Women in STEM at Lehigh University: Computer Science and Engineering





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Caroline Ferguson is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering and a member of the Lab of Micro- and Nanotechnology Diagnostics and Biology (led by associate professor Xuanhong Cheng). In this video, Ferguson talks about her research into improving the diagnosis of both cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, and the very personal reason that motivates her work.
Their tickets were booked. Their schedules were set. The students were finally going to test their product on real people. But in July, Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 level spiked almost overnight, and Lehigh’s Sickle Cell Anemia Diagnostic Device team lost yet another opportunity to conduct fieldwork.
“It took a lot of trial and error for me to realize that civil engineering is what I’ve always wanted to do,” says Urinrin Otite, a PhD student who began her graduate studies in the Rossin College earlier this year. “I noticed my love for understanding structures and how they stand and support themselves and translate the loads to the ground.”
The National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports undergraduate students' active participation in ongoing research efforts supported by the NSF or projects designed specifically for the REU program.