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Nick Gravish attendedCOSMOS at UC Irvine back in2000. His cluster focused on
Advanced Mathematics. Sincethen, Nick has received his B.S.
in Physics from UC SantaBarbara & his Ph.D. in Physicswith a minor in Mechanics ofMaterials from Georgia Tech
School of Physics. Fast forwarda few years, Gravish is now an
Assistant Professor in theMechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department at UCSan Diego and an instructor at
UC San Diego COSMOS forCluster 10: Robot Inventors.
Cosmos Year #1 and I’mhooked! Each time the teams
put on one of their small scalestructures on the shake table
for testing , I could just feel theroom slowly fill with anxiety
and excitement as theearthquake intensified. Then,all of a sudden, “crack!!” and
the structure would comecrashing down, and the roomwould break out in laughter.
These hands-on activities withCluster 4 and these smileswere the highlights of my
summer! I can’t wait to playagain next year!
My first summer with Cluster2 was amazing! The studentskept on impressing me withinnovative solutions for their
protective devices to savewater balloons from breakingupon impact when landing on
a bed of nails; their kineticsculpture designs containingeverything from catapults to
carousels; and smartlyprogrammed control systems.It was a delight to work with
and get to know all thestudents and the Cluster
Assistants. I very much lookforward to being part ofCOSMOS in the future.
CLUSTER 2 INSTRUCTOR
CLUSTER 10 INSTRUCTOR
CLUSTER 4 INSTRUCTOR
http://web.eng.ucsd.edu/~ngravish/
http://eliasson.ucsd.edu/
NEW COSMOS FACULTY

SCOTT PATTERSON
The COSMOS program has given me newways to connect learning in my classroom. I
work at a project-based school, andCOSMOS is entirely hands-on and project
oriented in Cluster 10: Robot Inventors. Wehave launched a robotics class based on
what I learned from my faculty and TAs inCOSMOS. The students you get to work within COSMOS are ready for a challenge, so it's
wonderful to work with faculty who canreally push them to the edge of their
knowledge.
COSMOS is a fantastic way to spendthe summer for any STEM teacher.
The collaboration with faculty,amazing students, and truly
enjoyable environment make itsomething I hope to be a part of for
many summers to come!
2018 COSMOS Teacher Fellow Experience
JOHNNIE LYMAN
SECOND SUMMER WITHCLUSTER 10
NEW TO CLUSTER 5

U C S Dn e w s
COSMOS students participating in Cluster1: Computers in Everyday Life were
interviewed for this video, which highlightsprojects they were working on. This is a
great snapshot into the academic side ofCOSMOS and offers a glimpse of theamazing opportunities offered in ourprogram: "High school students from
around the country spent part of theirsummer learning and living at UC San
Diego. During the COSMOS program, theylearn from professors in the Computer
Science and Engineering department.Students get to create apps, robots and
lifelong memories. Some even turnedbananas into a piano."
Kritin is a fourth year Bioengineering:Bioinformatics major with minors inCognitive Science and Japanese Studies atUCSD. He does research on algorithms forclassifying brain activity for brain-computer interfaces, but he also cares alot about outreach and sciencecommunication. As a result, he writes forthe Jacobs School of Engineering, does K-12 STEM education projects and mostimportantly TAs for COSMOS (go Cluster7!). Other hobbies include arranging andconducting music for his orchestra andcross country racing.
Danny Castro Kritin Karkare
https://www.uctv.tv/computer-science/search-details.aspx?
showID=33917
2018 COSMOS Week 1 Blog
2018 COSMOS Week 2 Blog
2018 COSMOS Week 3 Blog
2018 COSMOS Week 4 Blog

RENAE CRUZ
alumni

VASANT IYER
alumni

SARAH URATA
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alumni

LUZANNE BATOON
alumni

alumni
ANDREW ANSELL MARK ANSELL

alumni
BERNICE GUDINO
ELIZABETH WANG
AMMERICA BARRAZA SAUCEDO
SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ

alumni
SAMANTHA LEON SUSHOVAN PYNAAARON LEE
JULIA PICKER
MEGAN FANNIN

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Jesus Estrada Williams College
Mathematics
Saehui Hwang CalTech
Electrical Engineering &Computer Science
Jennifer Drew-Bear University of South
Florida Cell & MolecularBiology
Audrea Huang Wellesley College
Computer Science & Mathematics
Andy Cai UC Los Angeles
Electrical Engineering
Vaishnavi Dornadula UC Santa Cruz
Robotics Engineering
Esmeralda Lugo Yale University
Chemical Engineering
Hadley Klein Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environment Management
& Protection
Kaitlyn Gunadhi UC Berkeley
Computer Science
Joy Suh UC Berkeley Public Health
Arsh Mehta UC San Diego
Structural Engineering
Annie Ma University of Michigan
Undecided
Rohith Kodukula UC Los Angeles Mathematics &
Economics
Victoria Liu UC Los Angeles Psychobiology &
Cognitive Science Minor
Jaeyoung Choi UC Berkeley
Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Lenz UC Berkeley
Bioengineering

alumni
Alina Luk UC San DIego
PharmacologicalChemistry
Ken Tanaka Yale University
Global Affairs & Economics
Tiana Thich UC Berkeley
Molecular & Cell Biology
Anysia Deák UC Santa CruzAstrophysics
Sabrina Tian University of Pennsylvania
Undecided
Ingrid Ren Gap Year AmeriCorps
NCCC- 10 month Brown University (Fall '19)
Julianne Bartz UC Berkeley
Molecular & Cell Biology

COSMOS STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
G E Ti n v o l v e d

In Loving Memory ofJennifer Dutton
Jennifer (Jen) Dutton served as a COSMOS RA forSummer 2017. She was in charge of Cluster 1:
Computers in Everyday Life and Suite 400. Jen, only23, passed away from fighting a courageous battle
with a rare immunodeficiency called HLH. Shetouched so many lives with her warm and cheerfulpresence and she will be greatly missed. We would
like to dedicated this newsletter in her memory.

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