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A photobooth 2-image strip with Minh and 4 colleagues holding up colloquial Singapore phrases

Minh's story

An experience working and living in Singapore that helped Minh Ho '29 decide on a change in her major and how it has gotten her out of her comfort zone.

"Over the summer, I worked at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), a major research enterprise established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF) in 2007.  SMART is MIT's first research centre outside the United States. I worked for Professor Peter Dedon's research group under the Antimicrobial Resistance Research group, and my project focused on drug-resistant malaria."

  • Minh by the river in front of the Singapore skyline
"It made me certain about my major change to Course 2 [Mechanical Engineering] because I don't see myself doing this for a living in the future. However, the wet lab experiences I gained from this lab are indisputably useful for future projects I might have and will aid me in my Course 2A20 path."
Minh Ho '29
Major and Class Year
Mechanical Engineering (2), Class of 2029
MISTI program
Internship
Location
Singapore
Host
SMART

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