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This program was\u0026nbsp;established in\u0026nbsp;2014\u0026nbsp;as\u0026nbsp;an interdisciplinary study\u0026nbsp;integrating biology,\u0026nbsp;civil\u0026nbsp;engineering, and\u0026nbsp;earth\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;atmospheric\u0026nbsp;sciences.\u0026nbsp;Monteagudo was approached due to her\u0026nbsp;interest in\u0026nbsp;climate change and how it affects the ocean.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is a home\u0026nbsp;that brings together people who work on ocean science,\u0026rdquo; Monteagudo said.\u0026nbsp;There are\u0026nbsp;many\u0026nbsp;events\u0026nbsp;with students in the program that\u0026nbsp;have made\u0026nbsp;it feel like a home\u0026nbsp;for Monteagudo\u0026nbsp;on campus that extends\u0026nbsp;beyond\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;classroom.\u0026nbsp;She has found\u0026nbsp;close friends\u0026nbsp;during her time in the program while receiving\u0026nbsp;support from her faculty mentors.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Tech was defined by the people in my department,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;she\u0026nbsp;said.\u0026nbsp;That is why she is\u0026nbsp;excited to see what\u0026nbsp;future cohorts will accomplish. Next year will be the first full group of students graduating, and many are already\u0026nbsp;writing their\u0026nbsp;dissertations.\u0026nbsp;Monteagudo recently finished hers\u0026nbsp;on\u0026nbsp;fossil shells in ocean sediment. She used chemistry\u0026nbsp;to reconstruct ocean temperatures from the geological past.\u0026nbsp;These findings can be used to bolster\u0026nbsp;current\u0026nbsp;models of future temperature changes\u0026nbsp;by seeing if they match\u0026nbsp;past records.\u0026nbsp;During Monteagudo\u0026rsquo;s time\u0026nbsp;at Tech, she\u0026nbsp;was\u0026nbsp;a teaching assistant for\u0026nbsp;EAS 2600,\u0026nbsp;which enabled her\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;use her love\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;teaching while interacting with undergraduate students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Students saw connections from\u0026nbsp;earth and atmospheric sciences\u0026nbsp;to their own majors, so I was able to learn many things from\u0026nbsp;their\u0026nbsp;personal experiences,\u0026rdquo; Monteagudo said.\u0026nbsp;She was\u0026nbsp;also\u0026nbsp;asked to join a task force for racial equality with\u0026nbsp;12\u0026nbsp;other students. This was a rare\u0026nbsp;opportunity that she did not take lightly.\u0026nbsp;Over her short few years at Tech,\u0026nbsp;Minda\u0026nbsp;Monteagudo has\u0026nbsp;blazed many trails and helped shape a better future for all students.\u0026nbsp;Currently, she\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;seeking jobs and will likely\u0026nbsp;start\u0026nbsp;working in the coming months.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMinda Monteagudo is a one-of-a-kind student, literally. She is the first student to ever graduate with a Ph.D. in ocean sciences and engineering from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Minda Monteagudo is a one-of-a-kind student, literally. 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