Alyssa Olivas Vanderlinden, Phd Email & Phone Number

Las Cruces, Nm, Us

• Assisting in a multidisciplinary project that focus on the development and testing of a soft wearable robotic device to assist with balance and mobility in older adults• Conducting 3D motion capture studies with healthy young adults to test and validate the device

Biomechanics Undergraduate Laboratory•Created lecture content, assignments and quizzes in topics such as linear and angular kinematics, linear kinetics, EMGs, and collisions•Assisted with converting all laboratory material to an online format for virtual learning•Grade assignments and quizzes for over 80 students and answer questions for students on a weekly basis

•Analyze gait and lower extremity biomechanics of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)•Led project on use of weighted vests and accommodation strategies during gait utilized by children with ASD and currently working on preparing accompanying manuscript•Assist with project that examined the use of live animation biofeedback on children with ASD and accompanying manuscript•Mentor undergraduate students on laboratory protocols, usage of equipment and technology, and reviewing research articles•Composed an IRB research protocol and recruited participants by attending Autism Society of El Paso meetings and teaching parents about our research

El Paso, Texas Area

• Conducted 6 different week long camps with different science and engineering projects for children ages 5-14• Assisted students with building CO2 dragster cars, rocket bottles, solar powered boats, roller coasters, bridges, sailboats, skyscrapers, wind turbines, and different robots• Emphasized concepts such as the Engineering Design process, simple circuit building, energy, and force

El Paso, Texas Area

•Documented history of present illness, review of systems, physical exam, and past medical history for over 20 patients daily, while working alongside emergency physicians during patient interviews• Recorded patients’ labs, radiology, and medications administered during inpatient care• Completed 21 hours of classroom training, which included lessons on medical terminology, pathophysiology of medical illnesses, clinical exam findings, medical testing and types of surgeries

The University Career Center

•Trained 10 Peer Career Advisors on different career development topics, such as Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Federal Opportunities, etc. and help develop their presentation skills•Conducted workshops weekly for students of all colleges•Developed and update presentations on a monthly basis • Presented during UTEP L.I.V.E. Leadership Conference (2017) on how to make a marketable LinkedIn profile

The University Career Center

•Conducted over 30 resume reviews monthly for students, assisted with over 30 mock interviews, and give various workshops to classrooms on career development•Presented to 8 sets of New Student Orientation freshman groups of 40-100 students promoting the Career Center services•Presented skills gained because of the position to a group of 75 students at a UTEP Student Worker Training

• Served as the only ambassador for the agency to promote federal opportunities to students at UTEP campus • Published an article on the Partnership for Public Service E-newsletter on my role as an ambassador• Performed outreach to different campus departments to encourage federal employment

Utep Campus

• Promoted federal opportunities available to UTEP to students with 4 marketing activities and 3 workshops• Represented the agency at a campus career fair and spoke to over 100 students about federal employment• Chosen out of a cohort of 10 Ambassadors to participate in a training webinar for future ambassadors

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Dissertation Title: The mobility and cognitive mechanisms involved in altering gait speed in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Honors, Biological Sciences With Biomedical Concentration, Summa Cum Laude

UTEP College of Science Woman of Mines, Spring 2017 Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities Award, Spring 2016 Attended Hatton Sumner’s.