FAU Student Works to Teach Life After Engineering School

Florida Atlantic University has made substantial progress as a University over the last few decades. FAU's College of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering is one of these programs. The program has just celebrated their 40th Anniversary and is among seven programs nation-wide of this kind, ranking close to the top overall.

Joanna Ames is a Senior majoring in Ocean Engineering and President of SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers). SNAME is an organization that invites speakers who discuss what life is like after you graduate from the program. Ames invites speakers who are in the area and typically either ocean engineers, mechanical engineers or even Naval architects. Ames says, "We have trouble getting people to come to the meeting so I always try to entice them with free food."

Recently SNAME participated in the Wave Energy System Competition. Ames traveled with a group of three other ocean engineering majors who represented FAU to a group of 20 students from Stranahan High School. At the event she worked to promote engineering to young students. "There is a lack of engineers in our country. So we want to promote and get them interested in engineering, not necessarily FAU," said Ames.

Ames, with the help of the rest of the SNAME organization began building an AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle, pictured below), but was forced to post-pone construction due to lack of funding.

To find out more about SNAME and how to get involved try these links:

• Facebook
• Head Quarters Site
• or contact Joanna on Facebook