AWARDS

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THE OLD ; - ARD EARL1 CAREER AWARD was established in 1; ; ; to help the
young engineer bridge the gap between college and professional life. Its intent is to
bring that individual closer to the activities of ASME by providing encouragement for
graduating student members to upgrade to member and actively become involved in
the work of the Society.
NATHANIEL TA1 LOR; EIT; Ph.D.; lecturer; Harvard ;ohn A. Paulson School
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Dr. Taylor earned his bachelor;s and master;s
degrees in mechanical engineering from Drexel - niversity;
Philadelphia; in 2010 and 201; ; respectively. He
earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from
Drexel in September 201; after defending his dissertation
on microsecond spark discharge as a source of
compression and its application to Stirling cryogenic
coolers. He is a lecturer in engineering sciences at the
Harvard ;ohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences ;Cambridge; Mass.;.
Taylor has been researching electric plasma applications
for the last seven years. Supported by a ; ulbright
research fellowship from the - nited States Department
of State; Taylor spent 10 months of 201; -1; in Seoul;
South Korea; doing research on the treatment of skin
cancer cells using an atmospheric pressure electric plasma ;et.
During the 201; -1; academic year; Taylor was an instructor at Rowan - niversity
;; lassboro; N.;.;. In addition to teaching freshman and sophomore engineering clinic
courses; he served as faculty co-advisor of the ASME Student Section at Rowan. Prior
to teaching at Rowan; he taught in various capacities at Drexel for five years.
An ASME member; Taylor has been active in the Society since his sophomore year.
He served as Planning Committee chair for the Philadelphia Early Career ; orum
;200; –0; ;; and treasurer ;200; –0; ; and chair ;200; –10; of Student Section at Drexel.
He was a member of the Student and Early Career Development Sector Council
;2012–1; ;. He has been serving on the Philadelphia Section Executive Committee and
on the Human Powered . ehicle Challenge ;HP. C; Committee since 2010. Since 201;
he has been head ;udge for HP. C–India; and as of 201; he is chair of the HP. C Committee.
Taylor received the Charles T. Main Student Leadership Award ;; old; in 2010;
second place honors in the 2011 Arthur L. Williston paper competition; and the
Academic Advisor of the 1 ear Award from the Philadelphia Section in 201; .
Among his other honors; Taylor received a grant ;2011; from the Pennsylvania Space
; rant Consortium and freshman design teaching fellowships ;2012; 201; ; from Drexel
- niversity;s College of Engineering.
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