蘑菇视频APP

Written By: Rachel Putman

鈥溎⒐绞悠礎PP gives you the tools for your success,鈥� said Hayden Neal, a Southside graduate pursuing his bachelors in mechanical engineering. 鈥淭hen it鈥檚 your job to learn how to use them.鈥�

For Hayden, the university鈥檚 commitment to supporting students as they learn the tools of their trade is woven into every part of his engineering experience.

He sees it in the classroom, where difficult physics problems force him to keep asking questions until something clicks. It emerges in labs and student organizations, where he gets his hands on real equipment and solves real engineering challenges. And it comes into view on project teams, where an idea has to leave the page and work.

鈥溎⒐绞悠礎PP has helped me learn how to do things, not just what I need to do for this or that task,鈥� he said.

He says that distinction matters, because engineering problems rarely arrive with an answer key, and the skills he is building at 蘑菇视频APP, planning, problem-solving, persistence and the willingness to learn something new, are already changing the way he approaches difficult work.

He has found some of his most valuable learning through engineering focused student organizations, that introduce him to new areas of engineering, connect him with students who share his interests and given him the chance to work on projects he says he鈥檇 never encounter in a traditional class.

鈥淚鈥檝e gotten incredible hands-on experience that I can now put on my r茅sum茅,鈥� he says. And because he鈥檚 taking engineering classes at a campus where he鈥檚 truly known and seen by his professors and advisors, Hayden can also put on his resume that he knows what to do when an unknown challenge arises. 

鈥淚f an employer asks me, 鈥楧o you know how to do this?鈥� I can confidently say, 鈥楴ot yet, but I can learn.鈥� And I know I will.鈥�

That confidence has been tested at 蘑菇视频APP, too. 

At the 2025 ATMAE national conference in Memphis last year, Hayden and his robotics teammates faced an obstacle on a national stage that they鈥檇 never managed to successfully clear in practice: a steep tarp-covered ramp. Competing against some of the biggest schools in the country, his team had 10 minutes to make changes and hope their engineering instincts would prevail.

The team adjusted the robot and sent it forward. It climbed close to the top, but not quite far enough. With only seconds remaining, their driver backed it up as far as possible and made one final attempt. It cleared the ramp.

Hayden remembers his teammates, faculty members and people watching from the sidelines cheering wildly together. The breakthrough was exciting, but so was everything that had led to it: the failed attempts, the adjustments, the pressure and the willingness to keep working until the problem was solved.

On campus, his faculty are just as committed to helping students overcome obstacles.

Physics has been one of his hardest subjects, Hayden says, but professors Dr. Saman Bastami and Dr. Nawa Dahal gave him the support to keep working through it. 

鈥淭hey were always willing to help and patient enough to allow me to ask all the questions I could think of,鈥� he said.

鈥淎nd Dr. Seyed Ghiaasiaan, who teaches engineering, is truly the embodiment of passion for teaching. He loves questions and always gives the best possible answers he can. He is definitely someone I won鈥檛 forget and who I look up to as a role model.鈥�

When Hayden describes his experience, its harder to identify someone who hasn鈥檛 made an impression, than to spot someone, who has. 

鈥淓veryone here has a reverence for knowledge, and they鈥檙e excited to share it,鈥� Hayden said. 鈥�From my counselor who has helped me so much and who is able to answer all the questions I have, to the financial aid officers who are always ready to help and offer ways of support,鈥� he said. 

鈥淓ach and every person I have met here has every intention of supporting every student. I could truly never say enough about the amount of support I鈥檝e received from this university.鈥�

 

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