{"id":2296,"date":"2023-05-17T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=2296"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:09:04","slug":"obadele-akan","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/obadele-akan\/","title":{"rendered":"Obadele Akan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Obadele-A.jpeg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>MIT Department: <\/strong>Aeronautics and Astronautics<br><strong>Faculty Mentor: <\/strong>Prof. Wesley Harris<br><strong>Research Supervisor:<\/strong> Stewart Isaacs and Chelsea Onyeador<strong><br>Undergraduate Institution:<\/strong><em> <\/em>North Carolina State University<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Greensboro, NC<br><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/obadele\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/obadele\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Obadele Akan, \u201823, is a Mechanical Engineering student at North Carolina State University (NCSU). He has shown a commitment to engineering and an interest in working on cutting-edge technology to advance society. He has interned at the Federal Aviation Administration, under the Fire Safety Group, where he researched sustainable jet fuels and NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory within the Thermal\/Mechanical Reliability Group for the Mars and Europa Missions. Obadele has also implemented experience from Baja SAE to utilize manufacturing and prototyping knowledge in research positions at NCSU and MIT. He displays his passion for engineering academically and through extracurricular opportunities such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Within NSBE, Obadele has held multiple leadership positions from chapter to regional level. He is currently the NSBE Region II Vice Chair. His commitment to empowering underserved communities and technical prowess make him a vital asset to any organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3244,"template":"","profile_category":[21],"class_list":["post-2296","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2023-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/2296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/2296\/revisions\/3246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}