EMILY CLEMENT
Email: **************@*****.***
Phone: 703-***-****
Education
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Anticipated Graduation: May
2021
Major: Biomedical Engineering
• Concentration in Tissue
Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine
• Dean’s List Fall of 2020
Minor: Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.2
Skills
• Zoom
• Microsoft Excel
• Solidworks
• Matlab
Additional Coursework
Hospital Rounds
• Brain injury, rehabilitation,
dialysis, stroke rehabilitation,
emergency room, radiology,
patents and intellectual
property lecture
Engineering Shop Levels I and II
• Certification course for wood
and plastic work
Professional Development for
Engineers
Activities
May 2017 – Present
• Student Athlete, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Cheerleader
August 2017 – Present
• Catholic Campus Ministries,
Undergraduate Member
August 2018 – May 2019
• Neuronerds Neurology Club,
Undergraduate Member
Experience
May 2017 – August 2019
Wawa, Customer Service Associate
• Routinely served as the sole cashier during my shifts, averaging hundreds of transactions and tens of thousands of dollars. Trusted to train new employees. February 2019 – Present
Health Hacks Planning Committee, Vice President
• Lead a 14-person planning committee to organize VCU’s annual medical device and innovation hackathon. I coordinate internal affairs, develop event parameters, and coordinate with industry sponsors and VCU faculty.
• In 2019, I obtained a Major League Hacking (MLH) sponsorship, making Health Hacks a certified event. That year, I acted as the head of marketing and brought in approximately 150 student participants from 10 universities and 30 majors.
• In 2020, I assisted in transitioning Health Hacks to a virtual event due to COVID-19. January 2019 – Present
Engineered Tissue Multiscale Mechanics & Modeling Lab; Undergraduate Student Lead
• In this research lab, I study the degradation of electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds for the purpose of coronary artery bypass surgeries. I developed several devices and protocols used in the study of scaffold degradation. I also presented at 3 undergraduate research symposiums.
• As the undergraduate student lead, I oversee upwards of 5 undergraduate students at a time. I develop semester goals for the other students and oversee their projects. August 2019 – May 2020
Biomedical Engineering Society, Undergraduate Research Chair
• As the undergraduate research chair, I helped connect undergraduate students to research labs that fit their interests. I also led a talk on getting involved in undergraduate research and coordinated with faculty members to speak to students. May 2020 – August 2020
VCU Summer Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, Student Researcher
• This is the most competitive institutional award for undergraduate research at VCU. I received a $1500 grant to support my research in developing scaffold accelerated degradation chambers.
September 2020 – Present
Senior Design Team, Project Manager
• This project is focused on the creation of a chest tube insertion device. I am the project manager of this 16-person team, comprised of individuals with a variety of backgrounds including biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, business, and marketing.
• As project manager, I develop action plans for the team, communicate with industry sponsors, and lead several meetings each week. My team and I earned a $1800 grant through the Mark A. Sternhiemer Capstone Design Award program. September 2020 – Present
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Mentor
• I mentor a biomedical engineering freshman, providing her guidance and advice to navigate the first year in the program. I assisted with her successful application for a competitive undergraduate research program at VCU.