Hello, my name is Grace Beach and I am a fourth year Biomedical Engineering student at Rose-Hulman. Beginning in the fall of 2020, I will be looking for a full-time job position in the Biomedical / Medical device or Instrumentation industry. My experience includes a Internship in the Operations Leadership Development Program at Siemens Healthineers Point of Care (POC), a Quality Engineering Co-op position supporting operations at Zimmer Biomet as well as Tutoring 3rd - 12th graders while at school. I aspire to go to graduate school to study management or business, find a career path using my bioinstrumentation concentration of Biomedical Engineering, and enter into the Medical device industry. 

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In my portfolio you will find the projects that I have completed, which have allowed me to build my Biomedical Engineering, technical writing, and problem solving skills. I am proud of the projects I have worked on, and I love the motivation that comes with helping others. With three school years under my belt, I have already been able to make a difference in peoples lives, which has helped me learn the importance of my future career.

 

While working as a Operations Leadership Development Program intern at Siemens Healthineers, I worked with the quality control group to create process flow diagrams for many of the point of care product lines. Along with that, I also made control charts using Minitab and testing data. I was able to establish control limits to aid in data tracking over time. 

While with Zimmer Biomet I gained exposure to various opportunities to collaborate with Sports Medicine, Trauma, Micro-fix, Hips, and Extremities teams to support operations in Continuous Improvement of Quality projects. I obtained hands-on-experience with a response to an FDA 483 finding, revising in-process inspection criteria, establishing Variable Acceptance Limits using Minitab, lean manufacturing using the 5S method, etc.

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The Biomedical Engineering course flow at Rose-Hulman has given me experience in designing products for local disabled community members. My freshman year, I was tasked with creating a tool to enable someone with a speech impediment to more easily communicate with their peers, as well as re-design a children's game, the bop-it, for children with fine motor disabilities. I have gained team and individual skills including programming, machining, prototyping and testing, writing reports, and analyzing testing data to ensure a proper fit for our customers.

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As I continue on through the engineering program at Rose-Hulman, I entered into my first capstone course as a Junior, where I worked on a hypothetical problem for designing a solution to aid elderly golfers in gripping their gold clubs. This course taught me a great deal about technical writing, as the final deliverable was a preliminary design document (PDD), which was worked on for about 10 weeks. 

I enjoy playing volleyball (indoor and sand), running, making videos, and everything outdoors! In my free time, I typically go to the gym and watch movies with friends. I keep myself busy with organizations on campus; Chi Omega Fraternity, Club Volleyball Team, and Student Athletic Advisory Committee.

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