Board 30: Work in Progress: Effective Use of Engineering Standards in Biomedical Engineering

Abstract

received her doctoral degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Delaware in 2004. Since then, she has been a National Research Council fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a post doctoral fellow at Rice University, and a research scientist at DePuy Synthes (companies of Johnson & Johnson).Stephens first joined BME in September 2013 as temporary faculty and is now an assistant professor of instruction and associate director of BME's undergraduate program. In this role, she will strengthen the department's connection with the local medical community, both in clinical and industrial settings, in order to foster undergraduate design projects as well as internship and employment opportunities for our students.