Grad Student Profiles
- My Path to Engineering I grew up in Knoxville, Tenn., and I got my first exposure to engineering in high school when I joined my school’s FIRST Robotics team. While on the robotics team, I fell in love with engineering design and problem solving. I
- Name: Michael Sinner Hometown: Nelson, New Zealand Advisor: Lucy Pao My Path to Engineering I grew up in Nelson, New Zealand. I didn’t have a good idea of what engineering was about until my final year of high school – but I had always enjoyed
- Name: Thomas Dearing Hometown: Santa Fe, New Mexico Advisor: Xudong Chen My Path to Engineering I grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and always had strong interests in STEM. Originally, those interests developed from my family’s love of science
- Name: Mia Tomasulo My Path to Engineering I was originally in the Aerospace program at CU but realized I didn't really enjoy the mechanical side of engineering as much as the electrical side. I was more interested in the career paths of EE including
- Name: Benjia “Dak” Dou, PhD student Hometown: Tibet, China Advisors: FrankBarnes & Sean Shaheen My Path to Engineering I grew up in the beautiful mountainous area of Eastern Tibetan Plateau, where my family grows Himalayan barley and
- Name: Andrea Ashley Hometown: Owasso, OK Laboratory:Dimitra Psychogiou Lab My Path to Engineering I grew up in Owasso, Oklahoma, and became interested in STEM at a very young age. My father is a mechanical engineer and I was always interested
- Name: GabrielAltman Program: Bachelor's-Accelerated-Masters (BAM); Traditional Master of Science My Path to Engineering Many years ago, I got a degree from a liberal arts school in Florida. This didn’t lead to the career options I had hoped
- Name: Joshua Brown, PhD student Hometown: Blantyre, Malawi Laboratory: Shaheen Lab My Path to Engineering I grew up in the city of Blantyre, the second largest city in Malawi. In hind sight, I believe living in a third world country during my