Boston University Mechanical Engineering

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“I break hip bones,” says PhD candidate .

“I mean, I conduct research on the material and mechanical characterization of osteoarthritic femurs in Dr. Elise Morgan’s Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics lab.”

🚀My pie-in-the-sky goal is to be an astronaut and investigate the long-term effects of space on bones. But in the short term, I want to find a job in the biomedical industry.”

Any struggles?
“I overthink everything. It’s good when directed at research but can cause problems elsewhere. I get professional help for my anxiety, surround myself with positive people and remember to act out of faith rather than fear. It helps. I can’t say that I’ve overcome it, but I do try to live a full life!”

“This is going to sound corny, but beyond any research accolade, I am most proud of the people in my life. My friends and family are a priority. I absolutely adore them. They are the kind of people who step into a room and elevate everyone in it.” ⭐️

⚖️”There are a lot of things vying for students’ attention and it’s a hard balance. I remind myself that while I’m trying to juggle everything, some of those balls are rubber and some are glass. It’s okay to let the rubber balls bounce, but don’t drop the glass!”

“There have been plenty of highs and lows over the years, but I am so grateful for the opportunity that grad school affords me to both fail and succeed. It’s been an amazing experience overall!”

🌊Fun fact?🤿
“I’m getting SCUBA certified! Can’t wait for future trips and underwater exploration!”

Joshua Auger is a 5th year .meche PhD and expects to graduate in spring ’22. We are so proud of him!

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“I was a researcher over the summer in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab,” explains undergrad Anushka Rathi.

“I’m so grateful for the experience and had a lot of fun working at the intersection of biomedical and mechanical engineering. I look forward to continuing in this lab, under the guidance of Prof. Tommaso Ranzani (ME, MSE, BME).

I’m in a professional engineering fraternity on campus called Theta Tau (). I have made a lot of friends through the club and am so thankful for the advice I got from upperclassmen!”

is going into her junior year in the biomedical engineering program, and is “really looking forward to meeting new people in my classes and reconnecting with old friends!

I chose BU because it has a great engineering program and I have the opportunity to do real research as an undergrad. I also love living in the ”

We are delighted to announce the 2021 Engineers Got Talent Extravaganza, a showcase for our BU engineering community to share their remarkable talents!  All BU engineering students, friends, and faculty are welcome to participate.  

Such events have been held nearly yearly since 2009, always live and on stage, until now.  Last year the pandemic curtailed the planned Spring event!  To get around the pandemic difficulties, this year videos will be displayed around the engineering campus, which should be fun!  

We encourage you to share your talent, whether you be a musician, magician, comic, dancer, poet ... all acts are welcome!  Sign up here!  Please submit a video!  Try to keep your videos to 6 min or less.  If you do not have a video, or cannot readily create one, please contact Dan Cole at [email protected], and we will set up a "socially distant" room where we can record you.

The idea here is to have some fun, show off some skills that others might not realize you have, and to emphasize that creativity and engineering often coexist in each of us, and sometimes in delightful and inspiring ways.   

The videos will be put together and displayed at various times during the day.

Looking forward to hearing from you!!

Actions: To submit your intention to "perform" and provide a video (thanks!), please fill out a few things on the Google form at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6nQPTiyEKWdou5mKOK2sOH7S6kmPWi3nN8G2bOr190LiQ6w/viewform

When your video is ready, please place it on Google Drive and share it with Dan Cole at [email protected]