Brown Scholars Catherine Gunawan, Kaitlyn Hawkins, Melody Yeh, and Megan Guy Win 2nd Place at Aggies Invent – Para-Athletes
Brown Scholars Catherine Gunawan, Kaitlyn Hawkins, Melody Yeh, and Megan Guy won 2nd place at Aggies Invent- Para-Athletes. Engineering competitors had 48 hours to develop adaptive technologies, prosthetics, and equipment to allow para-athletes to better compete in events. The team created individualized equipment for para-cyclists with imbalanced leg strengths to improve their strength, reduce strain, and […]
Adam Zheng and his team Win Best Overall project in the NASA Pale Blue Dot: Visualization Challenge
Adam Zheng (codename: Atomic Tiger) and his international team, Viva Aqua , participated in the NASA Pale Blue Dot: Visualization Challenge, and was one of five teams who achieved 1st place among 1,600 world-wide participants from 100 different countries with 130+ submissions. Viva Aqua’s goal was to reduce costs associated with hydrogeological surveying by using […]
Senior Day at Brown Ranch
Craig Brown and Sue Smith hosted graduating Brown Scholars at their ranch in Round Top for a day full of canoeing and gunny sack races, egg toss, and lunch.
Dr. Kristi Shryock Speaks to Freshmen Brown Scholars
The Brown Foundation Freshmen Leadership Organization was honored to have Dr. Kristi Shryock, Director of the Brown Engineering Honors Program, speak to freshmen Brown Scholars. Dr. Shryock gave an inspiring talk about the importance of student engagement in community building, developing leadership skills, setting goals and not being defined by mistakes/failures.
Brown Scholars Abhinaya Murugandandham, Fouzul Kansul, And Rachel Kurian Win 3rd Place At Aggie Pitch For Spoon-track
Brown Scholars Abhinaya Murugandandham, Fouzul Kansul, and Rachel Kurian won 3rd place at Aggie Pitch for their design of Spoon-Track, a medical adherence device for organ transplant patients that tracks medication consumption and flags non-compliance for immediate physician intervention. Their design was created in response to medication noncompliance, a leading cause of organ rejection in the […]
Brown Scholar Anaya Bawiskar and Her Team Win 1st Place at SLING Health Competition
Brown Scholar Anaya Bawiskar and her team won 1st place at Sling Health TAMU. Sling Health is a student-run biotechnology incubator that provides resources, training, and mentorship to teams of students (medical, engineering, business, etc) tackling clinical problems by developing innovative solutions. The team created a birth control kit containing reusable models for insertion and removal […]
