Spotlights

I find my PhD work in linear algebra exciting because many problems in many different fields boil …

I knew I loved engineering after taking it as an elective in high school, but I fell in love with …

One of the most exciting days of my life was when I went to my first university lab in high school …

It’s hard to become something you can’t see …

Both my parents are lawyers, but my dad’s always been a tinkerer, making furniture and getting his …

My parents, who are both doctors, instilled in me a love of biology …

There’s not a lot of work being done on building habitats on other planets, but our Mars Team at …

Ethiopia, my country, is endowed with precious gifts of nature: fertile soil, a favorable climate …

#IAmAnEngineer: I work on developing algorithms that help robots understand the world around them, …

When the pandemic happened, I started watching videos on the water situation in developing nations …

When I was a kid, I went to my older brother’s Lego League practices all the time. That’s really …

I’m from a very small city in Turkey where my parents were physics professors at its only …

After a childhood seeing loved ones with mental health issues struggle with incorrect diagnoses and …

One of the things that’s really important to me is working to support marginalized youth to build …

My path to engineering started when I was 9 and went to see the movie ‘Iron Man’ with my family …

I started out as an undergraduate majoring in physics at the University of Science and Technology in …

#IAmAnEngineer: I’ve always loved learning. I studied environmental engineering and eventually …

#IAmAnEngineer: All my life I’ve had a passion for dance. Understanding the movement in the human …

As an engineer, you’re taught to build things, to optimize things …

Growing up, I thought I was going to be a doctor …

While I was an undergrad at MIT, I chose mechanical engineering because it was the most broad field, …