My First Interview

This week in ISM was particularly exciting for me because I went on my first Research Interview! At first, I didn't really know what to expect from the interview, and I was worried that the conversation would be awkward and filled with a lot of silence between questions. However, the professor that I had the interview with was actually super sweet and informative, and she answered my questions in-depth and elaborated whenever I didn't fully understand what she was saying. For example, as she talked about her research into cardiovascular health problems, I learned so much about how arteries can get blocked and how computer software built using experimental results can help determine the predicted future severity of the issue if surgery isn't performed. Also, the professor gave me some career-specific tips that will definitely benefit me later on, such as finding an internship at a medical device company as a college student if I'm interested at all in an industry job. Another tip was to do research in a lab as an undergraduate student, so that I become more accustomed to lab equipment and procedures that I could implement into my work in the future. Overall, I felt that my first Research Interview really opened my eyes to the incredible number of opportunities available for a biomedical engineer and allowed me to start building a solid foundation of knowledge for my chosen field of study this year. This next week, I want to complete another Research Assessment, write an Interview Assessment, and be completely prepared for Business Symposium, which is on October 9th!