Irja Hepler started working at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) before college, when she landed an internship as a sophomore in high school. Now Hepler, a civil engineering major from Orono, is a senior at UMaine.  “I really like math and I especially like applying it to the real world, read more Irja Hepler: Early College leads to hands-on engineering at ASCC