From terra firma to outer space, NNU student solves problems

From terra firma to outer space, NNU student solves problems

Benjamin Campbell seems pretty good at designing things. It’s something he’s done all his life, he said. When the 20-year-old engineering student was little, he’d make things with Legos — coin sorters, pinball machines, combination locks.

In high school, Campbell took an aerospace engineering class and invented “a small little tool that you could attach to a handrail.” At first, this doesn’t sound like any large feat, until Campbell reveals who — and what — the handrail tool was for. “NASA liked it,” he said, “and it’s actually on the International Space Station right now.”

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