I worked at the lab of Prof. Jean-Pierre Raskin at UCLouvain. His lab focuses on exploring the use of electromagnetics and my project focused on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles. The goal of this work is to make more efficient diagnostic tools that can be used in low resource environments. A lot of my work was very independent as my mentor was abroad during the time I was there. However, it was a nice experience to work in a shared lab space. [This experience] definitely helped me decide that this research is something I would like to do more of moving forward.
Shruthi's story
Shruthi Ravichandran, an electrical engineering and computer science and art and design double major, worked on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). This experience has helped her identify research problems she wants to work on in the future and it was a thrill to apply what she has learned in the classroom in the real world.
I really enjoyed living in Louvain-la-Neuve and learning about the history of Belgium. It was interesting to see how their cultural norms filter into the workplaces (punctuality, directness, etc).Shruthi Ravichandran '25
Major, Minor, & Class Year
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Art and Design & Class of 2025
Location
Belgium
MISTI Program
Internship
MISTI Host
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)