Rutgers logo
School of Engineering
Rutgers logo
School of Engineering

Student News

Stories

Female college student stands in front of oversized display letters BMES smiling. She is wearing black blazer and dark pants.

Senior biomedical engineering (BME) major Olivia Colavito’s grandfather Michael Quartana served for two years as a combat medic -- although he never saw combat -- in Ethiopia in the late 1950s. Maribel Vazquez, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering encouraged Colavito to submit an abstract, with the help of her VA team, to present at the BMES meeting.