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For his senior thesis project, Samwel Emmanuel, S.B. ’17, an electrical engineering concentrator, developed a small-scale, inexpensive, easy-to-use multi-stream recycling unit that can automatically identify different materials and sort them into sections. His device uses five different sensors to distinguish between plastic and glass pieces of waste, detect metallic waste, and measure organic waste. Moving forward, he hopes to enhance the robustness of the sorting unit by adding additional sensors and also incorporate smart message system (SMS) capabilities so the device can notify a user by text message when it is full and needs to be emptied. “I am very excited about the future implications of this project,” he said. “A machine like this would be ideal for municipalities that use multi-stream recycling, since we can all agree that machines are better at sorting waste than humans can possibly hope to be.”

Read more: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/engineering/engineering-design-projects-spring-2017#emmanuel

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Congratulations to #Harvard2017!!! 🎓🎉 #Graduation #Harvard17 (at Harvard University)

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Where will you be next year? Grafton, MA

What will you be doing? Working for Harvard's Campus Services financial reporting systems

What advice do you have for Harvard HES students? Plan your work, work your plan. Try to choose classes that you have a real interest in and that you will thoroughly enjoy so that when you have to stay home to read or write a paper you won't mind. Stay focused with present moment awareness to achieve your goals. Find happiness  in the process because it will eventually come to an end... make it a  pleasant memory! You will be a better person for it!!!

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Where will you be next year? In between Canada and the U.S.

What will you be doing? Two main focuses:  1) Start up the sustainable business in the decorating industry, that I developed in my HES Eco-entrepreneurship class, in Saskatoon, SK, Canada.  2) Take on a management role with the family construction business in both  Northern and Southern California.

What advice do you have for Harvard HES students? Strive hard to connect with professors, teaching assistants and fellow classmates, even if there is physical distance. They have so much to impart and to share. They can give you a greater perspective in so much that you do - from class assignments to workplace dilemmas to the best wineries to visit on your next  vacation. Also, make the most out of your on-campus visits. There is so much to see on the Harvard campus, the city of Cambridge and Boston. My campus visits enriched my pride of being a Harvard student, and the final march to the Harvard Yard during Commencement Day was nothing short of bittersweet as a Harvard alumnus.

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Bryan Bu’s senior thesis project could make it easier for clinicians to use an MRI technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to evaluate patients experiencing traumatic brain injuries. Bu, S.B. ’17, an engineering sciences – bioengineering concentrator, built a customized 3D printer that can manufacture specialized blocks, which are assembled to create a synthetic “brain slice” to use for DTI calibration. The calibration tool Bu crafted, called a phantom, can be used for both anisotropy and diffusion direction, enabling more image standardization in DTI. “As an EMT, I see a lot of patients with traumatic brain injury out on the sports field. This was a great opportunity to connect with a disease that I see a lot on a regular basis and be able to make a positive impact on the diagnosis and treatment of that disease,” he said. #Harvard #LifeatSEAS #Harvardseas #Harvard17 #senior #project #thesis #engineering #bioengineering #biomedical #MRI #imaging #3Dprinter #EMT #braininjury #treatment #diagnosis #PhotoFriday (at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)

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Cue Pomp and Circumstance! 🎶 Congratulations to all #Harvard2021 seniors graduating this spring! 🎉 This week we asked #Harvard2017 graduating seniors to share their favorite memories, future plans, what they’ll miss most about Harvard, and advice they have for you. Follow along to hear what they had to say, and we'll see you in the fall! 🎓📸: @angelaeckim #Harvard17 #Graduation #Harvard (at Harvard University)

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"I got to learn that there are so many different ways to make Harvard my own, and I would encourage students to dedicate themselves and their experiences to making sure that their time at Harvard is their own – a space that they want, a space that they’ll grow from and enjoy. Regardless of how the same or different it looks from other people’s experiences, or from the way other people are moving through Harvard. Take advantage of all of the different avenues that there are for you to make it your own. This is your four years at this place. Make Harvard your home. Make Harvard your own, whatever that looks like for you.” - Yesenia, Class of 2017 ⠀ ⠀ Thank you for joining us this week as graduating seniors shared with us their favorite memories, future plans, what they’ll miss most about Harvard, and advice they have for the incoming Class of 2021. Congratulations to the Class of 2017! 🎓#Harvard2017 to #Harvard2021 #Harvard17 #Graduation (at Harvard University)

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"The Asian American Dance Troupe at Harvard is around 95% comprised of people who never danced before. It’s super cool, just to have such a massive group of people do something that is way out of their comfort zone. They are not getting any academic credit for it – not getting any sort of prize or acknowledgement or anything – and are honestly just there to dance and have fun and to make friends. That’s probably one of the best parts of my four years here.” - Elaine, Class of 2017 ⠀ ⠀ Follow along this week as graduating seniors share with us their favorite memories, future plans, what they’ll miss most about Harvard, and advice they have for the incoming Class of 2021 🎓#Harvard2017 #Harvard17 #Graduation (at Harvard University)