Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 1 No. 2 | Page 13

In the final event of the 2016 the Virginia Tech Baja Team's calendar, the unit placed 7th in Hill Climb and 22nd in Endurance
out of more than 100 teams. The event, the SAE International, was held June 9-12 in Rochester, NY. John Kennedy, professor of
mechanical engineering (seated in vehicle) is the team's faculty advisor

Nolan Hollingshead, a rising ME senior,
helps find the problem with a 47-yearold donut machine at Carol Lee.
Norman Kidd, owner of the local institution came looking for engineering
help and Hollingshead and his brother,
Hunter, volunteered to pitch in.

Peter Amico, a graduate research assistant in mechanical engineering, speaks with a
visitor at the Office of Naval Research 70th anniversary event held in the courtyard of
the Pentagon June 24. Amico was showing the protective panels worn by SAFFIR (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) as part of joint project between the Colleges of
Engineering, Architecture and Urban Studies, and the Institute for Creativity, Arts and
Technology.