Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 1 No. 3 | Page 23

engaging minds

Above, doctoral student Yun Bai, masters student Ashwath Kumar,
and doctoral student Callie Zawaski stand next to the DreamVendor
3D printing vending machine. The DREAMS Lab was invited to join
the National Science Foundation's booth at the National Maker
Faire June 18 and 19.
At Right, students from the In His Steps Preschool visit the robotics lab in Goodwin Hall. The students also received tours of the
DREAM Lab and other mechanical engineering facilities.
Darryllynn Combs, fourth
grade, and Ella Hazelwood,
third grade, from Stuart
Elementary School in Patrick
County take part in a robotics
class with Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor
Alexander Leonessa Oct.
4. The Class is part of the
school's gifted program that
worked with Virginia Tech's
Continuing Education Center
to arrange a day-long visit to
campus.