Biosystems engineering student uses problem-solving skills to land internship at Goldman Sachs
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EmailTaryn Hanses uses analytical approaches from engineering to help prepare for a future career in data analytics.
Being a Spartan engineer can take you to high places such as 4,000 feet above sea level to Salt Lake City, Utah.
That's where biosystems engineering senior Taryn Hanses spent her summer. Hanses was an operations intern with investment banking company Goldman Sachs, where she assisted with global market trades. Trades were directed to her team if there were any issues to investigate. Her team was also responsible for getting economic and legal confirmation on trade details from clients.
Hanses and her fellow operations interns learned more about the basics of data visualizations through an educational program offered by Goldman Sachs. The program included a final project using data visualization software.
Hanses said the problem-solving skills she's learned as a biosystems engineering student helped her land her role and succeed in it.
When I was interviewing for my internship with Goldman Sachs, I talked about how MSU's biosystems engineering program has helped me improve my problem solving and analytical thinking skills, and how those skills are kind of applicable in basically any discipline, she said. My team at Goldman Sachs was trying to solve problems every day, and I think my background in biosystems engineering prepared me well for that.
