{"id":5705,"date":"2023-10-24T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:46:41","slug":"student-spotlight-thomas-hein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2023\/10\/24\/student-spotlight-thomas-hein\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Thomas Hein"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College Student Success.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Voiland College Student Success<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tStudent Spotlight: <br>Thomas Hein\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<p>What makes Washington State University&#8217;s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture stand out from the crowd for those looking to get a degree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ask mechanical engineering major Thomas Hein for his thoughts on what makes WSU such a special place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap wsu-spacing-after--xxmedium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlap__container\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wsu-image--style-framed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1053\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-792x1053.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Hein.\" class=\"wp-image-5703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-792x1053.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-396x526.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-1541x2048.jpg 1541w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-990x1316.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-1188x1579.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Hein-scaled.jpg 1926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column  wsu-overlap--surface-column wsu-overlap--overlap-xmedium\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n        \n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wsu-hide--tablet\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-container wsu-dropshadow--medium wsu-color-background--white wsu-spacing-top--xmedium wsu-spacing-padding-right--xmedium wsu-spacing-padding-left--xmedium wsu-spacing-bottom--sxxsmall\" >\r\n    \n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Major: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/degrees.wsu.edu\/degree\/mechanical-engineering\/\">Mechanical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> December 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Washougal, WA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarships:<\/strong> Kaiser Aluminum Scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\t<\/div> \r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">What made you decide to attend Washington State University?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a fourth-generation Coug, and I\u2019ve had numerous other family members attend WSU too. I love the Palouse, and even though I\u2019ve lived all over the country, I\u2019ve been visiting campus since I was 3 years old! I guess you could say it runs in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Why did you choose your major?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always been interested in how things work and have had the opportunity to work on several classic cars and tractors, rebuilding engines, doing electrical work, and so on. Studying mechanical engineering has allowed me to not only see the behind-the-scenes work behind these systems but has also opened up windows into lots of other fields too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Why would you recommend attending Washington State University? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I absolutely recommend attending WSU, especially in the engineering college. Attending WSU has given me the opportunity to not only learn and develop personally, but also improve my abilities to work both as part of a team and as a leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every professor I\u2019ve had is truly knowledgeable in their field and cares about making sure their students actually learn and can apply the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from that, Pullman is a great place to live, and you get a real sense of community here, whether it\u2019s on campus or in town. You can\u2019t beat the views, either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">What has been your favorite class or program that you\u2019ve been involved with at WSU, and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m currently in ME312 (Manufacturing Engineering), and the lab portion of that class is just great. So far this semester we\u2019ve been using both manual and CNC mills and lathes, and I love hands-on opportunities like that. Seeing the culmination of design and materials testing becoming a tangible product is pretty neat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Hein is a mechanical engineering major graduating in December 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1120,"featured_media":5703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[570],"tags":[597],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[504,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5705"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9097,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions\/9097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}