Clarkson University student Jacob Misch of Earlville, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship honorable mention for 2016.
Before Misch’s freshman year, he conducted research in Clarkson’s wind tunnels with Michael Lee and Prof. Pier Marzocca to measure the influence of vortex-induced vibrations on bridge models.
He traveled to Tsinghua University in Beijing last summer for a research experience, where he fabricated and observed supercapacitor electrode materials. He is using the data from this research to finish his honors thesis.
Furthermore, the applications of supercapacitors inspired his NSF proposal, which focused on methods to create materials with higher capacitance. He is currently working on an orthopedic biomechanical project with Asst. Prof. Laurel Kuxhaus and Asst. Prof. Philip Yuya. He is a mentor for the honors sophomore project course and is the student coordinator of the spring 2016 Symposium on Undergraduate Research Experiences.
He will be pursuing his Ph.D. in bioengineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He wants to conduct research and teach at the university level in rehabilitation engineering, biomechanical devices, and macroscale robotics.