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Gavin
Junior (Class of 2014)
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About Gavin:
Hi! I’m Gavin, a junior from Sacramento, California, studying Mechanical Engineering and minoring in entrepreneurship here at USC. What caught my attention about USC was the closeness of the community, despite it being such a large school. The “Trojan Family” is something I initially wasn’t convinced of, but after coming to USC and seeing how everyone works to benefit each other I’ve definitely changed my mind!
When I was looking at schools, I knew I wanted two things: the best academics I could find and division I athletics for me to root for. USC was perfect for both these, and much more. Undergraduate research was something I wasn’t exposed to at any other university I visited, and at USC, it was not only possible, but very much the norm for undergraduate engineering students to participate in hands-on research. Little did I know that one week into my first semester at USC I began working at the CHAFF (a space-simulation lab on campus)–just one of the many opportunities I had as soon as I stepped onto USC’s campus!
I’m involved in many engineering and non-engineering related things, from working in the USC Formula SAE lab to being a member of a fraternity. No matter what your goals are, you’re guaranteed to find something that fits your interests and aspirations at USC. Check out my blog, twitter, or send me an email with the icon above. I’d be happy to talk to you about the opportunities at USC! |
Student Involvement:
USC Formula SAE | Rocket Lab | Tau Kappa Epsilon | USC Stevens Institute for Innovation | USC Rugby | Intramurals
Research Experience:
CHAFF (Collaborative High Altitude Flow Facility – Using Molten Boron as a Phase-Change Thermal Storage Medium for Microsatellite Solar Propulsion
Shockwave Lab – Using Biomimetics of a woodpecker to create a safer helmet for military applications
Why I Love LA:
With so much to offer, I never get bored, whether it’s going hiking in the nearby Griffith Park, or going to see the LA Philharmonic, I always have something exciting to do.
Hobbies & Interests:
Guitar, running, hiking, intramural soccer, building racecars!
Gavin’s Blog Posts
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Hey everyone! So we’re a few weeks into summer, and it’s already been an eventful one! I just got back a couple weeks ago from Korea, where I was finishing up the iPodia class (a global innovation class we can take with students from 4 other universities- PKU in China, KAIST in Korea, Aachen in Germany, and Technion in Israel). It was a truly amazing experience! After working on group...
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Hard to believe, but this semester is almost over! It feels like Junior year just started, and pretty soon it’s going to be my final year at USC (cue sad violin music). But before senior year starts I have the summer to worry about! After weighing my options for summer internships and job opportunities I decided to accept my research professor’s offer to work full time in the shockwave lab....
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USC is many things, but I think the thing it encompasses most is diversity. And while USC is diverse with respect to bringing in students internationally (there’s a building on campus- VKC, which has a flag from different nations who send at least 2 students to USC), it’s also diverse in student interests. At USC, it’s not the students individually who are always “well rounded”, but rather the population as...
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Hey everyone! After last week’s midterm bonanza, I’m super ready for a break, and fortunately, this week is (sort of) going to provide that! No midterms this week at all! In mechoptronics, we’re currently using LabView to create VI’s to run our experiments which we proposed last week. Hopefully our proposal gets accepted so we can start studying the thermal properties of secondary flow fields in impinging turbulent jets! The...
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It’s that time of the semester again! Midterm season! I had one midterm in a GE last week which wasn’t too bad, but this week I have thermodynamics, mechoptronics, and stress analysis midterms over two days. Needless to say, it’s going to be a long week! It will just make next weekend that much sweeter though. And despite this week going to be crazy, I did manage to have some...
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