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My engineering approach is rooted in direct clinical immersion and cross-cultural collaboration. Beyond the lab, I have spent hundreds of hours in high-stakes environments—from the ICUs of Michigan Medicine to rural health clinics in Kenya and India—to identify unmet needs at the source. By combining NIH-funded clinical training with international product development experience, I specialize in translating complex medical requirements into functional, scalable technologies that work in any environment.
My engineering approach is rooted in direct clinical immersion and cross-cultural collaboration. Beyond the lab, I have spent hundreds of hours in high-stakes environments—from the ICUs of Michigan Medicine to rural health clinics in Kenya and India—to identify unmet needs at the source. By combining NIH-funded clinical training with international product development experience, I specialize in translating complex medical requirements into functional, scalable technologies that work in any environment.
NIH T32 Acute and Critical Care in Engineering Training Program
One of the inaugural fellows trained to bridge the gap between engineering and bedside care through intensive shadowing in Adult/Pediatric ICUs and Labor & Delivery units.
Impact Highlights:
Translated labor & delivery observations into design specifications for a wearable fetal monitoring system
Conducted needs discovery across 3 clinical units (L&D, Adult ICU, Pediatric ICU)
Identified critical "pain points" in ICU bedside monitoring informing future R&D hardware specifications
Skills: Design ethnography, stakeholder mapping, needs identification, technology transfer, market analysis, regulatory awareness, human factors observation
Global Health Design Initiative (India)
Conducted an 8-week clinical needs assessment in partnership with UM Ross School of Business, identifying high-impact opportunities for medical device intervention in urban and rural Indian healthcare systems.
Impact Highlights:
80+ unmet needs discovered
8 weeks on-site in urban/rural clinics
5 capstone projects developed
Skills: Design ethnography, stakeholder interviewing, needs identification, needs prioritization, cross-discipline collaboration (engineering/business), requirements engineering, project brief development, design mentorship
Kijenzi (Kenya)
Led product development for a social enterprise startup, utilizing on-site 3D printing to manufacture essential clinical supplies and lab equipment directly at the point of care in rural Kenya.
Impact Highlights:
17+ new medical devices cataloged
7 counties reached
16+ weeks of fieldwork
20+ students/technicians trained
Skills: Design ethnography, requirements engineering, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, CAD (SolidWorks/Autodesk Fusion 360), product-market fit evaluation, supply chain logistics, workforce development, educational outreach, project management
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