Sarah Trent Awarded STEM Scholarship At Loyola University Maryland

2016 Apr 19

Sarah Trent, class of 2018, a biology major and Spanish minor, from Medford, has been awarded a STEM scholarship for summer study in Germany for projects in biology.

Trent was awarded her scholarship from The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)/Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) to study her project, "Development of a Sensor and Expert Model Based Training Device for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgical Tasks," at the Heidelberg University Hospital. Trent will be using optical tracking devices and sensors to record task and procedural performance data from expert surgeons in the field of laparoscopy.

Established in 1852, Loyola University Maryland is a Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university comprising Loyola College, home to the University's arts and sciences programs; the Sellinger School of Business and Management; and the School of Education. Loyola enrolls 3,700 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students from across the country.