Engineers created a soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor a fetus for hours at a time, even during constant movement. The technology could help doctors detect complications earlier in high-risk pregnancies and expand access to prenatal care in low-resource areas.

Patricia’s career journey is one of adaptability and growth. With a background in Industrial Engineering and Service Management, she initially envisioned a career in Operations, but her curiosity for Technology led her down a different path. Today, as a Technical Business Analyst at Macquarie, Patricia shares how the Tech Select Graduate Program opened doors to a tech career, the impact she makes in her role, and why inclusion and continuous learning are central to her experience.

Regular readers of Eakinomics know that the United States has a fiscal mess on its hands – high federal debt and large projected deficits that are simply unsustainable. At present, the federal budget simply does not add up and it will get worse. The key question is how will the United States make it add up? Higher growth in