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Graduate & Undergraduate Student Spotlights

We see you!

The ME program - both graduate and undergraduate sections - is full of amazing and inspiring students! You and your cohorts are becoming student innovators, assisting in research, and creating new designs. We see you, and all your efforts.
As we hear about the things you are doing, we want to share it with the world!

Know someone who ought to be spotlighted? Email me-communications@byu.edu with your recommendations!
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Student Spotlight: Cody Messick

By Larissa Beatty
March 10, 2023 02:20 PM
Mechanical Engineering senior Cody Messick has a passion for doing anything and everything to help others. For the Shanghai native, this currently means preparing to go from medical assisting, MCAT tutoring and mechanical engineering to medical school at the Mayo Clinic.
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Student Spotlight: Anna Shields

October 28, 2022 03:35 PM
Junior Anna Shields has had her sights set on engineering since she was twelve years old. Her childhood dream is now coming true as she studies mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University with an emphasis in robotics and biomechanics.
3 Min Read
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Student Spotlight: Andres Peña

By Larissa Beatty
January 24, 2022 04:39 PM
Brigham Young University student Andres Peña has had a unique education involving three universities, three languages, two countries and a salvage car. As a junior studying aerospace in mechanical engineering, he is working toward a career that will take his studies out of this world.
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Student Spotlight: David Calabuig Jr.

By Larissa Beatty
March 25, 2021 01:59 PM
Cars have always captivated Brigham Young University student David Calabuig Jr. When he found a similar fascination with physics in high school, he set his sights on working as an engineer in the automotive industry.
2 Min Read
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Student Spotlight: Alex Wonnacott

By Larissa Beatty
February 24, 2021 04:40 PM
Walking with Wonnacott: Pipsqueak engine malfunctions, contributions to work on a mars rover are just a few things that make life as a mechanical engineering major exciting for Alex Wonnacott.
2 Min Read
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