This past weekend, the Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering provided Biomedical Engineering students the opportunity to apply their knowledge to a real life challenge by hosting a Make-a-thon. Twenty teams of 4-5 upper and underclassmen students were presented with a NASA-inspired case in the biomedical field and given 30 hours to complete the task with certain functional and material constraints. …
Hello again! Let me tell you about one of my favorite classes I’m taking this spring. I am a part of the Progressive Degree Program studying Engineering Management, so I’ve been taking a few Industrial and Systems Engineering classes this year. This semester, I’m in a class called Invention and Technology Development. At first, I was a little hesitant taking …
Hello everyone! Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged… let me catch you up on what’s been going on since last semester. After spending Christmas with my family, I was lucky enough to go to Mexico with two of my friends from high school. As wonderful as the beaches in Mexico are, we decided to focus on some of …
Hello hello! Last week, I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida! I’ve been working really hard on my research project in Dr. Megan McCain’s lab for over a year, and this was our opportunity to show it off at a national conference. For the first two days of the …
Hey guys, Today, I’m going to talk a little bit more about how I got my internship at Abbott Laboratories (check out my other blogs for my experience there!). It started freshman year when I attended the Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering Corporate Dinner. I met an Abbott recruiter who told me about this cool company that makes medical devices …
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since my last update. Just a quick recap on the rest of my summer: while interning in Waukegan, Illinois with Abbott, I was lucky enough to go to Lollapalooza for the first time ever and see some of my favorite artists: Galantis, Odesza, and Kygo (among others). I also popped up to Edmonton, Alberta, …
Hello! I haven’t lived anywhere out of California for the majority of my life. So, when I was placed in Lake County, Illinois for my internship with Abbott Laboratories, I was nervous (and excited) about what opportunities were waiting. Before this internship, I didn’t really know how my science background would be applied in industry. I am currently an operations …
Okay, is anyone nervous about starting college? Don’t even worry. I was, too. Here are a few things I wish I knew when I came to college. 1. Get involved. Some of my closest friends and the coolest people I’ve met were found due to the organizations I got involved in. I joined a few clubs that appealed to my …
Hi everyone! Happy E-week! I’ve done a lot of cool engineering stuff in college so far, but one of my favorite projects I’ve ever done was building an electric guitar as part of my final project in a class I took last semester, EE202: Linear Circuits. All we were given was a cigar box, a long block of wood, strings, …
One of the most difficult but most interesting classes I have experienced at USC is Organic Chemistry. The subject is a fascinating puzzle of breaking bonds and making bonds in order to form a product. To be honest, I wondered what the practical applications of it were…but then my friend showed me an article about the chemicals behind the aroma …
Hi guys! It’s been a great start to the semester! I just wanted to talk a little bit about the amazing Winter break I had. After spending a couple weeks at home, I went on a trip to Lima, Peru with Medlife, a nonprofit organization that seeks to provide medicine, education, and development to low-income families everywhere. It was such …
Welcome to a new semester! After a fun winter break, I’m happy to say that I’m really excited for the classes that I’m going to take this semester. One class I’m taking, Medical Electronics, applies many of the concepts from my Linear Circuits class (that I took last semester) to medical devices. It’s cool to finally connect some different aspects …
Hi everyone! Out of all the classes I’m taking this semester, I’d have to say that my favorite one is my GE Category 4 class, called AIDS Drug Discovery and Development. GE 4’s are about the applications of science and technology. Viterbi students have the option to opt out of this category of GE and take another category instead; however, …
Hi everyone!! I hope you all enjoyed your first week of classes! I’m really excited for what this semester is going to bring; it’ll definitely be a busy one. I’m taking Organic Chemistry (CHEM 322A), Linear Circuits (EE 202), Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering (BME 423), and The Chemistry of Aids (CHEM 203). It’s a pretty science and engineering heavy …
There are definitely a couple things I wished I knew when I was a freshman at USC.
When I came to USC, it didn’t really cross my mind that women are generally underrepresented in engineering. When I started classes at USC, it still didn’t cross my mind. Halfway through the semester, I still didn’t realize it. This is because, honestly, I’ve never felt discriminated at all for being a female in this field.
Hello guys! This week I’m going to tell you a little bit about my experience applying to colleges! As a sophomore, the process is definitely still fresh in my mind.
Hey guys! I just wanted to tell you about the awesome time I had this past weekend volunteering at the Downtown Women’s Center.
Hey guys! One of my favorite parts of freshman year was living in a dorm. I lived in Birnkrant, which was in the North area of campus, right next to the New/North dorms. Each floor was co-ed, with girls on one side and guys on the other. I absolutely loved it. Sharing close quarters with so many other people brought …
Engineering is awesome. In celebration of E-Week, I’d just like to tell you all why I like this subject so much.