{"id":21072,"date":"2020-10-03T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/?p=21072"},"modified":"2020-10-03T14:42:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T18:42:51","slug":"tribute-to-the-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/2020\/10\/tribute-to-the-class-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to the Class of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This past spring, the UR Baja Team said goodbye to 3 graduating seniors: Loren <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">McDonald, Noah Meyers, and Charles Patterson. Each of these members dedicated a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">large portion of their time to the team during their time at here at U of R. Here is a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">little bit about what they are up to now!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21082 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lmcdona6.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Loren McDonald served as the team\u2019s Business Manager (2017-2018), President (2018-<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2019), and Chief Engineer (2019-2020) during his three years on the UR Baja team. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He is currently working towards a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stanford University. He is completing classes remotely and is working part time at <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mega Fluid Systems as a Manufacturing Engineer. We wish him the best of luck as he <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">works towards completing his degree!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21092 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961-35x48.jpg 35w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_9877-scaled-e1601750514961.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Noah Meyers spent two years as the Suspension Lead (2017-2019) during his four years <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">on the team at U of R. He is currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer at <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">KLA in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he is helping establish a center of excellence for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">vacuum technologies. We wish Noah the best of luck at his new job!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21102 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383-14x24.jpg 14w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383-21x36.jpg 21w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383-27x48.jpg 27w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/charlie-e1601750553383.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Charlie Patterson, during his four years on the team, served as the team\u2019s President <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(2017-2018) and Drivetrain Lead (2018-2019), is currently working towards a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering through the Center for Medical <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Technology and Innovation at University of Rochester. He is also continuing his time <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">on Baja as a graduate student and serving as the team\u2019s Chief Welder. We are lucky to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">have Charlie on the team for a fifth year while he completes his degree!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past spring, the UR Baja Team said goodbye to 3 graduating seniors: Loren McDonald, Noah Meyers, and Charles Patterson. 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