Engineering junior receives Goldwater Scholarship Vol. More than 1,700 college students applied nationwide for the 309 scholarships awarded this year. A junior mechanical engineering student with a 4.0 grade point average, Buckley grew up in her parents' Ninth Street Bookstore. Buckley has conducted research on the fracture of nonhomogeneous materials, supported by the National Science Foundation and UD's Science and Engineering Scholars Program. An athlete who rows on the UD crew team and participates on Team Delaware Cycling, Buckley said she hopes to compete in a triathlon or biathlon this summer.
Balance is important.
I'd be even more of a psychopath about my schoolwork if I didn't have athletics to bring me down a notch. I'm able to get everything done and still maintain my sanity because of my family. They give me a lot of support. Her performance in my course was the best. She is an instructor's ideal student because she interacts very well in the class, always has her hand up to answer a question and asks probing questions.