The Opportunity Research Scholars (ORS) is a year-long research program designed for undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students at Georgia Tech. Every year, there is a different research project with each project covering a major subfield. Some examples of the subfields include electromagnetics, bioengineering, microelectronics, VLSI, and robotics and control systems. The undergraduate students that are interested in the same subfield will be teamed up under a Ph. D. student mentor to attempt to create a solution for the given problem statement. These research projects are funded by companies, the government, and other research institutes, so the projects are legitimate and challenging.

I am excited for the challenge and potential to learn from this program because there so many parts of my major that are unexplored for me, including bioengineering and control systems design. As of now, I am learning towards learning more about bioengineering because it is fascinating to see how Electrical Engineering is used to enhance, repair, and maintain the human body. Furthermore, a few months ago, a professor gave a lecture about cochlear implants, and how ADCs and filters, concepts I have learned in my signals classes, are used to convert sound into electric signals for the brain and allow humans to hear. It is amazing to learn that the intuitions I learned in my major are being used for healthcare, and that is what is inspiring me to pursue this subfield at ORS.