This past December saw the graduation of Casey Nichols with his MS in Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems and David Barnett with his Graduate Certificate in Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems. My goal with mentoring students in to add value regardless of where the students are when they come into the group. Both Casey and David came into the group as motivated, technically sound undergraduates with a willingness to work and an eagerness to learn. I’m happy to say that they are stronger when they left the group than when they joined, but the research group is a whole is better for their contributions over the past few years. Luckily, I have a new crop of undergraduates Peter and Tyler who look quite promising and who benefited from Casey and David’s mentoring over the Fall semester. Casey has started a job at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado and information about David can be found at (https://www.davidbarnett.info/).
C. Nichols, D. Barnett, A. Joyner, and S. Modaresahmadi at NCROEP 2019.
