Shuntaro is a junior studying Chemical Engineering. Lover of nature and Game of Thrones. Click above to find out more.
To Internships and Beyond! A Major Milestone in my Professional and Academic Journey
Greetings from Omaha, Nebraska! It’s hard to believe that summer is already drawing to a close; it went by in the blink of an eye. This summer, I completed my first internship, I’m really excited to share my experience with you and how it impacted my professional development! In February, after submitting an application and doing several phone interviews with …
Can you be a vegan in college?
Coming to college is a huge lifestyle change for everyone. For me, coming in as a new vegan seemed like a big test that I had to pass. The summer after I graduated high school I decided to make the switch to being a vegan. My mom was awesome about making sure I always had delicious and healthy meals meat ...
A Summer of Engineering
Summer time! Most students would associate the season with long, hot days, beaches, ice cream parties, and quality time with friends. While I have gotten my fair share of “under the summer sun” time throughout the summer break, most of my summer has been comprised of three things: work, work, work (thank you for giving me a beat to read …
An Experience™ to Remember
For me, this summer was a roller coaster of learning, hard work, professional growth, but most importantly personal growth. I had the privilege of working for Intel and it made for an exciting couple of months! I got to work in their Corporate Services division at their global headquarters in Santa Clara. Their Santa Clara site employs over 12,000 people …
My Summer in San Francisco
If someone would have told me, a girl from Fort Worth, Texas where the average temperature is 90 degrees in August, that I would be wearing jackets and layers during the summer, I would have laughed. But here I am in San Francisco wearing a jacket in 50 degree weather, definitely NOT laughing….But other than the unfamiliar cold summer weather, …
Freshman Summer: Simulations, Synthesis Reactions, and So-Cal
Hey there everyone! Hope you’ve all been enjoying your time off school, and making the best of your summer! Now that the new school year is right around the corner, I thought it’d be a good time for me to catch you all up on how I spent my past three months, and give you a sense of what a …
“A Little Bit of Everything” Kind of Summer
The summer after my freshman year was a perfect blend of work, travel, and time spent relaxing at home. For the first seven weeks, I resided at USC to work in Professor Zavaleta’s research lab. As mentioned in my last blog post, Professor Z’s lab investigates the use of nanoparticles in detecting tumors with great precision. Every week day, I …
A Glimpse of Life as an Adult (Abbott Summer Internship)
After an unbelievable experience studying abroad in Rome last summer, I thought I would not have a summer as dense and as meaningful in the near future. I’m happy to report that I was wrong. This summer, I have been interning for Abbott Laboratories in Columbus, Ohio. Abbott is a huge company and consists of many different divisions including: Diabetes, …
My Viterbi Summer Abroad
For seven weeks this summer, I was lucky enough to be one of about 40 students in the Viterbi Summer Abroad program, which takes a handful of USC students and professors to a city in Europe. This year, it was held in Florence, Italy, where we took classes and engaged in relevant cultural experiences. As usual, four classes were offered: …
It takes a Village (and other reasons to live in USC Housing)
BK6 the first day of freshman year BK6 at a gameday sophomore year A resident cuddling a puppy at my program Residents decorating mini pumpkins at my program Rachel is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering. Click above to find out more!
What is Computer Science (Games)?
Two of the most common responses I get when I tell people I’m majoring in Computer Science Games are 1) “Oh so you do game design?” and 2) “So you must really play a lot of games”. And while a decent answer to both of these questions is yes, it’s not what CS Games is really about. I thought I’d …
Fight On!…What Does That Mean Again?
Step on to USC’s campus and you’re bound to hear the phrase “Fight On” within the first 30 minutes. But what does this phrase actually mean? Upon touring USC I was first introduced to the phrase by my tour guide, and as I went around campus I frequently heard it said around me. However, while I found it a catchy …
Undergraduate Research (Yes, as a freshman!)
I came into college wanting to be a part of undergraduate research. Entering USC, I had no idea what it meant to do research. I was aiming to try something new and research appeared to be the perfect opportunity to move out of my comfort zone. As a freshman with little to no experience, I was able to secure a …
Serve On! Why I’ve Made Community Service a Huge Part of My Life at USC
In high school, I spent a lot of time doing community service. The projects I participated in ranged from tutoring and mentoring at a non-profit after-school and summer program to helping set up and man water stations at marathons. When I told my relatives about my involvement, they often remarked on how my service work would surely be looked upon …
Three Cheers for the New and Improved Membership Banquet
Every end of semester, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers puts on a typically small membership appreciation banquet as a thank you to its members, a cheer to the end of the semester, and as a way to recognize certain members in SHPE. These recognized members really embraced one of the five pillars of SHPE: academic development, professional development, chapter …
My ‘Minor’
Once I finally settled on majoring in Mechanical engineering, I started worrying about what I wanted to minor in. I thought about my interests and took a look at the USC’s list of minors. I then realized I had a bit of a problem… My interests besides MechE span from coding, electrical engineering, industrial and systems engineering, sociology, business, entrepreneurship, …
What it’s actually like to be an undergraduate researcher
That’s my roommate! In high school, dance class was an everyday activity for me . So when I got to college I didn’t know how to keep dancing seeing as my classes revolved around engineering. Luckily for me I had awesome roommates in the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance (check out their website: https://kaufman.usc.edu/) who let me into the studios …
Emphases: Just a Little Something Extra!
When I started at Viterbi, I heard a lot of talk being thrown around about different emphases within engineering majors. I knew there were several different options within my major, but wasn’t really sure what the significance of an emphasis was. In fact, I really didn’t know anything at all about engineering emphases aside from the fact that they existed. …
Michelson Center: Research, Kitchens, and More!
In addition to the USC village, the Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences opened my freshman year! Again, the timing for me to attend USC could not have been better. The purpose of the Michelson Center is to provide a space for researchers of different specialties to come together and collaborate on tackling the most pressing health challenges of our era. …