Twelve undergraduate interns are joining the 2022 Jump ARCHES Summer Internship Program, led by HCESC. The internship pairs students up with project teams led by UIUC faculty and OSF Healthcare/UICOMP researchers that have active Jump ARCHES awards. We've asked each intern to tell us a little about themselves. We'd like to introduce you to Claudia Reyes!
Claudia is working with HCESC Research Scientist Inki Kim and Dr. Paul Jeziorczak of OSF on the Jump ARCHES project Hands Down: Empowering Children and Families through CPR Education. The purpose of this proposal is to create an educational program in mobile app for the family of children admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Illinois surgical service, which will particularly address a significant gap for the families in desperate need of safe and effective CPR skill acquisition, by incorporating a hand-only augmented reality (AR) simulation module. The proposed smartphone-based AR will integrate novel feedback mechanisms to guide the user to a desired range of chest compression with proper hand placement.
Where are you from?
Melrose Park, IL
What is your major, and why are you interested in studying and working in your field of study?
I am a Bioengineering major. I am interested in creating medical devices to help aid people with disabilities.
What are you wanting to gain from your experience?
I would like to gain research experience as well as step in to software development.
What kind of work would you like to do in the future?
In the future I would like to work on product development within a prosthetics company.
What other plans do you have for the future?
I hope to join a research team and continue my education in graduate school.
Do you have any hobbies? Does this activity relate to your studies or influence what you want to do with your future?
I enjoy reading, traveling, and attending concerts. I hope to be able to travel and work with engineers from all over the world.