· Conducted, researched, and provided major contribution to a whitepaper on automation in cell & gene therapy.· Worked with tissue engineering companies to scope out and develop contents for a Tissue Engineering & Tissue Engineered Therapeutics definition & regulatory paper. · Performed data analysis of Tissue Engineered Tissue Therapy products in the clinic and in the market.· Supported scientific priorities, including workshop preparation and whitepaper publication management.· Researched and provided analyses on ARM membership based on databases and publicly available information.

Completed three projects during internship specific to ocular and central nervous system drug delivery devices. First, designed and conducted device assessment of subretinal cannulas. Created test methods for an axial force testing machine (Instron) using ISO and USP guidelines. Designed and 3D printed custom test fixtures using SolidWorks. Conducted data analysis and authored test reports to compare device performance. Presented a poster summarizing the device assessment to approximately 100 engineers at an in-company research symposium. Second, developed and built a benchtop device to simulate the characteristics of a vitrectomy machine for laboratory testing. The lab-based system achieved significant cost savings over purchasing a dedicated vitrectomy machine. Third, developed testing strategy and test method for measuring injection force for various syringes, spinal needles, and extension sets. Analyzed data to determine relationship between injection force, injection speed, and component configuration.

Worked with a team of 4 other students to design a bath mat that uses vibrations to improve balance of users in the shower. Gained experience in prototyping, testing design, patents, and more

Acted as the face of Fenwick library while covering the main information desk. Interacted with patrons, answered phones, used quick problem solving skills to satisfy patron needs, checked out books to patrons, checked in books, sorted books, and any other tasks the librarians needed assistance with.

Used Scrumban to manage tasks for every Agile sprint; created month over month and month to date visualizations for NHGRI user adoption of Teams, Zoom, Webex; assisted with ADHD study data migration from Cold Fusion to Power BI; worked with 8 other interns on a company research project throughout the summer that concluded with a 15 min. presentation and Q&A with GDIT superiors

Worked on osteoporosis research with Dr. Vasiliki Ikonomidou. Started the process for re-working a previous experiment she had done (previous experiment looked at whether a texture analysis of T1-weighted MPRAGE images of the brain could show osteoporosis-related images in the second cerebral vertebra; the experiment concluded that texture analysis was not a promising method for identifying patients with osteoporosis). In the re-work, the ultimate goal is to use MRI images of patients (sample size 40) to see if this would be a viable way to identify osteoporosis. Some tasks I completed:- went through database to get overview of patients-from this, used Excel to organize data to make it more usable- after sorting preliminary data, sifted through 2 TB of patient data to identify 40 viable patients-used MIPAV to look at MRI images