Mechanical and aerospace engineering seniors Topher McFarland (left) and Rahul Bhinge (kneeling) demonstrate their creation, a computer artist nicknamed “Action Jackson” designed to paint in the style of Jackson Pollock, for Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Ruth J. Okamoto, D.Sc. (center), assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, at the Dec. 8 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Design Fair in Whitaker Hall. Fellow senior John Beltz (not pictured) helped develop the painting prototype. “Action Jackson” was one of the fair’s 23 projects — from a machine that throws dice to one that opens window blinds — created by 57 students as part of a senior class project.
Above: A painting by “Action Jackson.”