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Engineering, Robotics, Physical Sciences, Medical Devices

Concentrating in engineering or scientific disciplines at Harvard can lead to a diversity of career opportunities. You may choose to pursue graduate study to become more specialized in your chosen field, or to focus on teaching or research. From an industry perspective, both scientific and non-scientific organizations value the quantitative, analytical, and logical reasoning skills developed as an undergraduate in the College.

4 things to know about the Startup Fair (Friday, Feb 13 1-4pm ET @ the Harvard i-Lab)

Most MCS in-person career fairs follow a similar format: employers host booths, and students circulate to speak with representatives. This makes it easy to compare opportunities and meet potential colleagues. You’ll see this setup at the February Startup Fair; but …

By Deb Carroll
Deb Carroll Executive Director, Mignone Center for Career Success
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Harvard and Summer Internships Part 2: A PAF’s Guide from MCS PAF Alex Draghia ’28

In my first blog that can be found here, I reviewed where to look for summer internships here at Harvard. Now I want to talk about how to strategize, actively search for internships and hit the apply button.

So what’s …

By Zach Vigliani
Zach Vigliani Assistant Director, Harvard College Exploring & Self-Assessment
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Harvard and Summer Internships: A PAF’s Guide from MCS PAF Alex Draghia ’28

Dear Harvard College student looking for a summer internship,

When I arrived at Harvard, I was unable to keep all the opportunities that I could apply for on my radar, especially when it came to summer internships. There are so …

By Zach Vigliani
Zach Vigliani Assistant Director, Harvard College Exploring & Self-Assessment
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Leadership Development and Rotational Programs

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHTS

Ruizhe Kang PhD ’25

  • Fremont, CA
  • Product Engineer LAM Research
Meet Ruizhe

Connor McCann PhD ’25

  • Worcester, MA
  • Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Meet Connor

Ryan Garry PhD ’25

  • Boston, MA
  • Applications Engineer Axoft
Meet Ryan

Nicole Chen ’25

  • New York, NY
  • Software Engineer Stripe
Meet Nicole

Lucus Bendzsa ALM, Management ’25

  • Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Senior Software Engineer V2X
Meet Lucus

Javier D’Carlo Garcia ALM, Psychology ’25

  • Manhattan, KN
  • Lead Engineer Evergy
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Shawn Joseph ALM, Software Engineering ’25

  • Irvine, CA
  • Flight Software Engineer Terran Orbital
Meet Shawn

Genevieve McQuillan ’25

  • Cambridge
  • MPhil Student, Environmental Science and Engineering Cambridge University
Meet Genevieve

Kai Reed ’25

  • New York, NY
  • Software Engineer DataDog
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Alexander Young ’25

  • PhD Student, Quantum Science and Engineering Princeton University
Meet Alexander

Hamza Boutaleb Joutei ALM, Management ’24

  • Technical Director CEFIS Groupe

Ido Burstein ’24

  • Boston, MA
  • Software Engineer Microsoft
Meet Ido

Bella Nesti ’24

  • Herchel Smith Fellowship, Environmental Engineering Cambridge University
Meet Bella

Emily Launderville ’24

  • Austin, TX
  • PhD Candidate, Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Meet Emily

Harini Kannan ’24

  • Fulbright Research Fellowship in Neurscience/Biomedical Engineering, India; then Medical School
Meet Harini

Bryan Han ’24

  • Boston, MA
  • Software Engineer Zagaran
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Evan Howard ’24

  • New York, NY
  • Software Engineer Jane Street
Meet Evan

Ben Freudenberg ’24

  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Physical Sciences Trainee Environmental Protection Agency
Meet Ben

Clayton Donhauser ’24

  • Princeton, NJ
  • Robotics Engineer Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Meet Clayton

Lawrence Akpore ALM, Industrial-Organizational Psychology ’24

  • PhD Candidate, Multidisciplinary Engineering Texas A&M
Meet Lawrence
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