Nicole Trujillo is in pursuit of a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering with a focus on structural engineering to be completed in May 2012. In addition, she will receive a minor in Architectural Studies. She will receive E.I.T status upon graduation.
During the summer of 2009, Nicole decided to study abroad in Rome in the AE Sede di Roma 6-week, 12 credit program. She studied ancient to modern Italian art and architecture, urban development/planning and medieval structural analysis. After the program in Italy, Nicole spent three weeks in Barcelona taking classes to receive a Certificado de Estudios de Lengua y Civilización Española to further her study of Spanish.
Nicole worked at Penn State throughout her academic career. She has tutored students in Math 140, 141, 231 and Chem 110 at the Academic Excellence Center. Also, she assisted students as a Resident Assistant for the Engineering and Applied Science Interest House during the 2009-2010 academic year. As an undergraduate in her third year, she began to work for Dr. Thomas Boothby. She assisted a graduate student with her work using impact echo for concrete structures through the use of accelerometers and the initial use of air-coupled impact echo. Then she began to work on the predominant use of air-coupled impact echo on masonry structures. The summer after her third year in June 2010, Nicole performed non-destructive evaluation tests on Gothic Vaults at Beverley Minster in Beverley, United Kingdom. Then, she returned to State College in July 2010, to continue the development of an automated testing system. This past summer, Nicole continued work on the air-coupled system and returned to Beverley Minster. In October 2011, Nicole presented her work at the Association for Preservation Technology Conference in Victoria, British Columbia as a Student Scholar.
In the summer of 2008, Nicole was fortunate to be given the opportunity to work at Sebesta Blomberg and Associates, a commissioning firm in the DC area. She was able to gain experience in mechanical and electrical commissioning and project management on the Pentagon Project.
Nicole would like to begin her career as a Structural Engineer in New York City or abroad, focusing on commercial buildings, historic preservation, and/or building forensics.
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