The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognized aerospace graduate students Jacob Mingear and Brent Bielefeldt, undergraduate Jessica Zamarripa, and Dr. Darren Hartl with the Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award at the Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems in San Antonio, Texas.

Roger Simon, an aerospace engineering graduate student, was selected as a participant of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate program, allowing him to pursue the first two years of his graduate program fully supported.

When you go to a foreign country, it’s difficult to make connections with locals and immerse yourself in the culture... When you’re a student, it’s much easier to make friends in your classes and meet people who want to show you what their life is like.