Biomedical Engineering Personal Statement

At fifteen, I began attending the University of Michigan’s Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) presentations on Saturdays, to learn more about opportunities for women in STEM fields. The speakers’ passion for their fields was evident and it made me want to be like them. I loved how they could take something as complex as filtering blood with nanotubes and explain it to middle schoolers and high schoolers.

My interest in biomedical engineering was piqued while spending seven intense days at a college’s engineering camp this summer. There I met postdoctoral research assistant, Rusha Joshi, and she challenged my group to create a below-the-knee prosthetic from everyday materials. My group utilized a PVC pipe, dishwashing sponges, and two full rolls of duct tape. I learned that I love the human aspect of biomedical engineering, like giving someone the ability to walk. I value the combination of helping people while striving to complete a challenge, and would like to continue doing so in my professional life.

I am attracted to U of M because of its small learning communities, such as WISE, the Engineering Honors Program, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), which I would love to be a part of.

During the 2016-2017 school year, my sister, Katherine, participated in UROP at the University of Michigan, and loved it. She was just a freshman, but she had the opportunity to work in a lab that studied aggression in paper wasps. The opportunity to work in a lab as an undergraduate is important to me and the University of Michigan provides the perfect program for