First-person accounts of the BioE student experience
Humans of UW Bioengineering: John Buchholz
John Buchholz discusses his experience in Dr. Pollack's lab and traveling abroad to complete a research internship in Australia.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Bella Spielmann
Bella Spielmann discusses discovering bioengineering after volunteering in a children's hospital Cambodia while she was in high school, and how this experience led her to her current research developing low-cost diagnostics for global health with the Lutz lab.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Philip Walczak
Philip Walczak discusses his experience managing rowing with bioengineering and plans to pursue a D.D.S./Ph.D. after graduation.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: David McIntyre
David McIntyre discusses his experience with Engineers Without Borders and his global health research passions.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Jerusalem Kifelew
Jerusalem Kifelew discusses her experience participating in campus organizations committed to diversity, her research studying Alzheimer's disease with stem cells in a neurology lab, and her plans to pursue a career in consulting after graduation.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Michael Butler
Michael Butler shares how a math academy summer camp led him to discover the BioE major, and pursue a double major in Applied and Computational Math Sciences. He talks about his experience studying abroad, his and his plans to teach English in Spain after graduation, and later pursue a career in industry and graduate school.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Joanna Sun
Joanna Sun talks about exploring interdisciplinary solutions for medicine in the BioE major, her research in ultrasound and her plans to pursue a career in industry after graduation.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Atrina Gharai
Atrina Gharai discusses her motivation to study bioengineering and neurobiology as a premed and her research in the Kim lab, and offers advice for students to explore their interests through extracurricular activities.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Chrissi Nhan
Chrissi Nhan talks about her decision to pursue a career in consulting after she graduates, and how she has fit an internship, study abroad in Paris and exploring her academic and research interests into her time in the BioE major.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Karl Manner
Undergraduate Karl Manner discusses how bioengineering led to his interest in drug development, and future plans to work in biotechnology industry to focus on real-world applications of research.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Namratha Potharaj
Namratha Potharaj talks about exploring her passion for global health in BioE and Bioengineers without Borders, and her hope to, one day, apply her engineering skills as a physician.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Bill Koski
Bill Koski talks about his path to bioengineering through neurobiology research, and how the major sparked his interest in entrepreurship.
Humans of UW Bioengineering: Connor Tsuchida
Undergrad Connor Tsuchida talks about his experience in leadership with BMES and student journal Denatured, and offers advice to prospective students.