In addition to being involved with Greek life, Larsen Motorsports (LMS) and the university’s NASA Robotic Mining Competition team, aerospace engineering senior Lauren-Ann Graham has been selected as the new educational host for Rockets to Race Cars, formed through a partnership between NASA HUNCH (High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware) and LMS nonprofit organization Blazing Trails. “Rockets…
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Kelly van Woesik, a biomathematics junior and honors college inductee, won first prize in the Florida Collegiate Honors Council (FCHC) writing competition for her research essay. “Preserving Life in ‘Planet Ocean’: Optimal Systems of Governance with Examples from Around the World” received first place in the Junior/Senior Documented Research or Critical Thinking category at the FCHC’s annual conference, which was themed…
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You can’t miss it. The Panther mural that for more than 20 years has adorned the south wall of Southgate Apartments’ Building M has received a much-needed facelift. A companion to Florida Tech’s landmark mural in Downtown Melbourne and created by the same artist, Christopher Maslow, “Relentless” stands three stories high and, like the downtown mural, depicts a Panther plunging…
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On Feb. 8, students from several Florida universities gathered on Florida Tech’s campus for the inaugural X-FILEs Jam. Part of the National Science Foundation’s eXploring the Future of Innovative Learning Environments (X-FILEs) project, the jam was a one-day ideation session in which student teams, using artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile learning, virtual reality and other cutting-edge technologies, each developed a…
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Following his graduation with a bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering, Mat Jordan ’11 began work at Spartan Electronics, a company specializing in hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electrical parts. Soon after beginning his career, he was offered the opportunity to work at Triton Submarines thanks to connections he made at Florida Tech. In fact, it was his now wife, Alexandra Gottschall…
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Composed solely of Florida Tech Astrobiological Research and Education Society students, Crew 219 visited the Mars Desert Research Station in January.
Read More »Kelly Reardon ’16 is the weekend morning meteorologist for 22News in Springfield, Massachusetts. “As the meteorologist on weekend mornings, I am in the studio at the green screen giving our viewers the weather story and forecast for the day and the week,” Kelly says. Originally, Kelly planned to work in a behind-the-scenes role within the meteorology field. However, she was…
Read More »This fall, Alexia Pearah ’19 took the oath of office and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. Alexia’s military aspirations began during her freshman year at Florida Tech, when she became close friends with First Lieutenant Jessica Kerney ’17, who is now an active-duty UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, and learned about Florida Tech’s ROTC…
Read More »Olivia Baldino, a freshman at Florida Tech, is one of 100 students who won a nationwide essay contest for a $1,000 SAGE Scholars scholarship. Students from all over the country submitted essays on subjects such as how they overcame academic challenges, what they did to prepare for the college process and what they were planning to do after graduation. “My dad…
Read More »Chris Bonanno ’08, ’13 M.S., recently took on the role of senior editor and reporter at Space Coast Daily. There, he covers breaking news and local events throughout Brevard County, writing stories and producing live and recorded video content. He also gives play-by-play and color commentary at local sporting events, hosts a daily weather report and occasionally broadcasts weather live.…
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