“I always preferred math and science classes, so that initially pushed me more toward tech,” Blum says. “He developed database applications for the Student Success Center and for our college equipment check out and software tracking.”īlum’s interest in engineering started as a freshman when he began working with Marquette’s Opus College of Engineering Technology Services. “Alex has exceptional technology skills,” says Brad Bonczkiewicz, director of technology for the Opus College of Engineering. And although he doesn’t know the exact projects he’ll be working on, he does know that his team is currently testing an electrical harness fabrication for VIPER, NASA’s newest moon rover and completing power system testing for Gateway, Artemis Mission’s new space station to orbit the moon. “With time, I hope to expand into other testing systems, like ISRU, which is taking material from other planets - like moon rocks or dust - and make necessities like water or fuel.”īlum spent three semesters interning at NASA during his tenure at Marquette. “In general, I will specialize in large electrical power systems and battery testing,” Blum says. He will be working on NASA’s Energy Systems Test Area, helping to develop and complete tests that validate designs inside and outside of NASA. “If I told my elementary school self that I’d be working there, I would be going crazy with excitement,” Blum says.

But starting in July, senior electrical engineering major Alex Blum will be working full-time as a NASA test engineer in Houston.

It’s nearly unheard of for NASA to hire engineers directly typically, they are hired through subcontractors. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.Alex Blum stands by a replica of the Orion crew module used to train astronauts. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice.even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.Īll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy. New York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you the first in the sexy Off-Campus series that everyone is talking about.

The off campus series