Monthly Archives March 2018

Lab members Estefania Bohorquez and Lin Rossmann selected for Fulbright awards to Germany

We are very proud to announce that two members of our lab, Estefania Bohorquez and Lin Rossmann, have been selected for Fulbright awards to Germany. They will spend ten months conducting research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Cologne, beginning in September 2018.

Lin Rossmann (left) and Estefania Bohorquez on their first day in Cologne as part of the IRES program in 2017. Their IRES experience was the reason for their decision to apply for Fulbright.

The two spent the previous summer conducting research at DLR Cologne as part of the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program; they both credit their IRES experience as their motivation for applying for the Fulbright program. This year’s group of IRES participants are preparing for their own research in Germany in summer 2018; you can read about their activities at the IRES blog.

Estefania and Lin are following in the footsteps of former lab member Albert Manero, who was a 2014 Fulbright awardee at the same DLR facility in Cologne. To read more about the Fulbright program, click here.

Lab member Debraliz Isaac Aragones presents her research at the ASEE-SE Conference

Debraliz Isaac Aragones has presented a technical paper at the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern (ASEE-SE) conference held March 4-6, 2018 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida. Debraliz presented her topic as first author on “US-Germany Collaboration in Materials for Extreme Environments: Developing an International Research Pathway Towards Creating Global Engineers for the Future”. The paper discusses how the NSF-IRES: US-Germany collaboration develops students as global engineerings and can be found on the publications page of the website.

The ASEE conferences are dedicated to all disciplines of engineering education. They are committed to encouraging the exchange of ideas, enhancing teaching methods and curriculum, and providing networking opportunities.

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Lab member Estefania Bohorquez has been featured on UCF Today

It is our pleasure to announce that lab member Estefania Bohorquez has been featured in the UCF Today’s article, “Woman of Wonder: Graduate Student and Aerial Acrobat Recognized for Aerospace Work”.

She is a winner of the 20 Twenties Award for 2018 and was also a participant of the IRES: US-Germany collaboration in 2017. Learn about Estefania’s journey and inspirations that have gotten her where she is now, on UCF Today.