Sydney Shaffer

My name is Sydney Shaffer, and I am currently working on an MD and PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. In 2010, I graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Chemical Engineering. I met Dr. Huffman when I was a ninth grader at Lakeside High School and signed up to be on the first LINKS rocketry team in 2002. From then on, I happily spent my high school years working on different projects and competitions with the LINKS team. With many hours building our rockets and robots, we learned problem solving skills, developed work ethic, and became committed to community service. Additionally, it was through LINKS that I fell in love with engineering and for that I am forever grateful.