A third-year biomedical engineering student who learned Portuguese during a work term has been named one of the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 top co-op students for 2017.
Vincent Shadbolt, who lists involvement with the聽聽as one of his interests, got the nod for the Faculty of Engineering for his contributions to his employer, his community and the development of co-operative education.
Vincent Shadbolt, who is in his third year of the biomedical engineering program, is one of the University of 蓝莓视频's top co-op students for 2017.
While working for Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company) for eight months, he managed all software and hardware launches for devices across Canada, and collaborated with the company鈥檚 Chinese and Brazilian teams, a role that involved him learning Portuguese to help bridge a communications gap.
鈥淭he concept of designing, fabricating and implementing an idea to help improve lives, to me, is making solid contributions to medicine,鈥 Shadbolt wrote on his LinkedIn profile. 鈥淲hat biomedical engineers do directly impacts someone鈥檚 life for the better, which inspires me.鈥 [Read more]