Jordan Plahn

Virginia Tech

I’m a proud sophomore Engineering Science and Mechanics major at Virginia Tech. Though I enjoy the technical sides of engineering, I also love writing, reading, and immersing myself in current events. I have never spent long in one place: born in Houston, I spent 12 years living in Thailand, Egypt, and Scotland. I love traveling and hope to continue doing so throughout my life. I hate having free time so I make sure to stay involved. Apart from writing, I’m involved with research that attempts to find ways of delivering drugs more effectively to tumors and inflammations in the body. I also write for the Collegiate Times at Virginia Tech, travel to Uganda with Engineers without Borders, and try to survive my engineering classes.

Articles by Jordan Plahn

Ending the Brain Drain, and Keeping Scientists in Science March 1, 2012 As an engineering student, I understand the rigors of a science degree. Yet a pandemic exists of low enrollment in 'hard science' majors, and many bail the sciences for Wall Street after graduation. What can be done to reverse that trend?

The Spirit of Virginia Tech December 8, 2011 Is Virginia Tech cursed to have suffered shooting events like this twice? No. We’re blessed to have a community of individuals that transcend classroom walls and grow with one another through immeasurable adversity, such as we had last week.

Renewable Energy Subsidies? – No Thanks November 10, 2011 Now is not the time to subsidize alternative energy sources. Despite all the advances made in wind and solar, the economic problems we face make spending significant amounts of money on subsidies largely irresponsible.

Iraq Withdrawal Misjudged October 25, 2011 The abruptness of the Iraq withdrawal, and the precarious position that Iraq remains in, threatens to undermine any gains that have materialized there and positions Iran to exert its influence throughout the fractured country.