I’m hoping you indulge me for a minute! This is not my typical card or technique share.
I’m bragging!
We are so proud that our daughter successfully completed her doctoral thesis defense today and she is officially Dr. Katie Skinner! (Well, Katherine actually. To us she will always be Katie.)
She now has her Doctorate of Robotics from the University of Michigan and we could not be prouder of her. I kept bursting into tears today I was just so overwhelmed with pride and awe in the woman she is!
Here is a short video made by the University of Michigan where Katie is explaining her research and what she hopes to contribute to society with her work in the future.
Katie was valedictorian of her high school class and went on to Princeton University where she graduated with honors and a dual major in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and a Computer Programming minor. She has been at the University of Michigan for the last 5 years where she received a Master’s in Robotics and now her PhD.
Hard work really does pay off. I have no doubt that she will continue to inspire the next generation of kids in science and engineering. She has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Robotics at the University of Michigan!
Thank you for indulging me!
Congratulations Kim! You have so much to be proud of. What a great video to have. Nice to see Katie so passionate about her career and goals. And she is just so cute!
Thank you so much Anita! We are just so proud of her and all of her hard work. She is adorable and I can’t believe she’s going to be a college professor and researcher!
Congratulations! How can you not be proud of her!!
She looks so young, and I can’t believe she’s done so much since I first followed you with SU!
Thank you so much Sharon! She was just starting her sophomore year of college when I started my blog. She is an amazing woman!