LYDIA KAPPELMEIER
Summary
Highly-motivated professional with desire to take on new challenges in the biomedical engineering field. Adept at working efficiently and quickly mastering new skills. Talented in working under pressure and eager to apply project management and organizational skills to achieve company goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant & Board Administrator
East Harlem Tutorial Program
New York, NY
04.2022 - Current
- Managed executive team schedules to prioritize deadlines, follow up on network initiatives, and ensure effective time management and mission accomplishments for the organization.
- Collaborated with administrative team members, human resources, fundraising and development, communications, public engagement, and finance departments on special projects and events.
- Supervised executive and management initiatives while allocating tasks to administrative support team for smooth operational flow.
- Researched and developed administrative policies, procedures, and guidelines to facilitate operations.
- Executed special objectives and projects in response to executive team and board member requests.
- Updated and implemented administrative and executive support policy changes and monitored effects.
- Created and proofed senior level correspondence including emails, letters, memos, and reports as required of the organization.
- Addressed and tackled top-level, high-priority issues with professional administrative discretion.
- Scheduled and coordinated board meetings; recorded accurate minutes to establish accountabilities for commitments made by trustees and senior management team.
- Developed board meeting agendas and presentations; proactively distributed support materials the ensure productive sessions.
Senior Capstone Project
Bucknell University, Geisinger Medical Center
Lewisburg, PA
10.2020 - 05.2021
- Partnered with Geisinger Medical Center Interventional Radiology department and three student colleagues to determine an issue physicians encounter; designed and produced a medical device to solve this obstacle.
- Fabricated a radiofrequency ablation probe for liver cancer treatment capable of producing customizable ablation zones to maximize removal of non-spherical tumors and minimize damage to healthy tissue.
- Communicated design process aspects such as project relevance, regulatory pathway and standards, design history, and ethical concerns in an exposition presented to Geisinger medical professionals.
Research Assistant
Michael J. Axe M.D., First State Orthopaedics
Newark, DE
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Collected patient recovery data following right knee surgery to formulate a review discussing patients’ return to driving rate.
- Research included discovering and evaluating previously published studies discussing recovery and return to driving after orthopedic surgery, as well as studying current patients’ progress proceeding their surgery.
- Prepared comprehensive reports summarizing research findings.
- Performed literature reviews to ensure accuracy of results.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering, Theatre Double Major
Bucknell University
05.2021
Skills
- Project Management
- Scientific and Technical Writing
- Data Processing and Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Schedule Management
- Information Confidentiality
- Interdepartmental Collaboration
- Microsoft Office
- MATLAB
- SolidWorks
- COMSOL
- Arduino
- BSL-2 Certified
- Bioinstrumentation and Biomechanics
- Mechanical and Electrical Schematic Analysis
Timeline
Executive Assistant & Board Administrator
East Harlem Tutorial Program
04.2022 - Current
Senior Capstone Project
Bucknell University, Geisinger Medical Center
10.2020 - 05.2021
Research Assistant
Michael J. Axe M.D., First State Orthopaedics
05.2019 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering, Theatre Double Major
Bucknell University
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