High school algebra 2 was very boring. Typically I would glance at the textbook for a couple minutes then spend the rest of the time trying to program my calculator to do my work for me. This love of programming expanded when I got to college and used MATLAB. Now I try to use MATLAB for everything. Typically, my usage of MATLAB is to analyze and visualize the measurements from the scientific tools we used. The project my post-doc is based on includes ~300 participants, so there is plenty of room for automation. Past MATLAB, I also have experience statistical programming in R and SPSS, writing Macros for ImageJ and Excel, and some exploratory experience in Labview, Python, and HTML/CSS.

Almost all the research projects I have worked on have been human participant test, and most of them have been clinical tests. I spent a summer doing research in Sparrow Wound Clinic testing patients with venous stasis ulcers. As part of my hand function studies, I tested 5 patients before thumb surgery and at different stages of recovery. And during my postdoc at Henry Ford Hospital, I tested 180 of the 260 participants included in the study. Through this I have learned how to deal with IRB, explain research to patients, and discuss scientific findings with clinicians.

During grad school I taught two classes. The first was ME361 Dynamics. Dynamics is an interesting class to teach as it feels like a big level up moment for students as they move from learning scientific principles to learning how to apply them. While it is primarily similar material to newtonian physics, it requires understanding of how to use the principles in a much deeper way.

The other class was a summer seminar for the summer research experience, focused on developing related skills such as elevator pitches, poster presentations, and writing. This also was designed to be much more of an active learning based class, where I focused on having the studdents work together to learn.