Engineering Grad Turns Passion for Potato Guns into Nuclear Engineering Career
Engineering Grad Goes from Potato Guns to Pickleball to Pearl Harbor In an unexpected twist of fate, Vaughn Paape, a mechanical engineering graduate, has transformed his childhood curiosity into a promising career as a nuclear engineer, set to begin this July at Pearl Harbor. This journey, starting with potato guns in his father’s garage, illustrates the beauty of one’s passions shaping their future. The Roots of Innovation Growing up in Grant Park, Illinois, where corn and soybeans thrive, Paape’s creativity blossomed amidst the tools of his carpenter dad....