ORONO — Jiyeon Park of Incheon, South Korea is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Maine College of Engineering and Computing.
Park, who is majoring in electrical engineering technology, enrolled at the University of Maine in fall 2022 after graduating from Eastern Maine Community College. During her senior year, she helped upgrade the paper-making equipment at UMaine’s Process Development Center. She also served as a teaching assistant in spring 2023 and has volunteered at various events during her college career, including engineering career fairs and an engineering expo. In the summer of 2023, she interned with RLC Engineering and plans to continue working for the company while pursuing a graduate degree at UMaine. During her time at UMaine, she received the International Presidential Scholarship and an electrical engineering scholarship.
A full Q&A with Park can be found online.
