My name is Eva, and I'm a '25 Mechanical Engineering BE student from Upstate New York. My time at Dartmouth has been marked by the combination of the arts and engineering on campus and you can often find me working on a new project in either the Dartmouth Engineering Machine Shop or Visual Arts Center. In my free time, I love to work on lego sets and watch the craziest reality tv I can find!
This was a great exploratory class to take as an introduction to Dartmouth. I took it with Professor DeSilva, an extremely passionate individual who made this class incredibly engaging the whole way through! Coming into college I never would have expected my favorite class to have been about monkeys and early humans, but I discovered a deep interest in the evolution of reproduction.
Coming from a background of little chem experience, this class was challenging, but fun! I learned a ton about the foundations of chemistry and their applications in the modern world. My favorite part of this class was the lab where I got to see what I was learning in class in real life. I'll be taking a lot more chemistry in the future and I feel a lot more comfortable with the material as well as how to study effectively.
Design Thinking for Engineering was an incredible class that completely restructured the way I make decisions. With an 100% project based course load, this class develops teamwork, positive attitudes, and an eye for design. Not only did I learn a lot, but it inspired me to pick up a minor in Human Centered Design.
SummerHome
I took my off term in the summer to work at a coffee shop close to home as a Barista. Ask me about where to get the best coffee on campus!
My first art class and my favorite class yet! Under the instruction of a fantastic artist, I learned about many kinds of printing and made some incredible art to add to my portfolio. This is a great class for beginning artists and stood as a great start to my arts career at Dartmouth. The printmaking community within the arts department is incredibly supportive and full of talent.
Imagine taking an engineering project from its ideation to creation all in 10 weeks: stressful, but an awesome experience! Paired with an incredible team of interdisciplinary majors, I worked on the development of an electronic kettlebell to "gamify" the workout experience.
This was an incredible theatre workshop taught by a known August Wilson scholar. We read all of August Wilson's plays over the course of this class and engaged in meaningful discussion about their meaning and significance.
The summer theater workshop is an experiential class that brings students and current artists together to work on collaborative projects. This class allowed me to expand greatly as an artist and create meaningful connections with people who are currently pursuing theater full time.
FallCincinnati, Ohio
During my off term, I pursued an engineering internship at Johnson and Johnson in their surgical devices department.
Spring: When checking the weather app finally becomes a pleasurable experience and I no longer have to reach for my wool socks in the morning. For me, this term has been encompassed by my classes, a theater production, my research lab, and new friends! Below are five of my favorite pictures from my term so far and what they mean to me.
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First is a picture from a rehearsal of Winter People. Throughout the fall term, I got together with a couple of '25s to restart the Displaced Theater Company! Our goal is to create a space for anyone interested in contemporary student run theater and run workshops to establish our space as an educational group. In the first few weeks of the spring, we put on our first show!
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This picture is of my research in my biomedical engineering lab. In the second phase of my research, I've been using the SEM (scanning electron microscope) to observe porous structures in polyethylene. My mentor and I are super excited about the results we've been seeing and look forward to presenting a poster at a symposium in May.
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The Green! My favorite part about the warming weather is seeing students gather together outside and simply enjoy each other's company. This afternoon, a couple friends and I were playing frisbee on the Green when we were approached by a Dartmouth med school student and asked to play Spikeball.
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On my walk home to my dorm every night I have to pass underneath the new CECS (Center for Engineering and Computer Science) building and I encountered a beautiful sunset this past Friday.
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In "ENGS 12: Design Thinking," we had to build a Rube Goldberg machine that simulated a themed rollercoaster. In this team project-based class, every week has a new design project. Though fast paced, it's been fun! In what other class would I be able to build a Mario Kart themed rollercoaster?
I'm looking forward to the other amazing opportunities Dartmouth spring has to offer!
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