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Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering

Michelle Ebu ’25

Michelle Ebu
Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering

Michelle Ebu ’25

  • International student from Nigeria
  • Class: 2025
  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Summer internship: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Activities: Biomedical Engineering Society, Nigerian Students’ Association, Lilly Leadership Institute
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I've read a lot of research. I've realized that it's basically engineering and medicine coming together — engineering and biology coming together. There’s a lot of things I could do with that — go to the medical devices industry, into the pharmaceutical industry, into the research industry, even go to med school. And I just feel like that is what drew me to Biomedical Engineering. The fact that I could use my math skills in a hospital or to help patients’ lives.
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Michelle Ebu

Internship experience

It was a research internship, and it was amazing. I'm glad I got it. Everyone has a research project of their own. I had a very awesome mentor. She was working on a therapy for necrotizing enterocolitis, which is a disease that affects premature babies. So, what I did was to find out if this therapy really worked — to find out the changes and the difference in the cells. It was an awesome summer. My mentor was amazing. I learned so much from her. It was a lot of networking, and it was a lot of building my social and professional network.

Relationships built on campus

I have found really good friends here at Miami. Being able to find tight-knit friends here on Miami's campus — lifelong friends — is one of my highlights of being here. I've only had professors that genuinely care about the growth and the learning of their students. It's just amazing. That's one of my favorite parts about Miami. The professors are always very willing to help.

Because of Miami

Because of Miami, I am able to compete with other peers from top universities. My internship program was a very competitive program. Miami has opened a new set of opportunities for me, and I'm grateful for that.

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