{"id":60463,"date":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-senior-has-passion-for-bettering-lives\/"},"modified":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-senior-has-passion-for-bettering-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/uri-senior-has-passion-for-bettering-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 senior has passion for bettering lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tShrewsbury resident is standout biomedical engineering major<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 18, 2012 – Biomedical engineers are in hot demand. The federal government says that the country will need thousands more over the next decade to support a health care system entwined with technology. These engineers of tomorrow are expected to command high salaries, work for prestigious companies and stay employed. <\/p>\n


\nHowever, for 溏心vlog免费B站 biomedical engineering student Brittany Alphonse, it\u2019s all about improving people\u2019s lives. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting when you\u2019re able to help someone because all the work you put in paid off,\u201d she said. \u201cYou get to see their reaction and how you\u2019ve affected their life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Shrewsbury, Mass., native sees herself changing lives. With her biomedical engineering background in physics, math, biology, electronics and computing, she can apply theory to tangible benefits like designing a better prosthetic, finding new ways to treat cancer or improving drug delivery, among other possibilities.<\/p>\n


\nWherever Alphonse lands, she\u2019ll bring a resume that stands out. Her grades rank her No. 2 in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s biomedical engineering program, and she is vice president of the engineering honors society Tau Beta Pi and co-president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, which she co-founded in her junior year. On top of that, she serves as a student admissions representative and is a member of the campus Outing Club and Newman Club.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere are lots of people who make good grades, but with Brittany she\u2019s very disciplined and she takes a lot of pride in what she does,\u201d said electrical engineering Professor G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels. \u201cShe\u2019s willing to go beyond what normally needs be done.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nEvery summer, Alphonse has held a competitive internship. At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she redesigned a mold used to grow tissue-engineered blood vessels, while at Georgia Tech she created a microfluidic flow focusing device to synthesize Janus Particles, which hold promise for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Her most recent internship involved working with researchers at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography to design electronic components for an underwater robot.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI love the creativity required,\u201d she said. \u201cEngineering gives you an open box to solve things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAlphonse\u2019s love affair with science blossomed in seventh grade. She became fascinated with genetics just as a debate about stem cells raged across the country. In high school, she joined the robotics club \u2013 \u201csports for nerds,\u201d she called it \u2013 and enrolled in advanced science classes. Between academics, she found time to serve as editor of the student newspaper, join the cross-country and lacrosse teams, and play in the band.<\/p>\n


\nShe applied to 溏心vlog免费B站 after learning that a family friend planned to apply. She came to visit four times, drawn by the opportunity to mix a technical education with the liberal arts. Finally, she and her parents met with Professors Boudreaux-Bartels and Ying Sun over pizza, and that sealed the deal.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThat\u2019s when I realized I was not going to be just a number, but professors were going to know me,\u201d Alphonse said.<\/p>\n


\nNow not only do her professors know her name, but they know she\u2019s destined to change people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n


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