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Biomedical Engineering Personal Statement

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Engineering is in my blood. My brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather were all engineers. I believe that the engineering gene runs through the blood of the Iyasele family. My family, along with participating in science fairs and summer programs, led me to want to become a biomedical engineer.
When I was ten years old I visited Nigeria, a country rich in natural resources but with some people living in deplorable conditions. My experiences there gave me the inspiration to base my middle school science fair projects on alternative energy. In the sixth grade I made a solar oven; in the seventh grade a hydroelectric generator, and, in the eighth grade a wind turbine. I did not follow any Google project instructions like the many of my peers. I built the device from instructions I found on the internet, but I designed experiments to test them. Doing these science fair projects introduced me to the scientific process of conducting experiments and developed my engineering skills and mindset to help my fellow citizens of the world. …show more content…

I interned at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Research Opportunity For Academic Development In Science (ROADS) program during the summers after my sophomore and junior years of high school. I worked in a laboratory in the department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics under Dr. Joseph T. Barbieri for seven weeks. At the end of the program, I gave a presentation of my experiment to the other researchers in the department. I also learned advanced subjects in the field of biology from my interactions with the other people in the laboratory. Even though I had trouble understanding the technical jargon the scientists were using, I did not give up hope. Rather than be discouraged in pursuing a career in the sciences, I was encouraged through those summer

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