Emilia Fushimi PhD in Engineering was selected by the prestigious Harvard University, United States, and continues to stand out in her academic and research career. The 28-year-old is part of a scientific work linked to the automatic control of blood glucose in people with Type 1 Diabetes.
Fuhisimi was distinguished 5 years ago after obtaining the best average in the Electronic Engineering degree that she studied at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of La Plata (UNLP) and a few days ago she received the Distinguished Postgraduate Graduate award from the academic unit.
Since November 1, Emilia faces a new challenge. After being selected by Harvard University, she undertook a trip to the United States with her 3 and a half-year-old little son. “My director, Fabricio Garelli, told me that this call was open. From that, I signed up through the University page. Then they contacted me to interview me and, a few weeks later, they told me that I had been selected“, he explained.
For his part, engineer Garelli, Graduate Secretary of the Faculty of Engineering, stressed that “the public university is proud that a graduate fully trained at the UNLP, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, is selected in one of the the most prestigious Universities in the world to carry out research tasks on topics that are on the frontier of knowledge. It speaks for itself of the level of training that our University provides”.
In this sense, the young woman explained that “I did my final project in Electronic Engineering and then my doctorate at the Institute for Research in Electronics, Control and Signal Processing (LEICI) of the Faculty of Engineering, both on the subject of automatic control of blood glucose in people with Type 1 Diabetes. The group I’m working with at Harvard is researching the same topic. In particular, there are currently two main projects: glycemic control in pregnant people with T1D, and study of the impact of exercise in people with T1D“, complete.
When describing her new life in the United States, where she plans to spend at least a year, the young PhD in Engineering highlighted: “I arrived very recently and I would not say that I am fully adapted yet. But the environment is very nice and I am really enjoying getting to know new ways and dynamics of work“.
At Harvard University, he shares experiences and experiences with researchers from different parts of the world. “It is one of the things that I like the most so far. There are many people from other countries,” she said. And he added: “I have a 3 and a half year old son. At the moment, there is no definitive organization since everything is very recent. But the absence of family and friends as a support network is very felt, and the limited availability of public day care centers”.
Fushimi received the title of Electronics Engineer in 2016 and the title of Doctor of Engineering in 2021, both from the National University of La Plata (UNLP). She was a member of the Applied Control Group (GCA) of the Electronics, Control and Signal Processing Research Institute (LEICI) of the same University and CONICET. Likewise, she served as Head of Practical Work in the Department of Electrical Engineering and in the Department of Basic Sciences. One of her main investigations was focused on the development of an artificial pancreas, switched control and restricted control. the engineer.
