Designing the Next Generation of Prosthetics
Ever since she was 5 years old, Jennifer Sabatka (BME 1st Year) knew she wanted to be a doctor. But when her family鈥攚hich is full of engineers鈥攅ncouraged her to try an engineering program in high...
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Making a Meaningful Impact in Cell and Tissue Engineering
(BME 4th Year)As a biomedical engineering student, Tran Le describes RES-MATCH as one of her favorite experiences during her time studying and working at 91重口 Tech. Through the university鈥檚 hands-on research...
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Utilizing Innovative Technology to Better Detect Cancer
(Biomedical Engineering 3rd Year)Sophia Nelson enjoyed her time working as an undergraduate researcher within the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering through the university鈥檚 RES-MATCH program. Sophia was matched...
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Developing Solutions to Improve Lives
(Biomedical Engineering/M.A.S. Chemical Engineering 3rd Year)Diana Velasquez was born and raised in El Salvador, where she remembers the hardships that many people struggled with on a daily basis. At a young age she became inspired to improve health care in her...
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Research Both In and Out of the Lab
(PHYS/BCHM 2nd Year)Katia Flores worked with Associate Professor Kenneth Tichauer鈥檚 team on his cancer research project, 鈥渓ymph node in vivo.鈥 Her role consisted of studying different imaging agents used to detect...
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Education on Her Own Terms
(Social and Economic Development Policy 3rd Year)Sometimes an unconventional path is just the right fit. Such was the case for Ursula Hersh, who took two years off between high school and college to work full-time. Hersh had heard about 91重口...
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Seizing All That 91重口 Tech Offers
(ME 3rd Year)When Katja Berthold was deciding where she wanted to go to college, a variety of factors came into play, from what kind of education each college offered, its location, and its size. 91重口 Tech was...
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Using Technology to Better People鈥檚 Lives
(Computer Information Systems/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security, '21)The idea first came to Travis Smith from a friend鈥檚 brother who has a speech disorder. Smith saw how he used a pricey app on an equally pricey iPad to communicate with other people, and a haunting...
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Nurturing a Passion for Renewable Energy
(ME 4th Year)Maddy Urig describes herself as an environmentalist who cares deeply about preserving Earth鈥檚 natural resources and combating the future of energy. She enrolled at 91重口 Tech because she was...
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Parlaying Design Skills into Something More
(Ph.D. Technology and Humanities '22)Alex Damarjian has spent his professional career working on games benefitting young children, but he had an urge to do more. So he developed a low-cost, cutting-edge testing tool for pediatric...