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Year in Review
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G.O.A.L.S.
[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.
Global Awareness: Throughout high school I advanced my global awareness through not only travel, but also coursework. I took Global Studies (focus on Asia and Africa), European History, and German. These classes helped me to understand the cultures of other parts of the world. During college, I plan to add to my global awareness again through classes. I am considering a minor in German or History. Outside of the classroom, I would like to study abroad. Many study abroad programs interest me. The engineering trips to Greece and Italy both seem interesting, but I am still looking into other options. After college, I plan to continue to travel to enrich my global awareness.
Service Engagement: During high school, I was involved in a variety of service opportunities. Through the school, I was a part of both the Lunch Buddies and Chem Buddies programs. Lunch Buddies went to the elementary schools once a week to eat lunch with students who may be having a hard time at school or home. Chem Buddies did presentations at the elementary and middle schools about chemistry to try to get students excited about and involved in science. Through cross country, I volunteered at my team’s elementary and middle school running camp over the summer each year of high school. We taught the campers how to stretch, pace yourself, and use good running form. Additionally, I was part of the environmental club. Once a week we would go around the school and collect and take out the recycling bins in classrooms. During college, I would like to continue volunteering through a variety of organizations. Green Engineering Scholars helps me achieve that by providing many opportunities to get involved. I also plan to volunteer with the Women in Engineering Club.]
Career
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Artifacts
This presentation covers the production of hydrogen and its plausibility and application. We choose this topic because using hydrogen as a form of renewable energy is not as widely talked about as other sources such as solar or wind power. The variety of ways in which hydrogen can be produced also impacted our choice. It was a topic we did not know much about, but wanted to learn more. The presentation included the history of hydrogen production, why it is a viable power resource, how wind power, solar power, and biofuels are used to create hydrogen, and where the production of hydrogen is headed in the future. What I found most interesting was that there is a city, Lolland, Denmark, which is run solely by use of hydrogen. The production of hydrogen is increasing, and the future will most likely include more renewable resources of all types as well.
About Me
Hello!
My name is Sophie Rudolph. I am from Centerville, Ohio (near Dayton). Currently, I am a first year student at The Ohio State University majoring in Engineering and in the Green Engineering Scholars group.
During high school I was involved in Cross Country and Track and continue to run in my free time. I was also a part of my school’s Environmental Club and Buddies program. I was both a Chem Buddy and Lunch Buddy. Chem Buddies would go to elementary schools and teach a class of 3rd or 4th graders Chemistry to get them interested in science. As a Lunch Buddy, I would go to one of our elementary schools every other week for lunch to eat with a student who may be having a hard time at school or home.
I took art and ceramics all throughout high school and plan to continue while in college.