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Dream : DREAM Fellows : 2006 Fellows : Rose Faghih
Rose Taj Faghih
Interview
Q: What is your name?
A: Rose Taj Faghih
Q: What school are you currently attending?
A: I have been attending Montgomery College, transferring to The University of Maryland, College Park, for fall 2006.
Q: What year will you be starting in the fall?
A: I will be a junior.
Q: Why did you choose to attend the DREAM program?
A: DREAM is a wonderful opportunity to learn about graduate school life before starting graduate school. It provides an excellent opportunity to communicate with a faculty advisor and graduate students. Also, the workshops in the program would help undergraduate students to learn about the opportunities existing in the graduate schools.
Q: Who are you working with, and what research are you doing?
A: I have been working under the supervision of my faculty advisors Dr. Wan Y. Shih and Dr. Wei-Heng Shih, and my graduate mentor, Mr. John-Paul McGovern.
I have been working on a handheld unit that would be used in detection of health problems such as breast cancer or Salmonella pathogen. I have been changing the resistance on the channels of the handheld unit in order to determine the best resistance that would detect the same peak frequency as the peak frequency detected on the Impedance Analyzer. I have been carrying out an analysis, rendering the best choice of resistance, by comparing the base line, quality factor, and the height of the peak.
Q: What are your goals/aspirations for the future?
A: My short term academic goal is to finish my B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering for which I should complete a Senior Capstone Design course. Through REU Internship, I learned how to handle my senior project in the best possible way. My long term academic goal is to attend a graduate school in order to obtain a PhD in Electrical Engineering. Through REU Program, I am gaining an invaluable experience of the real world of research, and hope to be able to prepare for my intended professional field for graduate studies, especially Ph.D. research projects.
I consider research and teaching to be my career plans. My research experience in the lab includes physical tests, data collection, data analysis, and result presentation. During my research experience, I am learning how to develop in my professional field and scientific activities. This research project helps to raise my ability in conducting more research as my short term career plan. I also learn how to practice leadership on research projects in future as my long term career goal. I enjoy acquiring broader and deeper understanding of the research process through my REU experience. Observing the practice of engineering and how new knowledge is created in and communicated to the real world of research, should help me to step forward toward my career goals.
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