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Olivia Catherine Velá[email protected]
515 N Lake StApt 2B
Madison, WI 53703
OBJECTIVETo acquire full-time position as a healthcare systems engineer—in quality control or
process improvement—at a hospital, biomedical engineering company, or other medical company.
EDUCATIONB.S. Biomedical Engineering and Certificate in Global Health, December 2016University of Wisconsin-MadisonOverall GPA: 3.17/4.00
Special interest in healthcare systems engineering.
EXPERIENCEProject Assistant, June 2016 – PresentCenter for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, Madison, WI
Worked on quality and process improvement projects in different healthcare facilities, specifically in addiction treatment organizations.
Tasks include: Data collection and entry, writing project reports, developing education forums for intervention sites.
Assisted in implementation of evidence-based practices at specialty addiction treatment organizations.
Familiar with NIATx Organizational Change Model for implementing evidence-based practices in healthcare settings.
Undergraduate Researcher, January 2014 – December 2015Laboratory of Dr. Pamela Kreeger, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Cell passaging ability, statistical analysis of experimental results ImageJ and FIJI software for analysis of cell images Listed as third author on abstract submitted for the 2015 Biomedical Engineering
Society Conference. Student Assistant for Biomedical Engineering Design 201, Spring 2015University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Assisted students in learning the engineering design process, as well as skills in MATLAB and SolidWorks.
SKILLS Proficient in Spanish Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Statistical analysis of experimental results. Some experience using MATLAB and SolidWorks software.
Vast experience working in teams on engineering design projects. Gained leadership experience from these projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
DESIGN PROJECTS
Ergonomic Hand Tool: Senior Design Project
Developed an ergonomic hand tool to reduce physical strain of the upper extremities experienced by lab technicians when accessing rodents, which were housed in plastic drawers. Gained experience in ergonomics research, using anthropometric data, experimental testing, and statistical analysis of test data. I also gained large experience working with focus groups of employees and obtaining user feedback on this design. (September 2015-May 2016).
Lower Body Negative Pressure Chamber Constructed a Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) Chamber to safely simulate hypovolemia, or blood loss, on human subjects. This was used for the purpose of testing the client’s new novel technique of measuring blood pressure.
The team was awarded the Design Excellence Award Honorable Mention for this project (January-May 2015).
Independent Research Project Performed an independent research project while working in the lab of Dr. Kreeger. Researched the signaling between tumor-associated macrophages and ovarian cancer cells, and how the macrophages regulate the behaviors of the cancer cells. (September-December 2014)
Intubation Training Mannequin Constructed an Intubation Task Trainer Mannequin for the UW Hospital Department of Surgery. This was used to train medical students in proper intubation and direct laryngoscopy techniques (September-December 2014)
Bioreactor for Artificial Bone Samples With a team, constructed a bioreactor that simulated the human physiological
environment in order to store artificial bones samples for compression tests. Our team created the bone samples and performed compression tests. (January-May 2014)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS /CO-CURRICULARS
Global Health Field Experience- Spain Traveled to Spain and Morocco and took a course to study human trafficking through these countries. Studied how the healthcare systems can help the survivors of trafficking, as well as what changes need to be made to these systems to provide survivors with more assistance. (Summer 2015)
Design Excellence Award Honorable Mention
Design team received the Design Excellence Award Honorable Mention for the work done on the project to construct a Lower Body Negative Pressure Chamber (Spring 2015).
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Held a leadership position on the Executive Board as treasurer of SHPE for 2013-2014, and was highly involved in the engineering community in this role. Has been a member from 2013 to present.
College of Engineering Dean’s Honors List Made the College of Engineering Dean’s List by achieving a GPA of at least 3.25 in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.
Powers-Knapp Scholar Received scholarship for high-achieving students from underrepresented groups of society.
LEED Scholar Received the Leaders in Engineering, Excellence, and Diversity Scholarship for academic achievements.
REFERENCES
Dr. Pamela KreegerAssistant Professor, Department of Biomedical EngineeringPhone: (608) 890-2915
Email: [email protected]
Dominic Ledesma
Associate Director of the Chancellor's and Powers-Knapp Scholarship ProgramsPhone: (608) 265-5227Email: [email protected]
Jacklyn JohnStudent Services Coordinator of the Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp Scholarship Phone: (608) 890-1732Email: [email protected]
