Will Goth dives into the world of light and lasers.

Will is a true jack of all trades, as he holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University along with minors in both electrical engineering and biomechanics. He is now a biomedical engineering grad student advised by Dr. James Tunnell and Dr. Michael Sacks, and the research problem he's carved out for himself is the quantification of soft tissue physiological states using biomedical optics. To do this, he probes tissues with light, and as Will helps us understand, he is able to take advantage of the scattering, absorption, and polarization of that light to help make these quantitative decisions. Outside of the lab, Will is a total soccer fanatic, and played club soccer at both Northeastern and UT. A recent injury has forced him to the sideline in a coaching role, but as you'll hear in this interview biomedical engineers hold a unique perspective on ACL injuries and Will found himself trying to image his own knee with his custom-built polarized light microscopy system one day.