Improvement of an International Research Experience: Year Two

Benjamin Brandt Wheatley was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Trinity College (Hartford, CT, USA) in 2011. He spent one year in industry at a biomedical device company before returning to graduate school. He is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA). His engineering education areas of interest include cultural competency, active learning approaches as they relate to software skills, and how ”soft skills” project to success as engineers. His areas of technical research include finite element analysis and skeletal muscle mechanics.