The Spring 2019 semester wrapped up with a flurry of activity. Three undergraduate research assistants (David Barnett, Austin Joyner, and Ryan Williams) graduated with their BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology. While Austin and Ryan are moving on into the workforce, David is following Casey’s lead and sticking around for graduate studies. Timely graduations are part of the equation when you are hiring undergraduate research assistants, but it can be bittersweet. You are happy to see them transition to the next phase of their professional development, but you do miss the finely tuned operation of the research group when they are gone.
The magnetic gearing research group also landed another accolade, as Casey Nichols took second place in the inaugural EPIC Innovator competition for his presentation on an modular in-conduit turbine with magnetic transmission for low head hydropower applications.
