Before coming to Olin, I knew I wanted one thing with my education: I wanted to help people. I believe that empathy is a defining aspect of who I am, and I want to harness this part of me to make some...
During the summer leading up to my first year at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Alison Black, the Assistant Dean of Student Life, contacted all the incoming first-year students and requested...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve found pleasure in making things. Things that moved, things that flashed, things that buzzed, things that whirred all have excited me to no end. I remember one of my...
What drew me to Olin was the emphasis on learning through projects and experiences. Up until sixth grade, this was how I learned. In fact, the motto of my elementary school was “joyous work,” and afte...
My grand challenge at Olin was shaped in three main areas. Long-term research in the biology lab, interdisciplinary learning through many classes, but in particular User Oriented Collaborative Design,...
The first twenty-five years or so of the modern successful American life has been fairly well defined by the country’s education system. Go to primary school. Get good grades. Go to college. Get good ...
Psychologist Dan McAdams posed in a 1995 journal paper the question “what do we know when we know a person?” According to his research, there are multiple levels at which differences in personality ma...
A a middle school student answering the question "what do you think you'll study at college?", I was quick to cross medicine off my list. I believe my exact words were "I don't want to do anything tha...
Had you asked me why I was attending college when I first came to Olin, I likely would have answered, “Because I want to be an engineer.” Taken at face value, this would seem a reasonable answer, but ...
People are more likely to improve themselves, their communities and the world if the change is simpler, more desirable, cheaper and easier than the current option, and the activation energy to switch ...
In my GCSP portfolio, I reflect upon the connections between teaching (my lifelong calling) and my major occupations at Olin College. I describe how five roughly chronological experiences – a year-lon...
My Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP) work has focused around the area of Joy of Living. As an engineer, my goal is to mitigate challenges in people’s lives wherever possible. This can be seen th...
We can create tools for ourselves, and for our loved ones. Everyone has the power and access to solve problems. These are ideas that need reinforcing in our societies. I came to fully believe them dur...
Despite the fact that I will graduate with a BS in “Mechanical Engineering” on my diploma in a week, I feel that I also enjoy many other aspects of the world. I have been figuring out how to tie them ...
At Olin, I have learned to explain that engineering is about technical problem-solving. Moreover, I whole-heartedly believe that as an engineer I bring together systems, technologies, design, and peop...
This portfolio describes my work in the five areas required of Scholars by the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. I review my activities in those areas, their outcomes, and my growth as a result. I als...
I believe I have worked towards the Grand Challenge of advancing personalized learning. My efforts, which span teaching, research, and curriculum development, have helped address the need for changes ...
The Grand Challenge Program has instilled five important areas of personal development within me, including awareness of global needs, interdisciplinary skills, entrepreneurial skills, service respons...
This project reflects upon the author's experiences in the five areas of study prescribed by the Grand challenge Scholars Program, with a focus on his work developing educational materials for the oli...
This project reflects upon the author's experiences in the five areas of study requested by the Grand Challenge Scholars program, specifically her research on bacterial metabolism. the focus is on how...
My Olin courses and projects are never without a greater meaning or message beyond their immediate context. Professors are quick to point out the importance of having a view greater than just your pro...
This is my portfolio for the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. In this portfolio, I reflect on my experiences at Olin College within the following five areas: entrepreneurial experience, global awaren...
As a learner at Olin College, a citizen of India who sees the challenges of the developing world, and an engineering student who wants to address developing world issues with technology, I hope to be ...
Throughout Olin, I have slowly defined what engineering means to me and what I want to do with it. The broad impact of engineering that I started with has narrowed down to a desire to provide clean an...
How is it possible for us to appropriately analyze our experiences and take useful action? My experiences over the past few years suggest that it’s crucial to study and act at the same time – a challe...
