Introduction
I spent four-and-a-half years at the University
of Pennsylvania in the School of
Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). I finished my BSE in Bioengineering
in the Spring of '99 and the Master
of Biotechnology program in December '99. Now that I've been out of
school for a while, I look back and remember the time I spent working on my
assignments with my friends, not so much the assignments themselves. I
miss the time working, not so much the work. During my time at Penn, I spent a
great deal of time working with student groups. I served as President of the
Society
of Bioengineering (SoBE), Vertex (a.k.a. Vice President) of the Hexagon
Senior Society for Engineers, Day Captain for the Kite
& Key Undergraduate Admissions Tour Guides, and the BE
Associate Director for the Engineering
Peer Advisory Council (EPAC). These activities were breaks from my
academics, but soon became my passions and joys. In addition to my work
with student groups, I also worked with outside ventures. The first was
the Journal of Young Investigators
(JYI), an online undergraduate research journal that seeks to promote the
publication process as an integral portion of a complete science
education. To achieve its goals, JYI offers undergraduates the opportunity
to participate in the peer-review process, either as a reviewer or an author,
sometimes both! It also offers undergraduates the chance to work on the
administrative side of the business as well working with organizational
development, public relations, grant writing, and recruiting (among
positions). It was a great experience and one that I'll never
forget. Second, I interned at a now-defunct biomedical instrumentation
startup called Cytometrics. While I was there, I worked in many different
functions: processing accounts payable, writing image-analysis algorithms, and
working with the marketing department to maintain and update the company's
website. I met a number of great people there and had the chance to work
in an ultimately flexible environment. It was a wonderful learning
experience.
More detailed information about these activities can be found in my résumé.
|
 |
 |
Go Quakers! |
|
|