Geology & Geophysics major Parker Liautaud (DC ’16) recently returned from a 1600-mile expedition across Antarctica, in which he both set the world record for fastest coast-to-pole trek and collected scientific data that could contribute to a better understanding of the Antarctic climate system.
Education has never been an easy issue to tackle, but physics major and Splash co-founder Ben Horowitz has brought non-traditional learning to Yale to distill the hidden passions of thousands of students.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Yale senior Jan Kolmas, winner of the 2013 Caltech Space Challenge, pursues his interest in aerospace engineering with creativity and passion.
From working at Walt Disney to appearing on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Sam Spaulding (JE ’13) has done it all. While at Yale, he has combined his interests in computer science and cognitive science to explore the growing field of social robotics.
Dakota McCoy fills many shoes: those of an athlete, a professional researcher, a leader, and a great naturalist. She was recently awarded the Rhodes Scholarship and plans to study zoology or environmental policy at Oxford University.
Aaron Feuer, ES ’13, is the CEO and lead developer of his startup, Panorama, an education analytics company that seeks to uncover and solve the most pressing problems in our nation’s schools.
Darren Zhu has been awarded one of the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowships, worth $100,000, to continue his work with the biotech company that he and David Luan founded.
Helen Jack, a recipient of the 2012 Rhodes scholarship, has combined coursework in biology and international studies and hopes to use both areas of expertise to help improve healthcare in Ghana.
The Yale iGEM team, founded only two years ago, has characterized a novel antifreeze protein produced by the Siberian beetle, research which won them first place in the “Food and Energy” category at the 2011 iGEM World Championships.
The Yale Scientific is featuring several unique summer experiences from your fellow undergraduates, who have traveled around the world, working in all areas of science this past summer.