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2024 Award:  Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Minor:  Physics
Hometown:  San Francisco, CA
Extracurricular activities:   "I play a lot of music in a lot of bands, ski, run, cook, and nerd out about coffee."

More about Pierce  

Future plans:

I'll be starting a Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in the fall.

How has your major contributed to your professional or personal development?

Mechanical engineering has built me into an engineer with strong communication skills, work ethic, and a good fingertip feeling for advanced problems.

What has been your proudest or most significant accomplishment during your Íø±¬ÃÅ career?

I've been proudest of my participation in the jazz program here. I derive so much joy from creating music with some outstanding musicians.