Cooper Bower-Stallings

Ralston Valley High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I was in Ralston Valley Marching band for my Freshman and Sophomore years, I went to Warren Tech for Additive Manufacturing for my Junior and Senior years and worked with NASA HUNCH for both of those years as a contract engineer. After graduation, I plan on getting an automotive technician apprenticeship over the summer and going to Mines in the next school year, and getting a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Automotive specialty.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from high school would be being quali ed and sent to Houston to present my project to NASA engineers because it meant that I worked hard enough to make a prototype worthy of presenting to NASA, and I think I will always be proud of putting in that work to get there.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Moving forward, I feel like the issues I would like to address would be all the outdated technology that is still prominent in certain industries that are ine cient and pollutionary. I would like to innovate those technologies so they can be more e cient and clean but still as powerful so that we can take good steps towards keeping those industries alive without hurting our environment.