Name: Melissa Venedicto

Hometown: Miami, Florida

What is your major?

My major is biomedical engineering, and I am pursing a minor in physics.

Where did you intern? What was your role there?          

My internship was with the NASA MIRO CRE2DO Center at FIU, under the guidance of Cheng-Yu Lai, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. My internship role as an undergraduate student researcher was to work on a project focused on nanomaterials, which is one of my strong research interests.

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