RES Scholarship Alumni Spotlight
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By Michelle Sommerman, PE, RES 1st Vice President & Scholarship Committee Chair
Bradley Potter Recipient of the
Joseph Campbell Memorial Scholarship in 2011
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio Degree: B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering in 2013 Masters from University of Dayton in Materials Engineering in 2016.
Company/Organization
GE Aviation 2013 – present
Path to profession Bradley pursued chemical engineering for his undergraduate studies at Case. As he learned more, he realized he was interested in the applied side of STEM. When he had to pick a specific focus, he chose material engineering and made that his major. Bradley was very involved with baseball throughout college and was able to exercise what he was learning first-hand. Since playing in Ohio subjected bats to cold temperatures, he was presented with the opportunity to apply what he was learning by completing failure analysis on the bats. This further reinforced his interest in materials engineering.
Professional Experience When Bradley started at GE he
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