They came to Carnegie Mellon to earn degrees in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and materials science and engineering. But along the way, they were drawn to the biomedical engineering applications of their respective fields.
This past summer, they could be found in labs across campus helping research teams who are developing new medical devices, improving treatment protocols, and working to cure diseases.
These five students were among those who participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program that awards participants $4,500 for 8-10 weeks of full-time summer research on campus. And these students would all agree that the SURF program has enriched them in many ways.
Rhea Soo, who came to Carnegie Mellon to earn a degree in electrical and computer engineering, became interested in biomedical engineering (BME) after taking an introductory course with Rosalyn Abbott and later the Biomedical Engineering Systems Modeling and Analysis course with Sossena Wood, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.
She went on to work in Wood’s lab for two semesters and used her SURF fellowship to conduct research with Wood this past summer.
