In the third and final installment of our annual series we catch up with seven graduating seniors and one graduated "senior" from the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. Some seniors have been working together on various teams for some time, so we decided to pair them.
Arielle and Andrew are graduating with high marks and have their next steps planned outβa dream industry job for her and graduate school at UC Berkeley for him. It was whether to apply for engineering or architecture. Her older brother Josh graduated from Cooper with a chemical engineering degree in , but he gave her no tips, advice or warnings about the workload she would face. Andrew was allowed to tag along to various project sites as a kid, notably the rehabilitation of the Alexander Hamilton bridge over the Harlem River.
When the time came to apply for college, Cooper Union had everything he wantedβan intimate student body, a location close to home but in a city with great opportunity, and a strong engineering program. This last proposal included site surveys, cost analysis, and geotechnical, structural, water, and environmental system designs.
However, it was their senior experimental project that both considered one of the most rewarding experiences. The group created an experiment to determine whether or not bamboo culms rods , an easily accessible and highly versatile material, would add strength to a concrete beam or weaken it.
She also learned a lot from playing on the basketball team. Andrew has immersed himself into Cooper Union life for the past four years. He lived in the dorm his first year, and then remained as a resident assistant for the last three years. Plus, it was fun to plan programs and events. This year he was a co-captain, and in the midst of studying for finals and completing final projects, he was also practicing almost every night from 9 p.
