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![A man with safety goggles and a safety vest works on a wind turbine blade in a warehouse environment.](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_image_large_480px_width_/public/2024-05/Joshinthelab.jpg?itok=-TteFaDJ)
While studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas in Austin, Paquette became interested in structural components and composite materials. Although he originally planned to pursue work in the aerospace industry, he jumped at the opportunity to work at Sandia on wind turbine blades—the largest composite structures in the world.