Graduate Student Stories

“To students that wish to obtain a graduate degree in public and nonprofit management, my advice would be:don’t be afraid to ask for help. Grad school can be stressful and challenging. Sometimes you may feel stuck and want to give up. But please keep in mind that you are not alone on this journey. There…

“There is a lot of interest in using waste energy to power the Internet of Things(IoT), such as arrays of distributed sensors. We found just 31 milligrams of our carbon nanotube yarn harvester could provide the electrical energy needed to transmit a 2-kilobyte packet of data over a 100-meter radius every 10 seconds for the…

“My doctoral project collaborates with members of the indigenous Waorani Nation of Amazonian Ecuador, combining field-work inspired documentary poetry, narrative essays, and translations of witness testimony of survivors of ethnocide, waves of polio, and starvation that followed sustained missionary involvement in the second half of the 20th century. I plan to publish the manuscript as…

“The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the way we live and work through its iniquitousness and convenience of usage. As we get more dependent on these devices, a major concern emerges about the security of IoT data. In this era of digitalization, data is one of the most valuable and vulnerable assets. Since IoT…

“We have developed and validated our sensing device to detect and monitor complicated diseases like sepsis, which is more common than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and AIDS combined. To be able to contribute my efforts towards effective health care solutions gives me immense satisfaction. The opportunity to collaborate with clinicians, requiring rapid point-of-care sensing technology…

“Currently, my project involves developing methodologies toward the synthesis of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) agents, which will be specifically applied in cancer and neurodegenerative disease diagnosis and treatment monitoring. I think the magic of pursuing a career in research extends further than simply contributing to the growth of a particular scientific field.”

“My long-term research interests involve using behavioral, cognitive, neuropsychological and advanced neuroimaging techniques to elucidate the cognitive processes and neural correlates of learning and memory in order to test theory-driven hypotheses, to understand how multiple sclerosis (MS) disease progression affects cognition, and to aid in the development of effective treatments. y practical advice to those…

“Mental health has always been very important to me. Stress is universal. We have all been at a point in our lives when stress feels so overwhelming that it starts to affect our sleep, our appetite, or our ability to concentrate. When stress begins to exceed our abilities to cope with it – the results…

“My research has a possibility of helping weather forecasters and atmospheric scientists develop more accurate state-of-the art models to predict and trace harmful aerosol in different terrains and atmospheric conditions. Contributing to data-driven predictive models for effects of hazardous atmospheric activities will help save tremendous medical infrastructure and make us more aware of the consequences…

“My research focuses on high frequency material characterization to help circuit designers develop solutions for 5G and beyond. Nowadays, most manufacturers such as Rogers Corporation provides the material properties at a single frequency of 10 GHz. With the development of 5G and beyond, most researchers are curious to know the properties at high frequency. This…