sharon newman

graduate teaching assistant - biological macromolecules

About

I am focused on increasing access to medical technologies in low resource settings. Presently, I am working on biosensor devices for early detection of diseases. I also actively participate in K-12 outreach and various STEM events. I'm always exploring new ideas and methods to reach out and impact more students, and would love to discuss new ideas! Questions I'm consistently asking myself: -How do we best approach a problem in society and attempt to help it? -How can I/my peers expose a general population to our work? How do we start open dialogues with people of different experiences and expertise? -Is my work going to actually change a system (even minutely) beyond a publication? Please do not hesitate to contact me --- Particularly if it involves outreach, teaching, medical diagnostics, and problems in medicine. I'm eager to start dialogues exploring science! In my free time, I strap a tent on the back of my bike and go on multi day biking trips.

Country

united states

City

mountain view

Industry

research

Skill

matlab, research, biomedical engineering, microsoft office, leadership, solidworks, robotics, prosthetics, labview, teamwork, latex, public speaking, chinese, comsol, english, german, educational outreach, linux, c++, java, ros, labwindows/cvi, customer service, social media, rhino 3d, autocad

Experience

course instructor

inspirit ai

2019-5 - 2019-8 · 4 mos

Taught and helped develop project based curriculum to introduce modern artificial intelligence to high school students in a two week intensive course. Curriculum develops from linear and logistic regression, building up to KNNs, NLP, and CNNs via socially impactful projects. Also lead discussions on ethical and societal implications of AI, with focuses on India--our pilot location. Instructor team are graduate students and alumni predominantly from Stanford. To learn more: https://www.inspiritai.com

graduate teaching assistant - biological macromolecules

stanford university school of engineering

2020-9 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

lead instructor

kode kids

2014-6 - 2014-8 · 3 mos

I prepared, led, and taught week-long computer coding sessions to students age 7 to 14. The course taught the programming language Scratch via a fun, project driven environment. Using the Scratch curriculum, I created multiple three-hour lesson plans to teach programming basics as well as engage student interest in computer science. By collaborating with a high school-aged assistant instructor, we ensured a helpful, positive learning environment. My frequent interaction with parents ensured they were kept updated on their child's progress. Over the summer, the students and parents have expressed great interest in taking the course again, and are recommending other students to take part in the course.

research scientist

university of washington

2016-8 - 2017-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

Spearheaded wet lab automation device (PurpleDrop) for DNA data storage (See Nature Comm 2019 publication) More general information on PurpleDrop and its spinout projects since its inception can be explored on the MISL webpage!

engineering outreach coordinator and developer

center for infectious disease research

2013-9 - 2014-6 · 10 mos

Working with Seattle Biomed Director of BioQuest to develop phantom tissue curriculum for high school students. Presented curriculum to 70 teachers in Biomed Infectious Inquiry workshop at the Gates Foundation. Will be presenting curriculum at individual high schools in the greater Seattle Area. This project is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Volunteer.

anesthesiology technician

uw medicine

2009-6 - 2010-10 · 1 yr 5 mos

* Prepared medical equipment, updated software, ran errands, and shadowed anesthesiologists. * Worked in Operating Rooms, PeriAnesthesia Care Unit, and the Billing Office of Anesthesiology. * Volunteer.

neuroprosthetic researcher as fulbright scholar and whitaker fellow

albert-ludwigs-universität freiburg im breisgau

2015-8 - 2016-7 · 1 yr

* Stress mitigation in thin film electrodes for neuroprosthetics * AutoCAD design of optimum stress relieving structures. * Cleanroom electrode manufacturing (RIE, Photolithography, PECVD). * Finite element analysis (FEA) * In-vitro accelerated aging testing, EIS, pulse tests, and electric field analysis.

residential advisor

university of washington

2012-9 - 2015-6 · 2 yrs 10 mos

* Managing one of the UW’s residential hall floors of 50-110 diverse students. * Provide paraprofessional advising along with developing and conducting programs on diversity, personal development, security, and academic performance. * Work on administrative tasks in a staff dynamic of 11 and 27 people.

undergraduate research assistant

department of electrical engineering - university of washington

2012-1 - 2015-6 · 3 yrs 6 mos

* Analyzing Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for real-time myoelectric control of prosthetics. * Creating algorithm for robotic sensory feedback mapping (ROS, Linux). * Individually developing economical phantom tissues types for use in medical training devices. * Collaborating with Seattle Biomed to use tissue phantoms as engineering outreach module. * Worked with 3D Slicer to model optimal and less-invasive skull base surgical approaches.

research assistant

itri

2013-6 - 2013-8 · 3 mos

* Built a sensory-motor fusion system by analyzing walking and stair stepping CPG’s and integrated in Matlab to estimate human intention for control of a lower extremity exoskeleton robot. * Designed a human-machine interface with LabWindows to operate the exoskeleton robot. * Extensive Solidworks use on creating technical engineering drawings.