Experience

Medical Simulation Non-Clinical Intern

Parkview Mirro Center

🏢 Fort Wayne, Indiana
Internship May 2024 - Present

At Parkview Health, I have had the opportunity to explore medical simulation and bring my expertise in computer science and data science to our region. I have helped run simulations for EMS, Fire, Police, Providers, and students. I help with the Forever in Your Heart program, a bereavement service for neonatal loses at Parkview, ran through the Family Birthing Centers and Parkview Health Foundation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop, test, and ensure the accuracy of custom cross-platform high-fidelity interactive 3D training modules for pre-hospital responders and medical residents and demonstrated viable products with enthusiastically positive feedback from key government stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain custom python pipelines for creating 3D models and prints for neonatal losses in the system to deliver high-quality handmade keepsakes in a timely manner.
  • Create custom high quality patient anatomy 3D prints for both patient and physician education and procedure support.
  • Assist with the facilitation of medical scenarios and simulations using Laerdal and Gaumard medical simulation manikins, moulage, and participating as a patient actor.
  • Create and maintain automations of multiple department workflows.
Technologies Used
Python Blender Git Unreal Engine C++ Microsoft Power Automate

Education Specialist

Science Central

🏢 Fort Wayne, Indiana
Part-Time May 2022 - May 2024

At Science Central I routinely presented interactive science demonstrations and taught several week-long summer camps for students to engage with a variety of topics such as space science, weather, coding, or launching high altitude balloons.

Key Responsibilities
  • Present science demonstrations to audiences of up to 100 people of all understandings and ages.
  • Help educate audiences and maintain interactive 3D data visualization exhibits such as NOAA's Science on a Sphere.
  • Help host visitor gatherings and foster a better understanding of our exhibits.
  • Teach several week-long classes about robotics, coding, the scientific and engineering methods for elementary-aged children.
  • Created and maintained procedures for programs and demonstrations.
  • Updated a 30-year-old client database.
Technologies Used
NOAA Science on a Sphere Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel

Student Grader

Purdue University Fort Wayne

🏢 Fort Wayne, Indiana
Part-Time Aug 2023 - May 2025

I was a student grader for Dr. Zesheng Chen at Purdue University Fort Wayne for his class Introduction to C and Unix. I created and helped maintain bash scripts that aided in grading of eight homework assignments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Graded student homework submissions for the class Introduction to C and Unix.
  • Created and maintained git bash automated homework grading scripts.
  • Provided the professor with in-depth statistics and analysis.
  • Checked for evidence of Academic Dishonesty using Artificial Intelligence detection methodologies.
Technologies Used
C Unix Bash Git Microsoft Excel

Student Data Science Researcher

The Data Mine - Purdue University

🌐 West Lafayette, Indiana
Course Jan 2023 - Mar 2024

This was an internship course that I took where we collaborated across Purdue University campuses and Youngstown University to complete a project for an industry client. In our project, we focused on delivering an ROI analysis on the client's social media reach.

Key Responsibilities
  • Worked on a team of graduate and undergraduate students on a collaboration between Purdue University West Layfette, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Youngstown University.
  • Provided our client, Central Insurance, with analysis of their social media effectiveness.
  • Used Python for cleaning and analysis.
  • Used Instagram Graph API and Data365 API for data mining.
  • Used Microsoft Excel for cleaning and analysis.
  • Prepared progress reports and presented findings to teams and faculty advisors.
  • Constructed network graphs of followers and did community analysis to determine key users and growth patterns.
Technologies Used
Python Microsoft Excel Gephi Instagram Analytics