Name: Aparajita Singh Hometown: I was born in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. I was raised in various cities in India and the United States. Degree/major: I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics and another master’s in microelectronics in India. I...
Name: Giuliana Avogadro Hometown: Mendoza, Argentina What is your major? B.S., Computer Science Where did you intern? Microsoft in Bellevue, Washington What did you do there? The internship I applied for was the “Explore Internship,” which is a summer program...
Biomedical engineering doctoral student Zahra Nafar has always had a drive to see the world. While following her passion for traveling, she discovered another love, ophthalmology.“I basically travel to see different natural scenes. And, I love painting. I mostly paint...
Laura Coronado, a recent FIU computer engineering graduate, dreams of someday opening her own engineering business with her siblings. When Coronado was choosing classes for her last semester as an undergrad, she came across an engineering entrepreneurship course that...
Rene Formoso graduated from FIU with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 2004 and has since worked at NASA. He has grown immensely there and now works as a project manager for the Mars Carbon Dioxide Collection Subsystem. NASA is working on creating...
Brian Cuadra is sporting a Microsoft t-shirt and making his way down the aisles at the College of Engineering & Computing’s Senior Design Showcase. It’s easy to mistake him for one of the students, but he’s not. Cuadra is a university recruiter for Microsoft and...