Courtney Prielipp
Photo Editor
The Voice previously covered a student profile about Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan, a WTMC (Washtenaw Technical Middle College) student who interned with SunRISE Ground RadioLab through the University of Michigan, being sponsored by NASA. Rajavelu-Mohan started the WTMC Earth and Space Science Club to share her interest in space with others. She and club members planned to build a campus radio tower on top of the OE building. After many weeks of poor weather, the club was finally able to build the radio tower on Jan. 30.
Avery Cantrell (left), Matt Guerra, Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan and Jack Lozen start reading the instructions for building the radio tower. The tower is being built to track and record radio sunbursts.
Matt Guerra (left) demonstrates to the club how to put the sandbags on the PVC pipe. The sandbags are used to keep the poles in place from moving.
Owen Rian-Farley (left), Jack Lozen, and Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan review the instructions to help direct the others. Following the directions is important for obtaining the most data in the future.
Owen Rian-Farley (left), Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan, and Matt Guerra brainstormed ways to connect the copper wire to the PVC pipe.
Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan (left) and Matt Guerra try to use zip ties to connect copper wire to the PCV pipe.
Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan (left) helps direct Alexis Quintana-Aguirre, Matthew Conely, Matt Guerra, and Owen Rian-Farley, who are putting up the PCV pipe on where it is supposed to stand.
Jack Lozen (left) looks up at the top of the PCV pipe while moving the sandbag to make the copper wire as tight as they can. Rumia Desai and Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan moved the sandbags to hold the PCV pipe straight.
Matt Guerra (left) and Owen Rian-Farley help direct how far the other PCV pipe needs to be from where they stand. Four large PVC pipes need to be at least 7 feet apart.
Alex Long, the WTMC Earth and Space Science Club adviser (left), and Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan look at instructions to ensure they did all the steps correctly.
After hours of hard work and problem-solving, the Earth and Space Science Club created its very own radio tower on the OE building. They will soon be gaining data from space by using the radio tower.
Top row: Jack Lozen (left), Jack Wojcik, Matt Guerra, and Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan spell out WTMC. Bottom row: Matthew Conely (left), Alexis Quintana-Aguirre, Owen Rian-Farley, and Rumia Desai are posing.
The WTMC Earth and Space Science Club students pose for a group photo with their adviser, Alex Long. After successfully building their radio tower, the group is proud of their hard work.
