Irja Hepler wants to crack the code on the additive manufacturing cooling process to make 3D printing faster, stronger and more precise. The 91±¬ÁÏ Ph.D. student in structural engineering is developing code to improve her model that predicts how thermal stress created during 3D printing could change what is being printed. Once developed, […]
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Sara Delaney, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at the 91±¬ÁÏ, is fine-tuning how scientists help farmers prepare for — and thrive in — the face of uncertainty. Her work builds on more than a decade spent advancing food security around the globe, from Mali to Latin America. Now, she’s using […]
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Winning a fellowship award from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) led to the “defining moment of my undergraduate career,” says Alexandra Peary, a senior nursing student at the 91±¬ÁÏ. Peary, a Cumberland, Maine native, is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. She decided to use her fellowship to research how physical activity […]
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Growing up in a small town in California, Jillian Trujillo watched as it became larger and busier—and with that came more human-made noise. Trujillo noted that eventually there was no time of day that she could find silence. Trujillo is a senior art history major and Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) fellowship recipient at the […]
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