{"id":73771,"date":"2018-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2018-uri-engineering-graduate-grateful-for-life-friends-all-things-french\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2018-uri-engineering-graduate-grateful-for-life-friends-all-things-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/commencement-2018-uri-engineering-graduate-grateful-for-life-friends-all-things-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2018: 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering graduate grateful for life,  friends, all things French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., April 16, 2018\u2014First the lump, then the chemo. Ian Kanterman was too young to understand the gravity of his cancer, but he could see how it was ravaging his 5-year-old body.<\/p>\n<p>He lost his appetite, and his hair. When the time came to go back to school, he wore a bandana to cover his bald head. The kids teased him, and while that bullying could\u2019ve created an angry young man, it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving cancer taught me to live fuller and more,\u201d says Kanterman. \u201cI try to make the most out of everything put in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanterman has been celebrating life since he arrived at the 溏心vlog免费B站 from <strong>Brick<\/strong>, <strong>N.J.<\/strong>, a working-class community near the Jersey shore. This spring, he\u2019ll graduate from the five-year French International Engineering Program, with degrees in biomedical engineering and French.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 has been terrific,\u201d he says. \u201cIt helped me grow as a person and student.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His mother discovered the lump while she was changing him into his pajamas after he fell asleep on his parents\u2019 bed one night. The diagnosis: non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. Only days later, the spirited boy with a toothy grin and curly blond hair was on an operating table having a cancerous tumor removed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtu-be\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DBfUMTc31_Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ian Kanterman - 2018 Graduating Senior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBfUMTc31_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Two more surgeries and two years of chemo ensued. In the middle of his treatment, he suffered a stroke, paralyzing some of his left side, but he recovered fully and was able to return to school. The bandana he wore was black decorated with green aliens. \u201cI learned that bullying is cruel and misguided,\u201d he says. \u201cThey didn\u2019t know any better, and we became friends later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The illness spared his beautiful mind, and he excelled in high school, deciding to attend the same college as his big brother, Cameron, a biology major at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n<p>Kanterman was leaning toward computer engineering, but at accepted students\u2019 day a professor introduced him to biomedical engineering. A light went off: \u201cI could help people, maybe even a cancer patient.\u201d Things looked even brighter when he learned about the International Engineering Program, which would give him a chance to study and work abroad.<\/p>\n<p>He left his shyness in the halls of Brick Memorial High School. First off, he participated in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Leadership Institute, where he met other budding campus leaders. That led to his involvement with the Student Alumni Association, which led to becoming a tour guide, which led to being an orientation leader, which led to raising money for cancer patients through the St. Baldrick\u2019s Foundation, which led to where he is today: loving\u2014and loved by\u2014friends he expects to remain close to for life.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s an excellent student, making the Dean\u2019s List with a grueling course load that has included everything from electronics to cell biology and physiology. Last academic year, he studied at the\u00a0Universit\u00e9 de Technologie de Compi\u00e8gne\u00a0in\u00a0France and interned at the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery in Strasbourg, creating a prototype for a device that quickly treats the blood pressure of trauma patients. He helped pay for his studies with scholarships from the\u00a0Lester J. &amp; Marie T. King Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to a student in the College of Engineering who demonstrates academic excellence and financial need, and the\u00a0Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a phenomenal experience,\u201d he says. \u201cI got to work with people from Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Argentina, Spain and Japan. It was exhilarating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of his most exciting projects at 溏心vlog免费B站 is nearly finished. For his senior capstone project, Kanterman and two other engineering students created a silicone wrist that simulates the 28 pulse patterns used in traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose various diseases. Kanterman envisions it as a teaching tool for Western doctors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty neat,\u201d he says. \u201cWe used all the skills we learned in college to develop this. It\u2019s very fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanterman has already been accepted to the University of Twente in the Netherlands to earn a master\u2019s degree in biomedical engineering, specifically, neural and motor systems. The university is considered one of the country\u2019s top technical colleges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 溏心vlog免费B站 experience has taught me to be bold, brave and grateful,\u201d he says. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 has been a home away from home, and a haven of learning and self-discovery. I wouldn\u2019t trade the experience for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., April 16, 2018\u2014First the lump, then the chemo. Ian Kanterman was too young to understand the gravity of his cancer, but he could see how it was ravaging his 5-year-old body. He lost his appetite, and his hair. 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