By Adrienne Sylver
As a biomedical engineering major at Florida International University, Rebekah Arias understands the value of working in multicultural groups. And after spending six weeks last summer at Kochi University of Technology in Japan, she returned a sense of excitement about the advantages of collaboration on a global scale.
“It made me realize just how global research can be,” Arias said. “It doesn’t matter what country you come from or if you can speak the same language. If you have a common goal, you can help each other.”
Arias was one of six College of Engineering and Computing students who took part in the International Research Experience (IRES) program, designed to give undergraduate students an opportunity to perform research related to nanotechnology and learn more about the impact that a global perspective can have on technological advances.
The program,…
