Professional Development in Sustainability in the Army: Cadets Ethan Dewart ‘14 and Robert Hume ‘15 spent a semester working with mentors to earn professional credentials in sustainability. The Cadets were the first undergraduate students ever to earn the Envision Sustainability Professional certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. They continued their studies in sustainability and earned the LEED Green Associate credential, a remarkable distinction for undergraduate students.
AIAD at Cambrian Innovation: Cadet Christen Constantino has completed an AIAD with Cambrian Innovation. Cadet Constantino worked on a TARDEC sponsored DOD project that is trying to maximize energy output in a variety of microbial fuel cell configurations. The following quote from her AAR sums up her experience, “West Point and especially the GEnE department prepared me to take on an internship that was based heavily in a lab environment. Armed with fundamental lab skills, I surpassed my employers’ expectations. I was surprised to find that I was more lab-savvy than the two other interns there (a biomedical engineer from Boston University and a chemical engineer from Tufts University).” The trip was sponsored through the Center for the Study of Civil Military Operations.
AIAD at Army Research Laboratory: Rising Yearling, Cadet Clayton Jaksha traveled to ARL at Adelphi, Maryland during the summer to take part in an AIAD on Networked Sensor Communications.