About the Team
Jacob De Leon:
As the mastermind of this senior thesis project, I have overseen all areas of the project to some extent, but have worked primarily on the design and construction of the prototype as well as making the shear-thickening fluid. The idea originally started as a simple notion about what would happen if a shear-thickening fluid were combined with a boron carbide fabric after I had come across a few articles about those materials published by the royal chemistry society. My interests are varied, and include blacksmithing, video games, robotics, linguistics, aviation, programming, ultimate frisbee, and 3D printing. I am going to UAH and plan to dual major in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Nick Corbin:
I am a senior at Central Magnet. My main areas of the project include the creation of the shear thickening fluid, creation of the website, and prototype building. I originally wanted to pursue a different idea, one that would involve brake lights that show the rate of deceleration of a vehicle. Something about Jacob's infectious charisma, or mainly that my idea was voted against 2:1 brought me on board with the project. Overall however, I've loved working on this project because of its challenge and opportunity and I think it was the right choice versus brake lights. Other interests I have include technology, music (I play piano and trumpet), video games, audio production, science, and so on. I am going to UTK and planning to major in Computer Science and possibly minor in Applied Music.
Garrett Hortert:
I, too, am a senior at Central Magnet. I did work on every part of the project but creating the shear-thickening fluid. My hobbies include card games, video games, and good old-fashioned vandalism. I’m going to UTK to study some sort of engineering.
As the mastermind of this senior thesis project, I have overseen all areas of the project to some extent, but have worked primarily on the design and construction of the prototype as well as making the shear-thickening fluid. The idea originally started as a simple notion about what would happen if a shear-thickening fluid were combined with a boron carbide fabric after I had come across a few articles about those materials published by the royal chemistry society. My interests are varied, and include blacksmithing, video games, robotics, linguistics, aviation, programming, ultimate frisbee, and 3D printing. I am going to UAH and plan to dual major in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
Nick Corbin:
I am a senior at Central Magnet. My main areas of the project include the creation of the shear thickening fluid, creation of the website, and prototype building. I originally wanted to pursue a different idea, one that would involve brake lights that show the rate of deceleration of a vehicle. Something about Jacob's infectious charisma, or mainly that my idea was voted against 2:1 brought me on board with the project. Overall however, I've loved working on this project because of its challenge and opportunity and I think it was the right choice versus brake lights. Other interests I have include technology, music (I play piano and trumpet), video games, audio production, science, and so on. I am going to UTK and planning to major in Computer Science and possibly minor in Applied Music.
Garrett Hortert:
I, too, am a senior at Central Magnet. I did work on every part of the project but creating the shear-thickening fluid. My hobbies include card games, video games, and good old-fashioned vandalism. I’m going to UTK to study some sort of engineering.