Ep.17 – A Rollercoaster Ride: The Life of a Graduate Student

Graduate school can be exciting and yet stressful for a graduate student. In this episode, we talk with a couple of Ph.D. students who are a married couple, Keawepono (Pono) and  Priscilla Delgado Wong. Both Pono and Priscilla are currently biomedical engineering students at Georgia Tech. They share their journeys as graduate students.  Reference list: 

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal (schallert.wygal@gmail.com)
• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com) 

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• Pono and Priscilla Delgado Wong are currently Ph.D. students in the biomedical engineering department at Georgia Tech. 
• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
• Prof. Pania Newel (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah. 
• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).Notes here

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