We are pleased to announce the award of the 2014 Leadership in Engineering Scholarship today to Julia Soderstjerna.
Julia’s winning essay is available here.
Julia is a Sophomore at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. She is an active participant in UCSD’s Engineers for Exploration, and this year she participated in two student-led engineering projects. She worked on the prototyping, mechanical design, 3-D modeling, assembly and deployment of the Tiger Tracker and Intelligent Camera Trap projects. The Tiger Tracker project is currently being utilized to assist in wildlife research at the San Diego Zoo, and the Intelligent Camera Trap is being deployed at the San Dieguito River Valley Preserve.
Julia has always been interested in technology, and her decision to study Mechanical Engineering was sparked by joining the FTC Robotics team at Mt. Carmel High School. As the team’s Lead Programmer, she programmed all of the autonomous code for the competition robots. She also participated in the design and troubleshooting of the robots.
Currently, Julia is an undergraduate intern at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography under the Ocean Physics Group, where she is working on creating a microconductivity sensor for deployment in future research trips. After graduation, Julia hopes to obtain her master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and then to pursue a career in the field.
In her free time, Julia enjoys creating 3-D computer animation. One of her animated short films was awarded “Best Animation” at the All-American High School Film Festival in New York City.
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