Gwyneth Semanisin
- Scott Scholar
- UNL, College of Engineering
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Bio
Gwyneth is from Omaha, NE, and is studying electrical engineering. Her non-profit experience includes partnering with Omaha By Design. As a community impact project, her team solved the issue of having no way to visualize the immense amount of data on land usage in Omaha. Her team came up with two prototypes that aimed to project data on a map of Omaha in an interactive 3D format. One option was a purely physical map that would use air compression moving cylinders to portray the data levels for each area, where that data be the population density or property tax revenue, or any other data OBD wanted. The other option was to have this same concept, but utilize AR technology to bring it to a more digital space. The AR space would allow users to use their smart device to see a graphics rendering of Omaha with the data they desire overlaid on a physical, plain topographical map. Her leadership experience includes serving on the Nebraska Engineering Student Council at Omaha since her freshman year, holding positions on the board of Freshmen Engineering Student Council at Omaha as a member, chair, and vice president of membership. She also participates in the student chapter of the Institute of Electic and Electronics Engineers at UNO, previously acting as a freshman ambassador and external relations officer. This year, she will serve as lead relations officer and treasurer. In these roles, Gwyn has planned events for the College of Engineering, reached out to peers and faculty to understand their needs, and bridged the gap between the two groups. She has also contacted many organizations and companies to organizes speaking opportunities for her fellow peers. Her internship experience includes participating in the Scott Scholars AppJam Program in the summer of 2019, where her team developed an IOS app using Apple's Swift coding language. They collaborated with the UNMC Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Institute to create an app to aid the Healing Arts Program, as well as another app to support the Maverick Food Pantry. Through their work on these apps, Gwyn and her team were invited to speak at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, CA, and tour the design lab. She has also interned at The Lindsay Corporation in Omaha, NE, on the Irrigation Controls team. In her role, she was responsible for updating bill of materials, working with engineers to create new parts for their irrigation panels, and researching components and methods to improve product functionality and efficiency. Her work served to support various innovative technologies that gave farmers around the globe reliable ways to ensure plentiful crop production for their communities. This summer, she will be with Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO, as a missions system assurance intern. Her career interests include electrical engineering, with a focus on hardware design and aerospace technology.