One of my most recent experiences was working with a team on a research project through the MURI program at IUPUI. I worked with the team starting the fall semester of my freshman year through the summer up until July 31st, 2020. The project was "Preparation and Modeling of Cells and Materials for 3D Bioprinting." One of my main responsibilities in the project was looking through previous research publications to try and find a way to apply the use of our sample and an EPR experiment to the goals of our project. I also had to learn how to use the EPR machine and how to read the data. I enjoyed this experience because I got to learn a lot about research and science in general, and it was really interesting to see how much teamwork goes into these projects. My favorite part, however, was our work on this project after the pandemic started. We shifted to work completely online, and one of our mentors decided to add a different task to the project; designing, modeling and 3D printing different types of personal protective equipment (PPE) and covid nasopharyngeal swabs. Since there is a complicated process to actually having these 3D printed materials approved, we only printed them to see the finished products, not for actual use. This was still a really interesting and great learning experience because I got to learn several new skills I probably never would have tried learning otherwise, and it was fun to be able to apply aspects of our project to things currently happening in healthcare all over the world.