{"674091":{"#nid":"674091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Exploring One Grad Student\u2019s Trailblazing Research Journey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollow Mo Jarin\u2019s Quest for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Triumphs in the World of Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis is part one of the feature on Mo Jarin. Jarin is a Ph.D. student in environmental engineering who expects to graduate in May 2025.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMo Jarin, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, grew up around the sights, sounds, and smells of a research lab. Throughout her childhood, Jarin tagged along with her Ph.D. parents to the lab where she played with the pipettes and string together the colorful test tubes to make necklaces. Surrounded by experiments and scientific inquiry from a young age, Jarin\u2019s fascination with the world of research was sparked early in life. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EEarly Influences in Environmental Engineering\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA self-described \u201cthird culture kid,\u201d everyone in Jarin\u2019s family has a different first language. Jarin was raised in Japan by Bengali parents. After living in Japan for 10 years, her parents accepted jobs at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the family moved to the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the years, the family visited Jarin\u2019s parents\u2019 home country of Bangladesh. During these visits, Jarin experienced issues with her health. Water quality issues are prevalent in Bangladesh, and those issues effected Jarin the most. This experience coupled with Jarin\u2019s affinity toward research led her to the University of Buffalo for her undergrad.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EFinding Mentorship and Research Passion\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I got into the college level, I was thinking about research, and I found a mentor who was Bengali,\u201d said Jarin. \u201cHe was working on water disinfection, so I explored that lab. Not only did I have interest in the research, but the mentor was wonderful. That\u2019s where I stuck for a couple years, and that was my first undergraduate research experience that I fulfilled.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJarin was working with nanotechnology focusing on clean water, specifically as it relates to other places of the world. While Jarin\u2019s bachelor\u2019s was in chemical engineering, her research was in environmental engineering, and she felt this work was making real-world impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy mentor [in the University of Buffalo\u2019s Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering], Nirupam Aich, was the one who inspired me to apply to grad school,\u201d said Jarin. \u201cHe recommended a number of environmental programs\u2013really top universities. He built me into a better presenter, and I took all of that into my graduate application process.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EChoosing Georgia Tech\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Jarin received offers from prestigious universities across the country, her decision to attend Georgia Tech for her graduate education was significantly influenced by the people and opportunities it offered. She credits the students and staff she met during her visit to Tech as the impetus for her decision, specifically Danielle Lesperance Ramirez, a graduate coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate school, and her advisor, Xing Xie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cMy advisor is a very open, welcoming individual,\u201d said Jarin. \u201cDespite his extremely nice exterior, he pushed very hard for me to come here. He nominated me for the President\u2019s Fellowship that I received. He clearly showed that not only did he want to advise me and guide me, but he also showed me the potential I didn\u2019t see in myself. That is how I ended up here, and I have never regretted it since.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EXie\u2019s support fostered a transformative experience in her research journey.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe first pushed me into some of these entrepreneurial paths,\u201d said Jarin. \u201cIt really brought out all of my strengths, and now I\u2019m getting to do cutting-edge research. I don\u2019t think I would have had the slightest fraction of a similar experience anywhere else.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStay tuned for part two of Jarin\u2019s story as she delves deeper into her research and impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Follow Mo Jarin\u2019s Quest for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Triumphs in the World of Environmental Engineering"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollow Mo Jarin\u2019s Quest for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Triumphs in the World of Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Follow Mo Jarin\u2019s Quest for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Triumphs in the World of Environmental Engineering"}],"uid":"36249","created_gmt":"2024-04-09 20:24:18","changed_gmt":"2024-04-11 14:32:50","author":"Sara Franc","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673670":{"id":"673670","type":"image","title":"Mo Jarin2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1712755290","gmt_created":"2024-04-10 13:21:30","changed":"1712755290","gmt_changed":"2024-04-10 13:21:30","alt":"Mo Jarin","file":{"fid":"257093","name":"Mo Jarin2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/10\/Mo%20Jarin2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/10\/Mo%20Jarin2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":482645,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/10\/Mo%20Jarin2.jpg?itok=MJNaylj2"}}},"media_ids":["673670"],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}