Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, 1998

GPA: 4.0/4.0

While earning my Master’s Degree I worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the UVA Automobile Safety Lab, where I performed cadaveric studies an biomechanical computation related to injury thresholds and automotive crash testing. As a researcher I authored 8 biomechanical journal publications and presented at the IRCOBI international conference covering my study on lower extremity injuries.

https://engineering.virginia.edu/centers-institutes/center-applied-biomechanics/research/auto-safety

My graduate research lead to a research position with JRC consulting as a visiting scholar in China where I performed the first cadaveric study on children to establish injury thresholds associated with airbag fatalities.

Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, 1995

GPA: 3.8/4.0 Summa Cum Laude

While earning my Bachelor’s Degree I worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the UVA Center for Biocomputational Mechanics, where I conducted testing and generated a computational model optimizing the protection of bicycle helmets.