1. Natalie Benda

2.  Majority of my family works within the healthcare industry  Considered pre-med and biomedical engineering as majors  Interned for John Deere this summer  Had guest speakers on Healthcare Engineering in IE 200  Volunteer undergraduate research assistant

3.  Met with one of my professors working in this field ◦ Undergraduate research in chronic disease adherence ◦ Masters options/plan of study  Researched articles to find what’s been done in the past  Attended lectures/conferences ◦ Dr. Shah from Mayo Clinic ◦ Chronic Disease and Adherence Conference  Designing a project for the DURI program

4.  Obtain my MSIE  Hold a supervisor position within a hospital system  Design a method/system that betters adherence in Congestive heart failure patients