Evie Quinlan joins Silent Sensors as Materials Engineering Intern

I am Tibetan, born and brought up in India. My grandfather and my great grandfather are from Tibet. In 1959, China captured Tibet and they were forced to flee to India as refugees. They were able to stay without oppression and all the freedom. They all worked very hard to rebuild their lives, eventually running their own businesses, and sending their children to study and all those things.

My grandfather, my grandmother, they had a basic primary education. My parents got to high school. I’m the first one from my family with a degree and now doing my masters. I even got a scholarship from one of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s organization.

My father is really proud of what I’m studying and where I am. He always tells me that my studies are as if I’m studying for him as well, because he never had a chance to study as he had to look after his younger brothers and sister and wider family.

I feel so grateful but at the same time I feel a little bit of pressure like I have to do something good. Obviously I want to get a good job first here like and especially in the robotics field. I plan to stay for two years, then I’ll see.

As a Tibetan Buddhist, I believe that in this life you have to do something, to leave a positive legacy. You have this one precious, human life and you should invest in it.

I also want to make technological innovations that can help Tibetan communities, like helping Tibetan kids with Tibetan scripts and learning Tibetan languages, maybe leveraging AI to help local health focused businesses grow and support the community.

I chose to join Silent Sensors as an intern because I’ve always been deeply interested in technologies that contribute to environmental sustainability and have the potential to save lives. I saw that same vision reflected in the company’s mission, developing innovative solutions that make a real-world impact.

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