Don't Look Back
If this institution was a person I don't know if I'd give it a firm handshake and a "thank you" or punch it in the face. Or at least that was my feelings as I gave a glance back towards the University of Utah Mechanical Engineering department while walking out its doors today.
Built in 1954 as the Kennecott Copper Corporation's modern research center, the Kennecott research laboratory assisted in modernizing methods at the famous copper mine. Long collaborating with the University of Utah as it's hosting institution, Kennecott gave the facility and property to the University of Utah in the 1990's.
In 2015 a renovation had opened the facility as the brand new home of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and additional expansion projects through the late-2010's into the early 2020's expanded the building's lab and office space.
For the last few years of my life this building has been effectively my home, barring the awful schadenfreude that was "Zoom school" during the COVID semesters. Apparently after banging my head against the wall long enough they must have decided it was time to hand me a degree and show me the door one last time.
Don't Look Back
If this institution was a person I don't know if I'd give it a firm handshake and a "thank you" or punch it in the face. Or at least that was my feelings as I gave a glance back towards the University of Utah Mechanical Engineering department while walking out its doors today.
Built in 1954 as the Kennecott Copper Corporation's modern research center, the Kennecott research laboratory assisted in modernizing methods at the famous copper mine. Long collaborating with the University of Utah as it's hosting institution, Kennecott gave the facility and property to the University of Utah in the 1990's.
In 2015 a renovation had opened the facility as the brand new home of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and additional expansion projects through the late-2010's into the early 2020's expanded the building's lab and office space.
For the last few years of my life this building has been effectively my home, barring the awful schadenfreude that was "Zoom school" during the COVID semesters. Apparently after banging my head against the wall long enough they must have decided it was time to hand me a degree and show me the door one last time.