By: Saw Nwe, SEAS ’27 Sparklers with Saw’s lab to celebrate the Fourth of July GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany My engineering research internship in Aachen, Germany was at a biomaterials lab at Uniklinik, the university’s hospital, alongside four other interns (two also from Penn Bioengineering!) in the RWTH University’s summer program (Undergraduate Research…
By: Teodora Marinova, SEAS ’27 The cathedral in the center of Aachen, a center of legends about the Medieval emperor Charlemagne. GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany I just started my summer research internship in Aachen, Germany and I am really enjoying the experience so far. My internship is within RWTH Aachen University, where everyone…
By: Karen Li, SEAS ’25 Presenting my results on internet security at the final research symposium at RWTH Aachen University. I have an aversion to eating in the dining hall alone. At Penn, between attending crowded lectures, grabbing meals with friends, and living in one of the densely populated highrise buildings, there are rarely moments…
By: Yeng Shao, Nursing ’25 Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. GRIP: Nursing Research in Dublin, Ireland I headed back to Penn for the Fall 2022 semester, and I was learning wondrous stories from my peers about the experiences they had while abroad during their GRIP placements. Backpacking in Asia, a great stipend, an opportunity to…
By: Wangari Mbuthia, SEAS ’25 Me at Marina Bay Engineering Research in Singapore If someone would have told me this time last year that I would be doing an engineering research program in Singapore, I wouldn’t have believed it. But rest assured here I am, two weeks in, and it has been an incredible experience.…
By: Mihir Shah, SEAS ’24 Research project: PRIMAL Engineering Research in Singapore Coming to work in Singapore, one of the most exciting parts was being part of a robotics group and learning more about machine learning. My current project, PRIMAL, is working on a decentralized path-finding algorithm for a system of multi-agent robots. This sounds…
By: Angela Ding, Nursing ’23 Nursing Research in Dublin – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland This summer, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Amanda Phelan on her project about person-centeredness. The study was part of a larger project called ERASMUS+, which aimed to develop an international curriculum framework for educating future person-centered healthcare practitioners.…
By: Angela Ding, Nursing ’23 Angela (right) with fellow GRIP intern Bella Ozomaro (left) leading alpacas in Ireland. Nursing Research in Dublin – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland I’m not a fan of Tiktok, nor will I ever understand its trends and sounds—but if it weren’t for the lovely tourist community on the platform, I never…
By: Josée Iyonsaba Josée at the Belfast Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland Nursing Research in Dublin – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland This summer, I am working on a project exploring issues related to safeguarding adults at risk of financial abuse. My interest in adult safeguarding began when I learned about elder abuse in an undergraduate…
By: Cheryl Woon Yee Lim, SEAS ’25 Cheryl hiking at Macritchie Nature Trail. Engineering Research in Singapore After completing my first year at Penn, I was fresh from a Signal and Information Processing class. I enjoyed that class very much and the last part of the class that touched slightly on machine learning really intrigued me.…