Students Address the Grand Challenges
For 2013, three College of Engineering undergraduates have completed a unique program designed to create a generation armed with skills to tackle life-changing problems.
The Grand Challenge Scholars Program is an initiative of the National Academy of Engineering which includes curricular and extracurricular programs meant to prepare students to be the generation that solves the grand challenges facing society. UT is one of only thirteen universities to have a Grand Challenge Scholar Program recognized by the National Academy of Engineering.
To complete this ambitious program, students must not only pursue research associated with one of the NAE Grand Challenges, but document related experiences in service learning, interdisciplinary coursework, a global experience, and entrepreneurship.
Grand Challenge graduates for 2013 are Ethan Cansler, Aerospace Engineering; Katelyn Hasse, Nuclear Engineering; and Morgan Baltz, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. All three are pursuing their interests in graduate school this fall, Cansler at North Carolina State, Hasse at UCLA, and Baltz at Cornell.