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Optics, dance, and embracing skills that can鈥檛 be put on a r茅sum茅

Sarah Bjornland 鈥17 leveraged her passions and strengths鈥攚hile creating meaningful faculty and industry connections鈥攖o find her niche in optics. 鈥淚t was the first time I heard it was okay to be an engineer but also to have these other interests and this other career path to lean into.鈥

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Discovering a more efficient way to route information in quantum computers

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Is it time to throw away the plastics in your kitchen?

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The surprising way that fiber optics connects us