Ira Hazeltine

Background

I was born in the Bay Area but spent most of my childhood in Iowa City, Iowa, before coming to Santa Barbara for college. I’ll be a fourth-year student in the fall, and I am studying Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in control systems. I love building hands-on projects, whether it be for a class, work, or personal enjoyment, and I’m currently working on a cornhole set with some of my housemates. In my free time, I love playing basketball, chess, spikeball, and poker, and I’m a huge New York Knicks fan.

Current Research

I am working with Tyler Pennebaker on designing an operando EPR setup for solid-state battery testing. This involves restrictive constraints on the cell design to be compatible with the microwave radiation and magnetic fields necessary for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy while allowing simultaneous cycling of the cell under high pressures.

Education

• 2021-Present – B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara.

Honors & Awards

• Member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society.
• 5x Dean’s Honors, UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering.