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Midrez’s Summer Internship Challenges Senior to Grow Outside of Pool

CORVALLIS, Ore. – With the annual Alumni Meet for Oregon State swimming set for this Saturday, one senior in particular is reflecting on her opportunities outside the pool and the challenges it brings as a student competing at the Division-I level.

Noemie Midrez (Verviers, Liège, Belgium) spent the 2017 summer months with an internship at HP to go alongside her degree in chemical engineering, a unique opportunity where she was able to design 3D-printed training paddles that the team uses every day.

"I got this internship at a presentation from Dr.