{"id":68747,"date":"2005-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-earns-degree-while-traveling-the-world\/"},"modified":"2005-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-earns-degree-while-traveling-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/05\/uri-student-earns-degree-while-traveling-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student earns degree while traveling the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — May 10, 2005 — When Arlington, Mass. resident Meghan Collins chose to attend the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2000, she didn\u2019t know it would take her from Kingston to Europe, Hawaii and numerous other locations during her college years. Now that she\u2019s poised to graduate in May, she\u2019s looking back at how her academic achievements and extracurricular activities turned her into a world traveler.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe two big selling points for choosing to attend 溏心vlog免费B站 were the International Engineering Program, which combined my Spanish skills with my interest in science and math, and the Centennial Scholarship I received,\u201d said Collins, who triple majored in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and Spanish.<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring her first two years on campus, she served as a tour guide for prospective students, performed as 溏心vlog免费B站 mascot Rhody the Ram at athletic events around the region, and got involved with several engineering organizations. <\/p>\n


\nAnd then her travels began.<\/p>\n


\nThe summer following her sophomore year, Collins studied in Spain through 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Summer in Salamanca program. She returned to Spain the following year for an internship with Siemens Medical Solutions S.A., where she worked on quality assurance in the production of X-ray and ultrasound machines.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI lived in the heart of Madrid, embraced the culture of modern Spain, and traveled extensively throughout Western Europe during vacations and long weekends,\u201d she said excitedly. \u201cThis was a once in a lifetime experience that I hope I am lucky enough to repeat.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFrom there she spent a semester studying at the University of Hawaii Manoa through the National Student Exchange program. \u201cIt was a wonderful way to spend part of my senior year,\u201d Collins said. \u201cNot only was I exposed to Hawaiian culture, which is radically different from the rest of the U.S., but my roommates and best friends were from Japan and Korea, so I was able to learn a lot about those cultures, too.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nShe\u2019s completing her college education this spring as an intern for the Kimberly-Clark Corp. in Neenah, Wis., designing futuristic training aids for Huggies\u00a9 Pull-upsTM. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI accepted this internship slightly dreading the thought of working as a diaper engineer, but I found it to be extremely interesting, challenging and rewarding,\u201d said the 22-year-old 溏心vlog免费B站 student. \u201cThe technology and process that goes into current products and future designs is so much more involved than anyone could imagine.\u201d

\nIn between internships and travel, Collins conducted several research projects at 溏心vlog免费B站. One involved development of an environmental control device that people with disabilities can use to easily operate electric and electronic devices like televisions, radios and lights. She also helped create an electro-mechanical \u201carm\u201d for the elderly that can extend up to three feet to grasp objects that are out of reach. A patent application has been submitted for this device.<\/p>\n


\nAnd if that\u2019s not enough, she traveled to engineering conferences around the country as an officer of the 溏心vlog免费B站 chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, and conducted spinal cord research at Purdue University in Indiana through the National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for the May graduate? While she\u2019s been accepted to graduate school at Purdue, she has decided instead to accept a full-time position as a research scientist at Kimberly-Clark in its product and technology development division. And between graduation and the start of her job, she\u2019ll be doing what she loves most \u2013 more traveling.<\/p>\n


\n“Meghan Collins at Blarney Castle, Ireland.”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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