Alyssa Yelton

Alyssa Yelton is a junior Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. She has interned as a Manufacturing Engineer at Ascend Performance Materials and conducts research in the KU Human Motions Lab, focusing on wheelchair sensors and prosthetics. Alyssa is involved in SELF, Delta Gamma, and KU Athletics, and enjoys working on medical device product development. Her favorite courses include mechanical and biomedical engineering classes.

What internships or professional experiences have you had so far?

Ascend Performance Materials doing compound work 

Prospective students should ask me about:

Zeta Theta Tau, Delta Gamma, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (hold officer position, TDC bioengineering chair), Engineers without Boarders, and STUMO

Are you involved in undergraduate research?

biomechBnics lab doing research on a wheelchair senor system