Jacob Cleveland
- Scott Scholars
- UNL, College of Engineering
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Bio
Jacob is from Omaha, NE, and is studying mathematics and computer engineering. His non-profit experience includes partnering with Omaha by Design. As a community action project, his team proposed solutions to help make the intersection at 67th and Pacific safer for cars and pedestrians. This solution combined crosswalk paint, LED strips along with crosswalks, scramble time for stoplights, and handheld flags for pedestrians to carry across the intersection. His leadership experience includes assisting his faculty mentor, Dr. Griff Elder, organize Friday math socials. At these events, colloquiums are given by various math and computer science experts from around the country. His internship experience includes working at NASA Glenn Research Center, where he contributed to several projects in the Intelligent Communications branch of the Space Communications and Navigations division as a Pathways Intern. His research experience includes working under the supervision of Alan Hylton at NASA Glenn Research Center. He helped apply topological approaches to star tracking for spacecraft. The team submitted the research findings to the 2021 IEEE AeroConf, as well as patents for the project. This summer, he will lead a team of interns to continue this research. His career interests include continuing to graduate school for mathematics and becoming a full-time researcher at NASA, as well as teaching classes.
Additional Information
Bio
Jacob is from Omaha, NE, and is studying mathematics and computer engineering. His non-profit experience includes partnering with Omaha by Design. As a community action project, his team proposed solutions to help make the intersection at 67th and Pacific safer for cars and pedestrians. This solution combined crosswalk paint, LED strips along with crosswalks, scramble time for stoplights, and handheld flags for pedestrians to carry across the intersection. His leadership experience includes assisting his faculty mentor, Dr. Griff Elder, organize Friday math socials. At these events, colloquiums are given by various math and computer science experts from around the country. His internship experience includes working at NASA Glenn Research Center, where he contributed to several projects in the Intelligent Communications branch of the Space Communications and Navigations division as a Pathways Intern. His research experience includes working under the supervision of Alan Hylton at NASA Glenn Research Center. He helped apply topological approaches to star tracking for spacecraft. The team submitted the research findings to the 2021 IEEE AeroConf, as well as patents for the project. This summer, he will lead a team of interns to continue this research. His career interests include continuing to graduate school for mathematics and becoming a full-time researcher at NASA, as well as teaching classes.