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Excited to see family and loved ones over furlough and take a break from classes, Adam Gild '24 never expected to find himself in the middle of a life-or-death first aid situation on the side of a highway. Gild credits his VMI training for developing the mental fortitude to respond to a man in need.
![Jacob Benny ’22 photo overlay above VMI post photo with VMI logo](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/BennyNASA_News_Headlines.jpg)
As a high school student, Jacob Benny ’22 had a natural talent for math, and he’d also discovered an interest in physics. But work on a project for NASA before he’d even earned a college degree? That seemed to be an out-of-this-world ambition.
![Col. James Squire and Clay Penney '19 look on as their rocket prototype takes off.](/media/content-assets/images/news/faculty-initiatives/RocketSquire2019KN322edit-400x220.jpg)
Clay Penney '19 and Col. Jim Squire are launching into a Mars rover competition, building and testing prototypes for Penney's honors thesis.
![Col. Mike Krackow and Maj. Joyce Blandino show Jamie Foster ’20 how to lunge forward onto the force plate to measure her muscular electrical impulses in Nichols Engineering Building March 6.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/BiomechanicsBlandino2018KN031-1-400x267.jpg)
Research currently underway in VMI’s biomechanics laboratory could someday be used to prevent falls among the elderly.
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Several cadets majoring in mechanical engineering have participated this year in projects designed to improve today's military.
![Spencer Jefferson ’17 and Philip Jewett ’17 fit the prosthetic leg they constructed as part of their capstone project onto a volunteer subject. – VMI Photo by Kelly Nye.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/BlandinoProsthetics2017KN56-1-400x266.jpg)
A project underway in the mechanical engineering lab at VMI may someday help amputees in developing countries.