Carbon Ascensus Tree Climbing Stick Group


Zijie Liu is a senior in the Composite Materials Engineering program at Winona State University. She majored in Polymer Materials Engineering at Hebei University of Technology in Tianjin, China. While at WSU, She has tutored in CME program and done research with Prof. Beckry Abdel-Magid. Zijie has accepted a graduate school offer as a research assistant for the Polymer Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Max is a senior graduating in Composites Materials Engineering from Winona State. Max is from Red Win, MN where he attended high school. At WSU he was president of SAMPE and focused on 3D printing and sandwich composites. After graduation Max has accepted a job with Northrop Grumman in Utah.


Tanner Williams is a graduating senior in the Composite Materials Engineering program at Winona State University. He went to high school at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, WI. At Winona State, along with being in the CME program, Tanner played four years on the Winona State Baseball team. During the summer of 2020 he had an internship at BradleyCorp in Menomonee Falls, WI where he focused on particle packing composite materials. After graduation, Tanner is seeking employment using his degree in the Milwaukee area.


Jacob Franck is a senior in the Composites Materials Engineering program at Winona State University. He went to high school in Faribault, MN  where he was captain of his local robotics and baseball teams. While at WSU Jacob has interned at CPI in Winona and has founded the Winona Dodgeball League. Jacob has accepted a position at an engineering co-op with Altec Inc. in St. Joseph, MO  following graduation.