Yasmine Jalali is a first-year undergraduate student who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering. She is a MSE Research Scholar who aims to help with designing a collagen-based scaffold that has been reinforced with cellulose nano-whiskers that are high in purity and strength. Prior to beginning this semester’s project, during the summers of 2013 and 2014, Yasmine has worked with XRD machines, performed SEM techniques, and learned how to initiate grain-size analysis with cellulose nano-whiskers and various soft materials. In addition to the sciences, her particular interests (or as you may call it, liberal arts tendencies) revolve around design, modern art, music, and cinema.