<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/tristan-cowan-mechanical-electrical-engineering.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>08/08/2019</pubDate><title>Recent Graduate’s Senior Project Reaches Height of Popularity</title><description>For an independent study project, Tristan Cowan ’15 built a unique machine that measures a person’s height. The report gained attention in the academic community when it was published, and the experience set the stage for the engineering graduate to pursue a career developing simulation systems.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>August 8, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2019/senior-project-tristan.jpg" alt="Image of Tristan Cowan ’15’s machine measures his height. "/></image><image-caption>Tristan Cowan ’15’s machine measures his height.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>