Never let the fear of striking out keep you from swinging.

–Babe Ruth

   

Erin K. Halpenny attended Harvard University where she played softball for four years before graduating in the summer of 2006 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She then joined the University of Tennessee Space Institute in August 2006 and is now pursuing her M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering with Dr. Majdalani. She received the Thomas Jefferson Award in January 2007.