On Friday, November 3, 2023, Orane Green (Department of Physics) felt a deep sense of pride as he was conferred with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Instrumentation by The University of the West Indies, Mona, knowing that he was the only student to complete the programme. “I feel so amazing to have the degree and to know that I can say that I am the first person with the degree. It does make me feel special,” he told The Gleaner. This area of study is engineering concerned with devices and mechanics used to measure, evaluate, and treat biological systems.
Green explained that his initial plan was to study biomedical engineering when he entered The UWI in 2019, but he could not matriculate as he did not have all the prerequisites. After an academic counselling session, he was steered to this programme that was introduced the same year he started.
Lucky for him, it turned out to be the “perfect fit”.
“It works well with the fact that I am multifaceted. I am multidimensional when it comes to my academic pursuit,” he said. “I can do many different things now, I can speak on physiology anatomy, I can speak about programming a device or just programming in general, I can speak about designing prosthetics for people, all those little things that the initial degree that I wanted wouldn't have given me so much breadth of knowledge.”
Green was one of four other students pursuing this degree, but the only one to complete it.
The Manning's School alumnus is currently pursuing a master's degree in philosophy and applied Physics at The UWI and aims to work in the field of nanotechnology. Ultimately, he wants to make wearable optical sensors work better on people with darker skin tones.
Photo caption: Orane Green on the occasion of his graduation at the The UW Mona, 2023 and participation in the Digicel Rising Stars competition, 2022.
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Published on 09 Nov, 2023
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