Does this sound like you? If you or anyone you know are interested in pursuing a position for the fall semester to help BGSO continue to serve you, reach out to us at cmublackgrads@gmail.com.

Akua is a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy.

Abubakir Siedahmed is a 2nd year graduate student pursuing a Masters in Learning Science & Educational Technology within the Human Computer Interaction Institute. His research interests include algorithmic bias in education. Outside of academia, one can find Abubakir running, reading, and/or tiktoking. His favorite sport is tennis and a fun fact is that he pours his milk before the cereal.

Rebekah Adams is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She hails from South Orange, New Jersey. She obtained her bachelor’s of science and engineering in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 2021. Rebekah conducts research on designing and functionalizing DNA origami structures for microneedle array delivery suited for immunotherapy applications. During her free time, Rebekah enjoys reading, journaling, drawing, playing and listening to music, playing board games, and making or watching memes. She is very much into cosmology and history, so any of those topics will cause a tangent in the conversation.

Mohamed is pursuing a masters of science in Biomedical Engineering and is currently a 2nd year student. His research interests are in medical devices/cell and tissue research. Mohamed also enjoys playing sports. His favorite movie is The Incredibles as he has the entire movie memorized.

Open Position

Does this sound like you? If you or anyone you know are interested in pursuing a position for the fall semester to help BGSO continue to serve you, reach out to us at cmublackgrads@gmail.com.

Does this sound like you? If you or anyone you know are interested in pursuing a position for the fall semester to help BGSO continue to serve you, reach out to us at cmublackgrads@gmail.com.

Lisha is a mechanical engineering PhD student from Portsmouth, Virginia. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in engineering from James Madison University in 2016. Lisha began her journey at Carnegie Mellon as a GEM Fellow and is currently conducting research on 3-D printing inside of a gel support matrix. Lisha enjoys soccer, reading, exercise, learning new languages, and diverse catalogs of music. A fun fact about Lisha is that her favorite food is anything cookies and crème!