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Jun 2025
39m 11s

12 - Sharing Senior Wisdom from the Clas...

Joint Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State
About this episode

We're closing out Season 4 with some final thoughts and wisdom from our most recent graduating class of 2025. In this episode, we meet with Kiera Paye, Maya Cohn, Vignesh Sriram, Bryce Menichella, Mary Kathryn Hederick and Alyssa Cadiz. Our guests for this special episode discuss:

  • specialties in biomedical engineering
  • building a network during the undergrad experience
  • making friendships and connections in engineering
  • accessing opportunities to expand your depth of knowledge in the field
  • maintaining healthy habits and hobbies outside of school work
  • being vulnerable in reaching out to others, asking questions and exploring opportunities


Season 5 of The BME Grad Podcast will begin this fall. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @jointbme or @thebmegradpodcast, or find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thebmegradpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to know when the new season begins!

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