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Biomedical Engineer, University of Virginia '13<br/>UIF Spring 2014
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&nbsp;<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello all! I'm Rachel. I've just finished my UVa degree in Biomedical Engineer ('13, undergrad) this past May. I'm still right here in Charlottesville because, in my fourth year, my capstone partner and I began to realize entrepreneurial viability of our project.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(We are making a rapid diagnostic device for bacterial disease, base off the simplicity of a pregnancy test.)</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;We acquired over $120,000 in business competitions and grant funding that year, which is allowing us to continue the research we need to secure a patent and form a business. Exciting!!!</span>&nbsp;
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Rachel Soo Hoo Smith

Biomedical Engineer, University of Virginia '13
UIF Spring 2014

 Hello all! I'm Rachel. I've just finished my UVa degree in Biomedical Engineer ('13, undergrad) this past May. I'm still right here in Charlottesville because, in my fourth year, my capstone partner and I began to realize entrepreneurial viability of our project. (We are making a rapid diagnostic device for bacterial disease, base off the simplicity of a pregnancy test.) We acquired over $120,000 in business competitions and grant funding that year, which is allowing us to continue the research we need to secure a patent and form a business. Exciting!!! 

However,