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Brandyn New, a 2026 mechanical engineering graduate, has engineering in his blood. As a third-generation engineer, he is headed to work in the cardiology division at  outside Minneapolis as a research and development engineer, helping develop technologies and products related to cardiovascular care.

Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, New chose ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University for its scholarship opportunities, strong return on investment, ABET accreditation and similarities between Arkansas and Texas.

“I applied to 11 different schools during my senior year of high school,” New said. “I received varying scholarships at the different schools. ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ had the best scholarship offer.”

Coming from a family of mechanical engineers, New decided during his senior year of high school to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

“I was equally interested in aerospace engineering and biomedical engineering,” New said. “I decided if I earned an aeronautical or biomedical engineering degree and didn’t end up loving the work, I didn’t want to feel limited by that path. So, I chose mechanical engineering because it gave me a broader foundation.”

That broad foundation served him well throughout his five years at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. New focused on academics, became involved in organizations including and the , and developed technical skills through internships and co-op experiences.

“I do not think I ever regretted choosing mechanical engineering or choosing ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ,” New said. “As an outsider, I found many friendly faces in Southeast Texas. I love so many things about this school.”

New’s first internship took him to Newport News, Virginia, where he worked at Jefferson Lab measuring the forces that hold together quarks inside neutrons.

“I was there for 10 weeks after freshman year,” New said. “Because the experiment was not finished, I came back the summer after my sophomore year.”

After two summers at Jefferson Lab, New pursued his interest in biomedical engineering at Boston Scientific after encouragement from his sister, who had also interned with the company.

“She always talked about how great the company culture was, the environment and the attitude of the engineers toward their work,” New said. “They all loved it.”

New applied for several positions and ultimately received a co-op opportunity in Minnetonka, Minnesota, as a urology research and development engineer. He spent 12 months there contributing to new product development in prosthetic urology.

“I truly just got lucky,” New said. “I think a big reason I got that first co-op was because of those two Jefferson Lab internships, so I am forever grateful to Dr. Cole, the former chair of the physics department, and Dr. Bogdana Bahrim, who taught me Physics I. They presented me with that opportunity.”

After his first week at Boston Scientific, New said he realized biomedical engineering was the career path he wanted to pursue long term.

“I fell in love with that company my first day,” he said. “By the end of the first week, I could not see myself doing anything else.”

After interviewing with the company earlier this year, New accepted a full-time position in February in cardiac rhythm management research and development focused on new product development.

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