Experience

UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant | Human Neuromechanics Laboratory- Dr. Daniel Ferris

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  · Working to develop an electromechanical clutch for a lightweight knee exoskeleton for use with children who have CP · Aiding in a project focusing on tracking residual limb muscle activity in recently amputated (transtibial) individuals · Working to help analyze IMU data using OpenSense from a study focusing on gait during the use of a myoelectric prosthetic ankle · Helped with any needed hardware and software to transition the myoelectric prosthetic ankle to being portable ·… Show more · Working to develop an electromechanical clutch for a lightweight knee exoskeleton for use with children who have CP · Aiding in a project focusing on tracking residual limb muscle activity in recently amputated (transtibial) individuals · Working to help analyze IMU data using OpenSense from a study focusing on gait during the use of a myoelectric prosthetic ankle · Helped with any needed hardware and software to transition the myoelectric prosthetic ankle to being portable · Designed mounts for a magnetic potentiometer in CAD, soldered circuit boards for use, designed and printed parts to build a mount for calibrating the actuator · Redesigned a PCB, debugged the PCB, soldered new battery connection wires, and learned beginner python.

• Clinical Design Immersion Program Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

  · Worked as one of six team members to design and build a multiple prototype iterations for a clinical design project · Worked at the UF Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation to aid in day-to-day activities, running simulations, solving equipment problems, and communicating with many medical professionals and personnel · Shadowed clinicians and companies to understand the conjunction between medicine and engineering and technology to provide clinical insight into principles… Show more · Worked as one of six team members to design and build a multiple prototype iterations for a clinical design project · Worked at the UF Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation to aid in day-to-day activities, running simulations, solving equipment problems, and communicating with many medical professionals and personnel · Shadowed clinicians and companies to understand the conjunction between medicine and engineering and technology to provide clinical insight into principles learned in the Biomedical Engineering curriculum · Developed academic problems to be integrated into the curriculum that mapped medical/clinical principles observed to biomedical principles · Learned about the ways in which industry approaches and solves clinical problems through engineering



Engineers Ireland

• Ireland
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Biomedical Engineering Committee Member and Industry Liaison

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  · Participating on the Biomedical Engineering Committee to provide a female international student perspective · Working as the Industry liaison · Participating on the Biomedical Engineering Committee to provide a female international student perspective · Working as the Industry liaison



Trinity College Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Aide | Lopes Valdes Laboratory - Dr. Alejandro Lopes Valdes

  • Feb 2023 - May 2023

  · Participated in lab meetings and aided in the acquisition of EEG for a study involving three participants looking at synchronization of signals during pass vs. fails in card game that removes the use of speech · Aided in gelling and facilitating of the experiment during the collections

• Undergraduate Research Assistant | Injury Biomechanics Laboratory - Dr. Ciaran Simms

  • Sep 2022 - May 2023

  · Worked on a project alongside a PhD student on cycling biomechanics · Developed MATLAB models to track the ankle, knee, and hip angles during cycling using a five-bar-linkage system model to track sagittal joint markers · MATLAB models tracked colored markers semi-manually using ginput · Model is to be used in the analysis of positions during cycling in athletes during wind tunnel testing and position optimization



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Gator Blogger

  • Sep 2022 - May 2023

  · Documented my experience while studying abroad in Dublin by providing insight and advice to prospective students · Posted each month while abroad. · Documented my experience while studying abroad in Dublin by providing insight and advice to prospective students · Posted each month while abroad.



National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern | MEG Core Facility

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  · Processed MEG data on a project focused on algorithm training for automated artifact rejection using deep learning architecture · Worked as a research assistant manually reviewing and classifying artifact traces from over 1500 subjects using special topography maps and the time series review of the Independent Components generated from python scripts through Independent Component Analysis · Entered the labels into a database to be used to train a deep learning algorithm for automated… Show more · Processed MEG data on a project focused on algorithm training for automated artifact rejection using deep learning architecture · Worked as a research assistant manually reviewing and classifying artifact traces from over 1500 subjects using special topography maps and the time series review of the Independent Components generated from python scripts through Independent Component Analysis · Entered the labels into a database to be used to train a deep learning algorithm for automated classification to be used by the NIH in future years · Created and presented a poster for the NIH SIP poster presentation day. Show less · Processed MEG data on a project focused on algorithm training for automated artifact rejection using deep learning architecture · Worked as a research assistant manually reviewing and classifying artifact traces from over 1500 subjects using special topography maps and the time series review of the Independent Components generated from python scripts through Independent Component Analysis · Entered the labels into a database to be used to train a deep learning algorithm for automated… Show more · Processed MEG data on a project focused on algorithm training for automated artifact rejection using deep learning architecture · Worked as a research assistant manually reviewing and classifying artifact traces from over 1500 subjects using special topography maps and the time series review of the Independent Components generated from python scripts through Independent Component Analysis · Entered the labels into a database to be used to train a deep learning algorithm for automated classification to be used by the NIH in future years · Created and presented a poster for the NIH SIP poster presentation day. Show less



Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Department Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  · was responsible for assisting with all needed financial statements · created debt analyses, worked on tax schedules, and developed excel spreadsheets for future use · developed excel spreadsheets included a more automated way of completing tax schedules as well as analyzing transient and group bookings · was responsible for assisting with all needed financial statements · created debt analyses, worked on tax schedules, and developed excel spreadsheets for future use · developed excel spreadsheets included a more automated way of completing tax schedules as well as analyzing transient and group bookings



Addition Financial Credit Union

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Member Service Representative

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

  · Assisted members, completed transactions, and worked closely with marketing to open accounts with new clientele. · Assisted members, completed transactions, and worked closely with marketing to open accounts with new clientele.