Colton Yee

I have a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Academic extracurriculars there included:

• Undergraduate Project Member, Georgia Tech Exoskeleton and Prosthesis Intelligent Controls(EPIC) Lab
• Data Curator, Georgia Tech Pathology Dynamics Laboratory
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Georgia Tech Physiology of Wearable Robotics(PoWeR) Lab
• April 2024 PitchRx Biotechnology and Therapeutics Winner and Overall 1st Place

I am starting a MS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Connecticut this Fall.

I was a part-time STEM Educator at the Children’s Science Center at Fair Oaks Mall during my senior year of high school, where I facilitated STEM-related educational experiences for children and their caregivers with hands-on and exploratory activities while overseeing birthday parties and field trips. More recently, I worked at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for academic credit at Georgia Tech during my junior and senior years to accompany pediatric inpatients with hands-on STEM activities, tutoring, and enrichment as part of a patient education research initiative that used their diseases as springboards for learning that I extended through private online tutoring and outreach visits to local K-12 schools.

Regarding science, my background in biomedical instrumentation, biosignal processing, and clinical pathology alongside my material science coursework relates directly to the scientific method, observation, and evidence analysis used in forensic science. I have direct experience tutoring high school chemistry, as well as undergraduate coursework in general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry with related lab-based work.

Regarding math, my engineering background has required a strong understanding of geometry, particularly in my math, physics, and biomechanics coursework, as well as in 3D modeling and robotics. I also have upfront experience tutoring high school algebra and pre-algebra. I have also taken mathematics courses up to the level of linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and differential equations, as well as related math-heavy courses like biotransport.

I'm experienced with the robotics software and other technologies in Fairfax Collegiate classes. I have used Arduino to prototype multiple medical device projects with related sensors and signal transduction. For example, I used Arduino and MATLAB to measure and analyze acoustic properties in human voices as a means of early detection for Parkinson’s Disease. I have used similar single-board computers to Raspberry Pi for academic research purposes in biomechanics laboratories with NVIDIA Jetsons and am well acquainted with basic programming and hardware concepts. With robotics, I performed biomechanical academic research centered around the application of robotic prostheses and exoskeletons with the Physiology of Wearable Robotics(PoWeR) and Exoskeleton and Prosthetic Intelligent Controls (EPIC) Labs at Georgia Tech for two years. I also helped service motion capture equipment in academic biomechanics laboratories and have fabricated several hardware chassis to pilot robotic exoskeleton systems.

I am excited to able to take advantage of my own prior experience as a student, both at Fairfax Collegiate and elsewhere, to ensure that current students have even better experiences than I did as my way of giving back to the education I received.

I wrestled in high school and was recruited to wrestle in college during the pandemic. After I transferred, I competed in amateur boxing. However, as of late, now that I'm back in my hometown of Fairfax for the summer, I have also been enjoying reconnecting with old peers from high school.