Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2020 Vol. 5 No. 1 Summer 2020 | Page 11

MOMENTUM • VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 11 FROM THE TEAM “ Most often we don’t realize the importance of a concept in real world when we learn it in a class. Working on a very real world problem like this will awaken us to appreciate the range of problems that a particular concept can answer to.” - Ashwin Kumar “ Everyone on the team brought something to the table and were a pleasure to work with. They exposed me to new concepts that I probably would have never learned about if it wasn’t for this project. The fact that the work could possibly make a difference during a difficult time like this made it all the more fulfilling.” - Jonathan Guevarez “ This was a real-world system put together by working in a team of people from different technical backgrounds.” - Rohan Walia “ Working against the clock on a possibly life-saving project can inspire great ingenuity and bring forth the best in us.” - Forest Terwilliger THE PROJECT