{"670879":{"#nid":"670879","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Army Medic to NASA \u2018Space Plumber\u2019: An Army Veteran\u2019s Journey at Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECorey Crisostomo\u2019s passion for engineering first took root on medical calls during his time as a United States Army medic. In his seven years in the Army, Crisostomo often found himself fiddling with medical devices and thinking about how designs could be improved for the medics to use more effectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI remember being on medical calls and messing with the equipment,\u201d recalled Crisostomo. \u201cI\u2019d be thinking, who designed this? It doesn\u2019t do what we need it to. This was made by someone who only\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ethinks\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ethey know what we do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, when his time in the Army ended, Crisostomo was set on pursuing this found interest in engineering. He enrolled at Georgia Southern University to complete his core classes, but Georgia Tech was always his end goal for its reputation in the engineering field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter a year, he transferred to Tech as a mechanical engineering major via the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/transfer\/veterans-pathway\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVeterans Transfer Pathway\u003C\/a\u003E, a program that assists veterans who have completed active duty within the past five years gain admission into Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECrisostomo has now been at Tech for two years and rotates between semesters of classes and working as a NASA Pathways intern. In his role at NASA, he works as a cryogenics propulsion specialist on the Artemis Project, a job that others in the unit fondly describe as a \u201cspace plumber.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI make sure that all the valves and pumps involved with fuel delivery work correctly,\u201d Crisostomo explained, \u201cessentially making sure that fuel can get to the rocket\u2019s engines so that it actually gets up into the air.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe position has been enlightening for Crisostomo, especially when it comes to understanding the breadth of the field of engineering and where it can take him.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would love to help Army medics, and the more I think about it, the more I think I might want to follow that path,\u201d he said, \u201cwhether that be with Army Medical Research or companies that interface with those products.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAside from attributing the inspiration for his engineering pursuits to his military experience, Crisostomo also credits it with helping him tackle the academic rigor of his Tech coursework.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy time in the Army gave me the ability to know that I can do hard things,\u201d he said. \u201cThe military gives you a lot of soft skills that help you frame problems and have a system for approaching a solution. Also, it teaches you how to operate in nearly any environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Georgia Tech resources for veterans, visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/registrar.gatech.edu\/veterans\u0022\u003EVeterans Services page\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/veterans.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVeterans Resources Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECorey Crisostomo served as a United States Army medic for seven years. During that time, he cultivated a love for engineering that brought him to Georgia Tech. For Veterans Day, we celebrate his time in the military and his path since.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Corey Crisostomo served as a United States Army medic for seven years, during which he cultivated a love for engineering that brought him to Georgia Tech via the Veterans Transfer Pathway."}],"uid":"36495","created_gmt":"2023-11-03 19:13:35","changed_gmt":"2023-11-15 22:30:39","author":"Amanda Budd","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-11-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672260":{"id":"672260","type":"image","title":"Artemis1_Cabrera (1).jpg","body":null,"created":"1699038878","gmt_created":"2023-11-03 19:14:38","changed":"1699039266","gmt_changed":"2023-11-03 19:21:06","alt":"Corey Crisostomo stands with \u00c1ngel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech, in front of an Artemis rocket.","file":{"fid":"255471","name":"Artemis1_Cabrera (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/03\/Artemis1_Cabrera%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/03\/Artemis1_Cabrera%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":788769,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/03\/Artemis1_Cabrera%20%281%29.jpg?itok=xAtUaWUL"}},"672261":{"id":"672261","type":"image","title":"IMG_8578.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECorey Crisostomo (right) poses for a photo with a friend (left) during his service in the United States Army.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1699038878","gmt_created":"2023-11-03 19:14:38","changed":"1699038878","gmt_changed":"2023-11-03 19:14:38","alt":"Corey Crisostomo (right) poses for a photo with a friend (left) during his service in the United States Army. 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