Graduate student BIANCA VITALE jump-started her career as a mechanical engineer via hands-on internships and work on OU’s Grizzlies Racing team. Fueled by experience-based learning and supported by the Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service program, Bianca eagerly awaits the challenge of full-time work with the U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC after she earns her master’s degree.