First Light for Student-Built Telescope

Four of the five undergraduate students from the University of Arizona's College of Engineering, led by Assistant Professor Vishnu Reddy, second from left, gather around one of the two telescopes they bulit from the ground up at the UA's Gerard P. Kuiper Space Sciences Building during a First Light ceremony. Pictured are l-r: Lindsie Jeffries, senior in biomedical engineering and mathematics: Assistant Professor Vishnu Reddy, Damon Marco Colpo, senior in optical sciences and mathematics; Sameep Arora, senior in mechanical engineeriing; and Evelyn Hunten, senior in electrical and computer engineering.