Published: Jan. 13, 2020

Christopher Kling is aÌýfifth-year senior and is planning on graduatinChristopher Klingg in May. He grew up in Craig, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and his interests include activities in theÌýoutdoors such as camping, motorcyclingÌýand playing with his dogs.

Kling's passion for engineering started as a small child building planes and cars out of Legos. Currently, he isÌýworking in the Precision Laser Diagnostics Lab where he is helping build a wildfire wind tunnel. The wind tunnel is one-of-a-kind, can tilt to different angles and allows wildfires to be studied underÌýcontrolled conditions. This will hopefully save the lives of wildland firefighters by helping to predict where and how fast a fire will spread.

Kling is midway through his last year as an undergraduate who isÌýexcited to graduate and work in industry. He hopes to go into the aerospace industry, a lifelong aspiration. KlingÌýenjoys studying thermo and fluid mechanics and is also considering going to graduate school for thermo-fluid dynamics.

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