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This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills
Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love with the field, she says. Downs participated in the international robotics program from 2014 to 2016. Watching PBS specials on NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity , and seeing the live broadcast of the Curiosity rover launch in 2011, inspired the teen to dream of a career working with NASA. Sarah Downs MEMBER GRADE Graduate student member UNIVERSITY Texas A&M University in College Station MAJOR Electric engineering This year the IEEE graduate student member achieved that dream. For her final project as a master’s degree candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Tulsa , she worked on an algorithm in collaboration with NASA and the U.S. Air Force .
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Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love with the field, she says. Downs participated in the international robotics program from 2014 to 2016. Watching PBS specials on NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity , and seeing the live broadcast of the Curiosity rover launch in 2011, inspired the teen to dream of a career working with NASA. Sarah Downs MEMBER GRADE Graduate student member UNIVERSITY Texas A&M University in College Station MAJOR Electric engineering This year the IEEE graduate student member achieved that dream. For her final project as a master’s degree candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Tulsa , she worked on an algorithm in collaboration with NASA and the U.S. Air Force .
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According to IEEE Spectrum’s linked report, This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills, Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love with the field, she says. Downs participated in the international robotics program from 2014 to 2016. Watching PBS specials on NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity , and seeing the live broadcast of the Curiosity rover launch in 2011, inspired the teen to dream of a career working with NASA. Sarah Downs MEMBER GRADE Graduate student member UNIVERSITY Texas A&M University in College Station MAJOR Electric engineering This year the IEEE graduate student member achieved that dream. For her final project as a master’s degree candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Tulsa , she worked on an algorithm in collaboration with NASA and the U.S. Air Force .
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