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Tuesday, October 6th, 2026

Software Engineering & Aerospace: Career Pathways with Laurie Nelson ’82

By Sophie Yang ’27 The Dominguez Center for Data Science recently hosted a student lunch with Bucknell alumna Laurie Nelson, who shared stories and lessons from her more than 35-year career in engineering. After graduating from Bucknell in 1982 with a background spanning computer science, mathematics, and engineering, Laurie went on to work at Texas Instruments and later Lockheed Martin, where her career included software engineering, systems engineering, spacecraft development, and engineering leadership. One theme that came up throughout the conversation was being willing to take on work even when you do not have all the answers yet. Early in […]

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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026

OIRA and Students Partner on Applied AI and Data Science Projects

2026 Summer Research Lab Participants Students: Patrick Baganski, Kerry O’Day and Alex Searle OIRA Staff: Kevork Horissian, Rita Liu, Zirui Wang and Jocelyn Zhao Every year, members of Bucknell’s Office of Institutional Research & Analytics (OIRA) work with Bucknell students on projects designed to address real questions facing the University. The Summer Research Lab gives students experience working with real business problems while applying research methods, data science, machine learning and AI. Students work with OIRA professionals throughout the entire process, from defining the problem and preparing the data to selecting analytical methods, evaluating results, and communicating findings. Peer and […]

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