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How I Got the Internship: Navigating Campus Events and Resources as a First-Year
April 3, 2026
By taking advantage of opportunities outside the classroom, Stella Iyengar has opened new doors for herself–now she prepares for a summer internship at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
New Research Outlines Recommendations for Trustworthy Scientific Machine Learning
March 31, 2026
MAE Professor Lorena Barba co-authored a study in Machine Learning Science and Technology, providing 16 recommendations for making scientific ML models more trustworthy.
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Alumnus Ram Bandaru’s Journey of Discovery and Impact
March 11, 2026
Ram Bandaru, M.S. '17, Ph.D. '23, excelled in aerospace engineering and plasma propulsion under Prof. Michael Keidar, now leading R&D in the power and energy sector.
