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-<br/><h3><strong>Max Armstrong</strong></h3><br /><u>Major:</u> <i> Mechanical Engineering</i><br /><u>Graduation Year:</u> <i> 2015</i><br /><u>Fun Fact:</u><i> I was born with a genetic mutation which makes me invisible in mirrors.</i><br />
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-<br/><h3><strong>Patrick Kinnunen</strong></h3><br /><u>Major:</u> <i> Chemical Engineering</i><br /><u>Graduation Year:</u> <i> 2016</i><br /><u>Fun Fact:</u><i> Travelled back in time to introduce the cure to cancer to a group of undergraduates called OhioMOD.</i><br />
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-<u>What does BioMOD mean to you?</u><i> "BioMOD is a terrific organization that offers great insight and firsthand experience in what the research world is like and where it is currently heading. One of the many reasons why BioMOD is a unique research opportunity is that it allows undergraduate students create and run their own experiment that has never been tackled before."</i><br />
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-<br/><h3><strong>Michelle Snow</strong></h3><br /><u>Major:</u> <i> Chemical Engineering</i><br /><u>Graduation Year:</u><i> 2016</i><br /><u>Fun Fact:</u><i> I was the first women's long jump champion at the Arnold Classic.</i><br />
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-title="Alex: Being a mentor for Ohiomod has been a very rewarding experience. I really enjoy seeing the enthusiastic undergrads dream up their own project and execute it over the course of a few months. Its fascinating to watch them learn these skills and grow as researchers. The Biomod competition is a great place to learn about work being done all around the world and is an outstanding opportunity for our students."/>
-<br/><h3><strong>Alex Marras</strong></h3><br /><u>Major:</u><i> Mechanical Engineering</i><br /><u>Fun Fact:</u><i> I rode my bike 7,600 miles last year!</i><br />
-<u>What does BioMOD mean to you?</u><i> "Being a mentor for Ohiomod has been a very rewarding experience. I really enjoy seeing the enthusiastic undergrads dream up their own project and execute it over the course of a few months. Its fascinating to watch them learn these skills and grow as researchers. The Biomod competition is a great place to learn about work being done all around the world and is an outstanding opportunity for our students."</i><br />
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-<br/><h3><strong>Randy Patton</strong></h3><br /><u>Major:</u><i> Mechanical Engineering</i><br /><u>Fun Fact:</u><i> I rode my bike 7,500 miles last year!</i><br />
-<u>What does BioMOD mean to you?</u><i> "BioMOD is a chance to shape future scientists, to encourage and to mentor them as they grow into aspirational student researchers. It is also an opportunity to explore unique and interesting topics in Biomolecular Design."</i><br />
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-<u>What does BioMOD mean to you?</u><i> "BioMOD has been an outstanding learning opportunity for undergraduate students to get involved and excited about DNA Nanotechnology! It also provides graduate students and postdoctoral researchers an invaluable opportunity to mentor an entire group of young scientists that will likely prove to be critical for a successful career in science."</i><br />
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