Benji Strauss is a senior at Cooper Union's Albert Nerken School of Engineering. His major is interdisciplinary engineering and his academic focus has been biomedical engineering. He is on the dean's list, and serves as vice president of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. He has served as a cardiopulmonary researcher at the New York University Langone Medical Center. Just this month, he filed a patent application on a cardiac device for which he has raised capital.
A resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, Strauss is an emergency medical technician and crew chief, who performs a weekly overnight 12-hour shift for the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps. He has received two awards for his resuscitation efforts. He is also vice president of Cooper Union Hillel. He has been selected to deliver the student address at Cooper Union's 153rd commencement in May.
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