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Rochelle Williams: Potential

May 29, 2016

As a PhD student, Rochelle Williams faces barriers to a career in engineering.

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In 2016 - Part 1 Tags School, Engineering

Amanda Stockton: The Girl With The Big Nose

April 2, 2016

Growing up on a cattle ranch, Amanda Stockton dreams of searching for life elsewhere in the universe.

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In 2016 - Part 1 Tags Family, Engineering, Chemistry

Nate Charles Troisi: Family Chemistry

September 11, 2015

A chemistry set is the perfect opportunity for Nate Charles Troisi to connect with his engineer father.

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In 2015 - Part 2 Tags Family, Chemistry, Engineering
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Matineh Eybpoosh: Being Good

November 3, 2014

Married young and used to giving up her own dreams, Iranian student Matineh Eybpoosh moves to the U.S. to study civil engineering—and a whole new world opens up.

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In 2014 - Part 2 Tags Family, Engineering, Identity
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Baratunde Cola: The Comeback

April 15, 2014

Doomed to be the waterboy after tearing his ACL, engineering student Baratunde Cola is determined to make it back to his college's football team.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Engineering, Sports
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Julian Parker: A plane nerd

January 5, 2014

After abandoning a love of flying, a former military officer gets behind the controls of a plane for the first time.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Career, Engineering
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Craig Lehocky: Do you always talk like that?

November 24, 2013

While studying bioengineering, Craig Lehocky discovers he's different from the other students.

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In 2013 - Part 2 Tags Engineering, Career, Society
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Victor Hwang: Spacecraft are never late

October 27, 2013

What's the worst that can happen when you let a recent college grad command a $330 million spacecraft?

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In 2013 - Part 2 Tags Astronomy, Engineering, Career
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Mara Wilson: A love affair of a lifetime (with science)

May 19, 2013

As a kid, Mara Wilson is decidedly uninterested in science, but as she grows up she starts to look for answers in new places.

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In 2013 - Part 1 Tags Family, Astronomy, Engineering
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