Lourdes Medina
She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor
UPRM
Puerto Rico LSAMP
NALA Profile
Personal Interest
Extremely grateful for the positive impact of this programs in my current student and myself, I want to give back. Thanks to the support of this program currently I have three of my former undergraduate female researchers pursuing PhDs in prestigious programs. My biggest accomplishment are my students. Seeing them progress and achieve their goals is the greatest satisfaction. Considering the amount of job opportunities for my engineering students it is easy for them to simply get a job after graduation. Giving them research experiences and all the necessary coaching to go into graduate school is my biggest passion in order to increase the number of underrepresented groups in academia.
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Grad School Process
Past Research
Note: Undergraduate degree conferred in 2006. (Date not available in the alternatives) MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT: INCORPORATING REGULATIONS, CRITICAL FACTORS AND DESIGN FOR X IN MODELING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK A PREDICTIVE MODEL TO ESTIMATE FDA’S DECISION TIME FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT OF 510(k)’S ENGINEERING EDUCATION: COMPLEXITY MEASURES: THE CASE OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION DEVELOPING A META-MODEL OF CRITICAL FACTORS FOR FEMALES IN STEM WITH APPLICATION TO A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION LOGISTICS: A SIMULATION APPROACH FOR THE PREDECTIVE CONTROL OF A DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Past Clubs/Organizations
• IISE - INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERS (CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN DIVISION) • CIAPR -PROFESSIONALS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICO • ALPHA PI MU -INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY • TAU BETA PI - ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY • 2015-2017, SECRETARY, MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN DIVISION • 2013-2015, MEDIA DIRECTOR, MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN DIVISION • ADK - ALPHA DELTA KAPPA (WOMEN IN EDUCATION)