Experience

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  University of colorado boulder

  Jan 2019 - May 2023

  + Selected for a 20-member honors fellowship comprising both graduates and undergraduates for academic achievement and dedication to service+ Instructed 200+ students on engineering topics, synthesizing and explaining complex concepts, organizing review sessions and academic counseling to improve success in courses with historically high failure rates+ As head fellow, lead and managed the Engineering Fellows programming, campus and professional outreach + Curated weekly lesson plans, proposed assignments and engaging activity with course instructor + Led classroom activity and weekly lecture section of 30+ first-year engineering students+ Implemented programming to support incoming engineering students and promote academic success+ COEN 1830: Engineering First-Year Symposium (2021), COEN 2830: Fresh Start (2020-2022), Introduction to Biomedical Engineering: BMEN 2000

  • Head Engineering Fellow

    Aug 2021 - May 2023

  • Engineering Teaching Assisstant

    Jan 2019 - May 2023
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  Bold center

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Summer intern

  + BOLD Mission: to create a diverse environment where all engineering students are welcome, and where students who are traditionally underrepresented in engineering—women, underrepresented minorities—are empowered to achieve their dreams+ Involvement: worked to develop and promote programs to encourage the recruitment, retention, and development of engineering students at CU Boulder, and equip them for success through graduation and beyond

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  University of colorado boulder college of engineering & applied science

  Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Undergraduate student researcher

  + Research Goal: Creating size selected lipid enveloped oxygen microbubbles for peripheral intravenous delivery to cancerous hypoxic tissue for use in biomedical imaging and radiation therapy+ Current applications: ultrasound molecular imaging, ultrasound image-guided drug and oxygen delivery+ Designed original device to model the diffusion of oxygen across size isolated oxygen microbubbles under biological conditions+ Characterized and manufactured DBPC lipid oxygen microbubbles through innovative process of sonication and centrifugation + Received and contributed feedback, organized future project adaptation, and shared updates in weekly lab team meetings+ Sponsoring Faculty Member: Director of Biomedical Engineering Program - Dr. Mark Borden Show less

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  Biomedical engineering society

  Aug 2021 - May 2023

  Co-president

  + Created and produced Colorado-wide Inaugural Biomedical Engineering Career Symposium to facilitate professional connections between engineering students, industry, and the university department+ Collaborate with cross-sector industry and academic professionals to develop interactive weekly programming to provide career and networking opportunities (i.e. panels, lectures etc.) + Organized projects, outreach, and weekly meetings including Project CURE, Industry tours, guest speakers, and designing biomedical devices for use in clinical settings+ Designed and lead hands-on educational workshops featuring engineers, surgeons, faculty and students (i.e., Suturing Workshop, Ligasure Workshop)+ Facilitate community building by implementing monthly events Show less

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  Bioinstrumentation

  Jan 2022 - May 2022

  Project engineer

  + Conceptualized, coded, and manufactured wearable sleep apnea diagnosis device to mitigate under-diagnosis rates

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  University of colorado boulder college of engineering & applied science

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Undergraduate student researcher

  + Investigated optimization algorithms as feedback controllers to modeling systems of electric stimulation neuromodulation + Developed and organized detailed documentation of investigative findings and mathematical analysis + Synthesized key findings with PI and leading graduate student to identify future applications to the mathematics and field of neuromodulation + Optimization, control, and learning in cyber-physical and network systems+ Sponsoring Faculty Member: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering (ECEE), Affiliate faculty of the Department of Applied Mathematics - Dr. Emiliano Dall'Anese Show less

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  Engineering senior design

  Aug 2022 - May 2023

  Project manager

  + Redesigned forehead pulse oximeter device to improve usability, reduce pressure concentration, and reengineer pressure source (Patent pending)+ Coordinated and lead communication and project scope with client (Medtronic); maintained and executed project directive including prototyping, design assurance, and testing analysis; managed team dynamic + Customized and implemented pressure array testing system to characterize sensor-patient interface

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  Meddux

  Aug 2023 - now

  Design assurance engineer