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When and where were your undergraduate research experiences?<\/strong><\/p>\n My first and sophomore year, I worked with a group on campus studying fuel cells.\u00a0 After this, I interned at a local company that makes airbag inflators for cars before I ended up leaving for a summer research opportunity studying corrosion in the Materials Science and Technology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tell us about your research.<\/strong><\/p>\n Obviously, all three experiences were incredibly different and showed me different sides of what MSE is and does.\u00a0 With the fuel cells group, I would mix platinum solutions to apply to the cell as a catalyst for the reaction.\u00a0 At ARC Automotive, I helped examine welds and developed test plans to change the materials used in the airbag inflator for various reasons.\u00a0 When I was at ORNL my project was studying corrosion cracking in radiation where I worked to develop a way the crack growth could be studied while exposed to radiation in ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n How did you go a<\/strong>bout finding these research opportunities?<\/strong><\/p>\n My first opportunity came from talking to my SWEetie (an upper-classman engineering mentor through the Society of Women Engineers) about her work with the same group.\u00a0 They had an open position, I applied, and started November of my first semester at college.\u00a0 The second two came from talking with professors in the MSE department who have connections and were willing to recommend me.<\/p>\n![\"Madeline](\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Madeline-3.jpg\")
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