Evan Ko

Program: Undergrad

Awards & honors: YMCA Bailey Scholarship, Wakeland Undergraduate Leadership Award, 2021 Knights of St. Patrick, 2022 Homecoming Court

Favorite university memory: Having students engaged while going on K-12 outreach visits, bringing Engineering Education workshops and resources for members, and fostering community for Engineering Ambassadors

Immediate future plans: Clinical Trials Operations Development Program at AbbVie-Researcher/Program Coordinator for Peer Mentor Reviewer Program for the Journal of Engineering Education-Programming Director for Out4Undergrad Engineering Conference

Future plans (5-10 years): After some industry experience, I would like to get my PhD in Engineering Education. Whether I would like to return to academia and support student programs by enhancing the quality of STEM curriculum or promote awareness and important of DE&I efforts of engineering companies is a path yet to be certain.

I want to give a special shout out to: Dr. Karin Jensen and Dr. Jenny Amos for being amazing mentors and professors that truly care about their students. Huan Song and the BIOE Administrative Office for being the best bosses a hobby-turned student photographer could have. And Maddie Darling, Jake Spinnato, and Stacy Fournier for truly being advisors that support students by creating opportunities like the BIOE Ambassadors program.