Thomas Colburn
PhD candidate
I was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. We were …
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Gregory Zaborski
PhD candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
I was raised by my Sicilian mother in the small town of Saugerties in upstate New York …
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Emma Kaeli
PhD candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
When I first started college, someone asked if I wanted to join the Society of Women Engineers, but …
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Rachel Huang
PhD candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
I was born in China’s Hunan Province and came to the U.S. alone when I was 17 …
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Amnahir Peña-Alcántara
PhD Student
Materials Science and Engineering
When I was a kid, I went to my older brother’s Lego League practices all the time. That’s really …
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Dana Cortade
PhD Candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
After a childhood seeing loved ones with mental health issues struggle with incorrect diagnoses and …
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Jinwei Xu
PhD Candidate 2021
Materials Science and Engineering
I started out as an undergraduate majoring in physics at the University of Science and Technology in …
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Guosong Hong
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Is it possible to create a world where the thoughts in our minds are not locked up in our brains …
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Loza Tadesse and Tim Abate
PhD candidates
Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering
There’s an information barrier in Ethiopia when it comes to opportunities for education …
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Marie Johnson
’19
Materials Science and Engineering
As a D1 varsity athlete looking to balance rowing, academics and other interests, the Stanford …
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Luke Balhorn
PhD candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
When I started college, I thought my only focus should be school …
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