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Maximum Impact: Professor-student Team Uncovers Engineering Applications in Bighorn Sheep Horns
Horns help 150-pound sheep absorb more than 750 pounds of force. Professor Benjamin Wheatley and Jake Schaefer ’24 are asking how we might adapt these animals' protective properties to design everything from better sneakers to safer cars.

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Bucknell Professor and Student Seek to Turn Ag Plastic Into Biofuel
Professor Deborah Sills, civil & environmental engineering, and Riley Doyle ’22 join researchers from Cornell and Israel on $300,000 research grant.

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‘The Future Success of Humanity’: $2 Million NSF Grant to Make Bucknell Department a Model for Engineering Education Centered on Societal Challenges
The grant to Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering researchers seeks a revolution in interdisciplinary learning.

Student Story
Sami Wurm ’22, Computer Science and Music Composition
With support from a Presidential Fellowship, Sami Wurm '22 uses technology to further her passion for performance.

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Guiding Their Future: New Mentorship Program Pairs First-year Engineering Majors With Students Who’ve Taken the Journey Before
The Garman Guides Program, a new peer-mentoring initiative in the College of Engineering, helps students make the most of their college experience from their first weeks at Bucknell.

Alumni Story
Christina Sfedu ’12, Electrical Engineering
Christina Sfedu ’12 helps navigate new frontiers at SpaceX.

Student Story
Jaden Lee ’22, Mechanical Engineering
From designing innovative furniture to singing with the Bucknell Camerata, Jaden Lee follows where his curiosity leads.

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Engineering Faculty & Staff Go Above and Beyond to Help Senior Design Students Deliver
A coordinated effort by engineering faculty and staff to ship materials to students ensured senior design teams could continue partnering with corporate clients remotely.

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Graduating SBDC Consultants Leave Lasting Legacy on Area Small Business
Three new graduates served as business, engineering design counsel to local business startups.

Student Story
Caitlin D’Ambrosio ’21, Chemical Engineering
From a first-year research experience to an internship with Tesla, Caitlin D’Ambrosio is taking a hands-on approach to exploring her future.

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‘A Human Connection’: Bucknell-Geisinger Research Initiative Supports Efforts to More Quickly Diagnose Childhood Infections, Prevent Strokes
Two new grants pair medical professionals with Bucknell faculty and students to advance treatment solutions.

Faculty Story
Craig Beal ’05, Mechanical Engineering
Drivers can't tell what hazards might be lurking around the next corner. Bucknell Professor Craig Beal '05, mechanical engineering, wants to fix that.

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Empowering Purpose: Grant Seeks to Uncover Most Powerful Bucknell Experiences
With support from the Kern Family Foundation, Bucknell aims to help students identify and access transformative experiences.

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Three Bucknell Students Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation awards sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering.

Student Story
Graham Heckert ’23, Mechanical Engineering
A ride in an electric car changed Graham Heckert ’23's life. Now he's in the driver's seat.

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22 Bucknell Faculty Earn Tenure or Advance to Full Professor
The promotions recognize faculty teaching, scholarship and service.

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Bucknell Engineers Create PPE for Local Hospitals
Face shields, reusable masks are among the devices engineering students and faculty are developing to protect caregivers on the front line of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

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Bucknell Faculty Get Creative as Remote Learning Begins
Professors go the extra mile to support students and make themselves available as Bucknell transitions to remote learning for the spring 2020 semester.

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Through Bucknell’s Externship Program, Students Get Inside Look at Life on the Job
Bucknell’s Center for Career Advancement connects students with employers for externships, one- to two-day job-shadowing experiences that can shape a student's future.

Alumni Story
Jennifer Bower Dawson ’03, Mechanical Engineering
As her company deploys some of the first completely driverless vehicles to traverse American roadways, Jennifer Bower Dawson '03 is watching out for the public's safety.