Summer Graduate Named Eberly College of Science Co-op Student of the Year 2006
Jack D. Flicker, a recent Penn State graduate, has been selected as the recipient of the 2006 Co-op Student of the Year Award. The award is sponsored by the Eberly College of Science Cooperative Education Program and is given annually to a student who has participated in the program. The award recognizes the student’s academic achievements, as well as contributions to employers, the University, the community, and the field of cooperative education.
Flicker was nominated by Dr. Vladimir Semak of the Electro-Optics Center (EOC) at Penn State, where he completed a co-op assignment (dates). At the EOC, Flicker designed and conducted an experiment investigating the feasibility of remotely charging the batteries of an unmanned underwater vehicle using a laser source that irradiated solar cells. He then had the opportunity to analyze the results of his experiments. The outstanding quality of his work at the EOC earned him an invitation to present his results at the 2006 Electro-Optics Allegiance meeting.
Flicker’s first co-op assignment, during the spring and summer of 2005, was with Dr. Robert L. Berger, senior investigator at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the Blood Research Department of the Military Casualty Division. In that position, he created a computer simulation of blood-storage containers for medics working in extreme environments.
Flicker graduated from Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 2001. He graduated from Penn State this summer with bachelor’s degrees in physics and chemistry and a minor in mathematics. He currently is enrolled in a doctoral program in material science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Co-op Student of the Year Award provides the recipient with a monetary award and a certificate of achievement. As recipient of this award, Flicker also will be nominated for state and national Co-op Student of the Year awards. Information about the Penn State Eberly College of Science Cooperative Education Program is available on the web at cse.science.psu.edu .