First-year graduate students Shreya Gargya and Lila Slattery have received the Rubenstein Fellowship, which will support their studies in the MS in Engineering Management program. The Rubenstein Fellowship was established to assist departments in the Whiting School of Engineering to recruit exceptional graduate students. Recipients are nominated by their home department, recognizing accomplished and well-rounded students for excellence in academics, research, and service.
Shreya is pursuing the Nanobiotechnology track because she is “passionate about the bench-to-bedside process—taking scientific discoveries and turning them into real-world solutions that improve patient lives,” she said. Her undergraduate degree in bioengineering sparked her interest in innovations that improve lives, whether applying solutions to “developing therapies, medical devices, or systems that make treatments more accessible,” she said. She hopes this passion and the training she receives in the MSEM program moves her toward a career in product management in the biotech industry. Shreya said that this field “has incredible potential to change the way we treat diseases by tailoring therapies to individual patients, and [she] wants to be part of that transformation. As a product manager, I’d be excited to work cross-functionally with teams of scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals to take innovative ideas from concept to reality.” Besides her studies at Hopkins, Shreya enjoys running and hiking, as well as baking, where she enjoys trying new recipes.
MSEM student Lila Slattery.
Lila Slattery is pursuing the Multidisciplinary Innovation and Design track, which she chose because “it allows [her] freedom to take lots of creative classes focused on new ideas. Lila says this track is the perfect for her because she has a passion for designing new solutions to existing problems. After graduation, she plans to enter the UX field or human centered product design, where she can apply engineering thinking to solve complex problems. Outside of the classroom, Lila is a member of the Johns Hopkins field hockey team, and enjoys drawing, baking, and playing the ukulele in her spare time.