Talking Success and Challenges in Mechanical Engineering

This was a great conversation that I unfortunately missed due to travel.  Professor Taylor Higgins, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering (ME), hosted Prof. and Chair Marcia O'Malley.  She is the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.  Her research is in the areas of haptics and robotic rehabilitation, with a focus on the design and control of wearable robotic devices for training and rehabilitation.

Hannah Klein, an undergraduate in the FAMU-FSU Mechanical Engineering department, and Ash Chase, a graduate student in ME who is studying robotics, also joined Drs. Higgins and O'Malley.

It was a great conversation about a range of topics in engineering, robotics, and navigating academia from undergrad, grad school, junior professor life, and university leadership.  If you are debating on pursuing mechanical engineering at any level of academia, you will enjoy this conversation.