Tech’s 100,000th Living Engineering Graduate from ChBE

A stroke of luck changed Oluwaferanmi Adeyemo’s entire life trajectory.

“My mother applied for the visa lottery system in Nigeria,” Adeyemo said. “She’d done it on a whim and ended up winning.”

Known to friends and family as Feranmi, she says she was only 5 years old when her family packed up and moved to Illinois.

As a student in Chicago, she excelled in math and science. When it came time to apply to colleges, a teacher suggested that Adeyemo check out chemical engineering programs.

“These past four years have been phenomenal,” says Adeyemo, wh0 was recognized as Georgia Tech’s 100,000th living engineering graduate at the December 2019 ceremony.

She undertook research as an undergraduate with Associate Professor Corey Wilson’s research lab that focuses on establishing a computational framework to translate understanding of the fundamental principles of biophysics and biochemistry.

“It was so cool to see what we’ve worked on and how it could be applied to actual patients,” she said.

Adeyemo will now move to Maryland and work in the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. She says Georgia Tech has more than prepared her for the road ahead.

“When you see a challenge, you don’t get scared, you take it head on. I’ve learned at Georgia Tech that I’m capable — and can do that!”