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What student Brittany Myers intended as a brief question and answer meeting with Ohio State Newark Associate Professor Michael Stamatikos, Ph.D. has turned into a mentorship she never expected. Since stopping by his office two years ago, Myers has been and continues to be guided by Stamatikos through research, planetarium training and a SciDome internship. Myers isn’t your typical student. After graduating fromNewark High School in 2006, she decided to wait on college. She became a wife and mother first.When she decided the time was right, an interest in astronomy that had been fueled by television programming on the Discovery channel and the PBS show NOVA made her realize that pursuing a degree that would allow her to do research on the stars would lead her to a fulfilling career. Ohio State Newark was her first choice because she wanted to stay local and knew it would be easier financially. Myers also knew that the small class sizes and individual help would be beneficial. In March 2017, Myers was awarded second place at the Ohio State Newark Student Research Forum for her proposed research “Investigating Precursor and Prompt Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GABs).” In June 2017, she received the Spitz Institute Student Scholarship to be trained to assist with SciDome operations. The training taught her how to create and present the eye-catching, informative simulations that the SciDome makes possible. She has been interning with Stamatikos at the SciDome to assist with both operations and new research to prove the astronomical significance of the Hopewell Earthworks that are currently under consideration to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “The most interesting thing has been learning the extensive capabilities of the SciDome,” she said. “We can use it for things as simple as a planetarium show and as complicated as deep space scientific research.” A collaboration between Ohio State Newark andTheWorks: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology resulted in the SciDome planetarium. Built in downtown Newark, the 2,200 square foot facility houses a 30-foot tilted dome with 4K digital projection and NanoSeam™ technology with theater-style seating for 60 guests. “I would like to follow in Dr. Stamatikos’ footsteps. He’s so passionate about teaching, the Newark community and astronomy,” said Myers. “Working with him has been unbelievable; it has opened up so many possibilities.” WILL IT BE YOU TO REACH FOR THE STARS ? Ohio State Newark Student’ Meaning to Giving a Helping As someone who has livedmuch of his life with help the recipients of his nonprofit, Form5 Prost what people go through to receive a prosthetic li effective ways to make them. “When I went through the standard process of g was,” he said. “I wanted to integrate today’s tech prosthetics from recycled materials.” With the advent of 3-D printing technology, For considered a luxury item for those with limb di for most people to afford can now be custom-m At the age of 15, he began using the 3-D printer i Albany High School’s MIT fabrication laborator his own prosthetic arm to replace a $40,000 one was uncomfortable and impractical considering on it was immobile. The cost of his 3-D printed l around $40 in plastic materials. “I just want to help people. For my entire life, I’v wanted to help others,” he said. “As the things I change the lives of the people I work with, they changing me. The experiences are really transfo everyone involved.” He took a gap year between high school and coll make Form5 Prosthetics Inc. a full-fledged nonp which he is the CEO. He also produced five pros limbs for recipients of the company. Several pro has produced have been activity-specific, enabli Ohio children to play the cello or go fishing whi prosthetics might not have made possible. Westbrook spends his free time speaking at eve throughout the NewAlbany school district, coll #5 recyclables for production of the 3-D printed or promoting Form5 at events like the Arnold Cl representative fromOwens Corning stopped to attended the Arnold Classic. Owens Corning in and they discussed how to combine their effort Westbrook set out to create a prosthetic leg that Jillian Ripley in October. He was able to utilize with engineers, to produce a prosthesis that ena bowling. “Creating a prosthetic leg after only five years of that to happen until about 10 or 12 years of doi to seize it,” he said. “Using a material developed performance composite filament print product resistance, and extreme durability, we were able He began his educational journey atThe Ohio St administrationmajor. After his gap year, he kne of school with the extra support that a small cam professors, tutors, librarians and others. “I like having that connection with professors so comprehending the material but also who I am a unique about this experience at Ohio State Newa For more information about Form5 Prosthetics I newark.osu.edu Student News Student Interns at SciDome

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