Anjali Desai
Anjali
is a first year civil engineering student at Drexel University from Sugar Land,
Texas. She chose Drexel as her university because she wanted to broaden her
horizons and gain more experience through co-op and by living in another state.
Anjali was inspired to be an engineer because of her love of playing with
objects, breaking them apart, and rebuilding them. Her goal is to travel abroad
and use civil engineering to help other communities grow and prosper.
Sophia Laino
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Sophia
is a freshmen civil engineering student at Drexel University. Born and raised
in New York, she was inspired by all of the infrastructure that surrounded her
giving her the passion she has for civil engineering. She is a proud member of
the Toastmasters club at school, a public speaking and leadership club. She chose
the biomedical robots section because she also has a passion for biology and
helping people.
Eva Teplitsky
Eva is
an electrical engineering freshman from Warren, New Jersey. She has a
background in robotics from the four years she spent participating in her high
school’s First Robotics Competition team. Eva is able to program in Matlab,
Java, and Python. She is interested in medical robots because of her background
in robotics. Eva believes it is also a great opportunity to help others and
possibly save lives down the road.
Andrew Ward
Andrew was
born and raised in the Poconos of Pennsylvania and is currently studying
mechanical engineering as a freshmen at Drexel. He is actively involved in the
community, spending many hours during the summer mentoring youth robotics and
other STEM related clubs. Biomedical robotics is especially exciting for him
because of his love for robotics and for the positive applications of medical
robots.