Maria Jimenez, a fourth-year graduate student working in Professor Sokolov's Biomedical Optics and Nano-Diagnostics Laboratory, received a Student Leadership Award for her work co-founding the group Women in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (WBME) and serving as a co-chair of the Society of Women Engineers Graduate Committee.
Maria Jimenez, a fourth-year graduate student working in Professor Sokolov's Biomedical Optics and Nano-Diagnostics Laboratory, received a Student Leadership Award for her work co-founding the group Women in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (WBME) and serving as a co-chair of the Society of Women Engineers Graduate Committee.
The WBME group, established in the fall of 2013, fosters social, academic, academic, and professional opportunities for female graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty members and alumni in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
WBME has hosted events to advance the professional skills and experiences for all graduate students in biomedical engineering. Events included panels with BME alumni successfully working industry, lunch-and-learn sessions with biotechnology companies, and professional development seminars on salary negotiation and perfecting elevator speeches.
The Graduate Student Leadership Awards in Engineering were established in 2008 through an endowment by Abtine Tavassoli, PhD in Electrical Engineering, December 2007. Two awards are presented each year. Each recipient receives a framed certificate and a $200 check.
