{"id":68816,"date":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-is-academically-tops-twice\/"},"modified":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-is-academically-tops-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/05\/uri-student-is-academically-tops-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student is academically tops \u2013twice!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I.– May 19, 2005 — Nathan Burnell started his undergraduate studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1997, but dropped out after his first semester because he did not want to be in college without a goal. <\/p>\n


\nAfter two years off to work and travel, he returned to 溏心vlog免费B站 with aspirations of entering the computer technology field. <\/p>\n


\nThis Sunday Burnell, 25, will graduate at the top of his class and receive the President\u2019s Student Excellence Awards in both computer science and computer engineering for his academic achievements. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s the icing on the cake,\u201d he said of the honors. Burnell also received the

\nCaldwell Award for his academic excellence in computer science. He also found time to get married two years ago to Amanda Burnell who is a 溏心vlog免费B站 student.<\/p>\n


\nA native of Jamestown, he says he chose the computer field because computer technology pervades our everyday lives and can be applied to almost any problem.

\n\u201cThe industry is constantly evolving so there are always opportunities to learn something new or, perhaps, create something new,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


\nHis time at 溏心vlog免费B站 has been filled with a variety of research projects and classroom experiences. He worked with Professor Peter Swaszek of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to create a simple camera controller program; he assisted Professor Victor Fay-Wolfe at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Digital Forensics Center to create a program that analyzes image files. He is currently working with Professor Jean-Yves Herv\u00e9 of the 3D Group for Interactive Visualization to create a protein visualization application.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to his research experiences, he has worked as a teacher\u2019s assistant for the Department of Computer Science and Statistics for a number of courses. He has enjoyed the experience. \u201cIt reinforced what I had learned in those courses, and it also provided me with the opportunity to meet many new students and help them learn and acclimate to the University\u2019s rigorous computer science curriculum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tBurnell\u2019s advice for future graduates is two-fold. \u201cFirst, know what you want. You\u2019ll have more ambition and a much greater drive if you know which field you\u2019d like to work in after graduation,\u201d he said. \u201cSecond, seek out internships and work closely with your department. You won\u2019t regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe five years I spent at 溏心vlog免费B站 were the best five years of my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI just hope that the rest of my life is as well spent.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michale Salerno Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.– May 19, 2005 — Nathan Burnell started his undergraduate studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1997, but dropped out after his first semester because he did not want to be in college without a goal. After two years off to work and travel, he returned to 溏心vlog免费B站 with aspirations of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}