Twelve undergraduate interns are joining the 2022 Jump ARCHES Summer Internship Program, led by HCESC. The internship pairs students up with project teams led by UIUC faculty and OSF Healthcare/UICOMP researchers that have active Jump ARCHES awards. We've asked each intern to tell us a little about themselves. We'd like to introduce you to Meg Li!
Meg is working with HCESC Research Scientist Inki Kim and Dr. Paul Jeziorczak of OSF on the Jump ARCHES project Hands Down: Empowering Children and Families through CPR Education. The purpose of this proposal is to create an educational program in mobile app for the family of children admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Illinois surgical service, which will particularly address a significant gap for the families in desperate need of safe and effective CPR skill acquisition, by incorporating a hand-only augmented reality (AR) simulation module. The proposed smartphone-based AR will integrate novel feedback mechanisms to guide the user to a desired range of chest compression with proper hand placement.
Where are you from?
I’m from Chicago, Illinois.
What is your major, and why are you interested in studying and working in your field of study?
I’m majoring in Statistics + Computer Science. I’m interested in statistics because of how it can impact the decisions we make, and its applications in computer science in areas like machine learning.
What are you wanting to gain from your experience?
I hope to learn more about what research is like and gain experience in app development.
What kind of work would you like to do in the future?
In the future, I want to pursue a career that allows me to help improve medical technology through computer science.
What other plans do you have for the future?
I plan on exploring different areas of computer science and gain more hands-on experience in software development.
Do you have any hobbies? Does this activity relate to your studies or influence what you want to do with your future?
I really enjoy skating, cooking, and reading, but there isn’t a strong connection between those activities and what I want to do with my future.