Lexi Gawelko

Junior in Civil Engineering

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What high school did you attend?

Northwestern Lehigh

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What activities are you involved in outside WEPO?

ASCE Concrete Canoe, Engineering Career Services Career Envoy, ASCE, SWE, IM Sports

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What Internship/Co-Op/Study Abroad or Research experience have you had?

Highway design with JMT, Land planning with The Pidcock Company; Study Abroad: will be traveling to Patagonia, Chile in December 2017!; Research: currently doing research on the use of metamaterials to cloak structures from earthquakes (for Schreyer and M.S. thesis)

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Why did you choose to come to Penn State?

Penn State has limitless opportunities available in academics, extracurriculars, and social activities. They also have a great alumni network especially for engineering, and of course school pride!

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What is your best Penn State or engineering memory?

WEPO of course!

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What advice would you give a first-year engineer?

Explore! Penn State has a lot to offer.

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What was your favorite class you took as a freshmen?

CAS 137H

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What is a fun fact about yourself?

I once ate a whole pizza by myself...and then had three cupcakes for dessert.