Faisly and Andrew Browne presented a check to NSI representatives Beth Short and Cheryl Carter. |
Students from the College of Engineering’s chapter of Tau Beta Pi presented a check for more than $8,700 to Neighborhood Services Inc., the food pantry for the campus area. The money was raised during the First Annual Beat Michigan 5K running race in November.
The Beat Michigan 5K gathered 670 participants to run the five kilometer course across the campus. The money was raised from participant registration fees. Corporate sponsors for the event provided prizes for race winners as well as snacks for all participants, and included Procter and Gamble, Front Runner, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Coca-Cola, Kaplan Test Prep and Big Bear Supermarkets.