OSU students Tom Ziebro, Disha Shah and Logan Rohaley spoke with Westerville South pupils in Beth Eddy’s Materials Science Engineering class.
Pupils at Westerville South High School had the opportunity to talk with current Ohio State University engineering students last week about potential degrees and career pathways in engineering. Disha Shah, Logan Rohaley, and Tom Ziebro are OSU students being mentored by Dr. Menachem Kimchi, Assistant Professor in OSU’s Materials Science Engineering program. They presented their capstone project to students in Beth Eddy’s Materials Science Engineering class at Westerville South. Sponsored by the Subsea Tieback Foundation, these OSU upperclassmen were charged with designing a model of how underwater pipelines (such as those carrying crude oil under the Gulf of Mexico) are tested for their strength and stability when subjected to extreme pressure under water. Subsea Tieback will then use this model in outreach efforts to inform, educate, and introduce other students to careers in the oil and gas industry. South pupils learned about the engineering design process and were able use and apply the knowledge they gained from their experience in their Materials Science class to an actual product. The team from OSU demonstrated and discussed other ways that knowledge of Materials Science can be applied to real-life settings, as well as shared insight on career perspectives for students earning engineering degrees.