Biomedical Engineering Personal Statement

I am curious, compassionate, and eager to learn and search for answers. From a young age, I always needed to know how things worked and would ask questions about everything. These traits fostered a strong aptitude and interest in math and science. In grade school, I was particularly interested in biology and physics because they explain how the natural world works. These strengths and interests lead me to study biomedical engineering to apply my curiosity and compassion towards learning how to find innovative ways to improve our understanding of the human body and disease and develop novel methods to cure it. The experiences I have had during my undergraduate career, have led me to decide to continue my education and pursue my PhD in biomedical engineering because I want to continue to think

The goal of my project is to develop nanocomposite coatings that promote the osteointegration of titanium bone implants used to repair large bone defects caused by injury or cancer. To accomplish this, I fabricated Hydroxyapatite films on titanium substrates, by drop casting or using electrodeposition, and analyzed them using surface characterization techniques including scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy to characterize the film’s structure, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to understand the composition of the films. I plan to determine if the film remains adherent in the aqueous conditions of the body, via immersion studies in buffer and to determine the films biocompatibility and osteointegration in subsequent cell culture studies. Working on this project has provided me the opportunity to ask the research questions, develop a plan to carry out the experiments and follow my own instincts and thought processes as a