Brigid O’Brien
In 2004 and 2005, Brigid O’Brien, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, began each day by climbing 100 feet of stairs and scaffolding. It doesn’t sound like typical work for an engineer, but then, O’Brien isn’t your typical engineer. She took a year off from her graduate work to pursue what she describes as, “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity:” working to clean and conserve the 130-year-old La Farge murals in Boston’s famous Trinity Church.
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