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Graduate Student Spotlight: Pavel “Pasha” Koprov
All children are born innately curious about the world, but many abandon that quest for knowledge as they age. Others, like Pasha Koprov, become engineers.![Karl Schuchard working in a lab](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/graduate-student-spotlight-karl-schuchard-featured-image-01-360x216.jpg)
Graduate Student Spotlight: Karl Schuchard
Do all engineers start loving STEM at a young age? Ph.D. student Karl Schuchard challenges this stereotype. For him, it all started with a love of nature.![Graduate Student Spotlight | Jiali Huang | NC State ISE | inGear Magazine](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/grad-spotlight-jiali-huang-featured-image-2560x1440-1-360x216.jpg)
Graduate Student Spotlight: Jiali Huang
Jiali Huang is a Ph.D. student who made the choice to become an engineer because both parents were engineers, and she wanted to be a part of that world.![Graduate Student Spotlight: Kurtis Konrad](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/graduate-student-spotlight-kurtis-konrad-featured-image-01-360x216.jpg)
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kurtis Konrad
Kurtis Konrad is a Ph.D. student who received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from NC State.![Graduate Student Spotlight | Carlan Ivey](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/graduate-student-spotlight-carlan-ivey-featured-image-01-360x216.jpg)