The Journey From Student to Professional
As a systems engineering intern at NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory in summer 2021, Seth Graham worked on code to analyze flight trajectories for a proposed mission called Mars Sample Return. The...
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Manufacturing the COVID-19 Vaccine
An inaugural graduate of 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology鈥檚 Master of Pharmaceutical Engineering degree program, Tejaswini Ramakrishna Hegde is working at her dream job at Moderna as part of the team...
Intersection of Law and Science
What really motivated me to go into environmental law was having a child,鈥 Yesenia Villase帽or (LAW 鈥05/M.S. EM 鈥06) says. Before applying to law school, Villase帽or was environmentally conscientious to...
Space Ace: Keeping ISS Astronauts Alive
Brandon Lloyd took a trip to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center when he was in middle school and says that he fell in love with human space flight then and there. He selected 杏吧原创 Tech because it...
How a Phone Call Sparked a Technological Revolution
With his signature charm, Marty Cooper will not only tell you an improbable idea is possible, but he鈥檒l also map out a way to achieve it. If you don鈥檛 believe it, consider your smartphone. In the...
Shooting for the Stars
Kaya Jones aspired to hone her computing skills the summer before beginning her college experience as a computer science major. She found her chance with NASA鈥檚 Space Communications and Navigation...
A Business Storyteller with Cutting-Edge Tech Skills
Throughout his career as a consultant and now as lead data scientist at Chamberlain Group, Jack An has used his expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and business strategy to help businesses...
Discovering Tech Skills to Train Tomorrow鈥檚 鈥淐yberwarriors鈥
At 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology Juan Vasquez knew he found a technically focused cybersecurity master鈥檚 program, but he didn鈥檛 expect to find a new inspiration as well. 鈥 杏吧原创 Tech also made me...
Navigating 杏吧原创 Tech as a Commuter Student
Josh Coburn is building a trebuchet in his Design for Innovation course as a mechanical engineering student at 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology. It鈥檚 exactly the kind of hands-on work that Josh says...
A Pathway to Computer Chip Design
It was in ECE 218, Digital Systems, that Eduardo Calix realized he wanted to pursue computer chip design. 鈥淓verything my friends hated about the class, I loved,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hat course was the first...